‘Terminator 2’ impact still felt by Robert Patrick, Edward Furlong

Published by UPI on Aug 27, 2026 9:32 AM

‘Terminator 2’ impact still felt by Robert Patrick, Edward Furlong

By Fred Topel

Aug. 27, 2026 at 9:32 AM

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27 (UPI) — Robert Patrick and Edward Furlong said they still feel the impact of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, returning to theaters Friday via Fathom Entertainment in the U.S. and Studio Canal internationally.

Furlong played future leader John Connor, pursued by a T-1000 (Patrick) from the future.

In a recent Zoom interview with UPI, Patrick, 67, credited the film with his subsequent career. Prior to Terminator 2, Patrick played a terrorist killed by Bruce Willis in Die Hard 2 and appeared in Equalizer 2000, Warlords from Hell and an episode of The New Lassie.

“My entire career is built on the fact that I was the T-1000,” Patrick said. “What a lucky guy I am. I’m incredibly grateful.”

In his first movie, Furlong, 49, knew co-starring with Arnold Schwarzenegger was a big break. As an adult he realized Terminator 2 will never go away.

“This is something that will be probably a part of my life until the day I die,” Furlong said in a phone interview. “I’m still here, I’m talking about it and I’m almost 50 years old.”

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“He was talking about AI and all of that stuff in 1984, man,” Furlong said. “It’s wild how ahead of the game he really was.”

Patrick is hopeful for the possibilities of AI in science, but is wary of its misuse.

“I would like to see AI come up with a cure for cancer,” Patrick said. “But we also have to keep it in check because if it gets out of hand, it’s Terminator.“