6 Stories on McG (Director)
Thirty-eight years ago, Joseph McGinty Nichol was a boy in Kalamazoo, Michigan, playing with toy robots.
Remember when the original Terminator -- Herr Schwarzenegger in the role that made him a movie star -- devastated an entire police station?
"Terminator Salvation" is a sequel that almost had a different cast.
Call it method acting: The actress was still plump from giving birth to her son when cast
"It was just one of those moments," he says, admitting the online remix of the actor's F-bomb tirade is "pretty hot"
His Terminator director McG says the embattled actor is "just all about the work"
Thirty-eight years ago, Joseph McGinty Nichol was a boy in Kalamazoo, Michigan, playing with toy robots.
Remember when the original Terminator -- Herr Schwarzenegger in the role that made him a movie star -- devastated an entire police station?
"Terminator Salvation" is a sequel that almost had a different cast.
Call it method acting: The actress was still plump from giving birth to her son when cast
"It was just one of those moments," he says, admitting the online remix of the actor's F-bomb tirade is "pretty hot"
His Terminator director McG says the embattled actor is "just all about the work"
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