T3: Rise of the Machines

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SCIFI WIRE -- Nick Stahl, who takes over the role of John Connor in the upcoming Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, told SCI FI Wire that the character is now 10 years older and has become a loner. "His whole sort of domestic life has changed," Stahl said in a conference-call interview. "He lives on his own, kind of outside conventional means, like a house. He kind of lives off the grid. And sort of keeps to himself and is very private, and ... the memories of what's happened 10 years ago are still very fresh. So he's very guarded and wary of technology."

Stahl added that the character {originally played by Edward Furlong in 1991's Terminator 2: Judgment Day} still hasn't evolved into the rebel leader glimpsed in T2. "He's not [the great military leader]," Stahl said. "In his mind, he's really no more of a leader than he was 10 years ago."

Stahl, who is best known for his critically acclaimed role in last year's In the Bedroom, said it was challenging taking on a role in a big-budget Hollywood movie. "The one thing about this type of movie I discovered is that you shoot something 100 different ways, so every time you do anything physical, you're going to do it over and over again," he said. "That can get somewhat taxing if you're not prepared for it, but there was a little physical training involved beforehand. I was trying to be very physically prepared for the role a couple months previously and did some training with weapons that I was going to be using in the movie {different hand-guns and things like that} so it was all really fun, actually. It was all really new for me, but I just had fun with it. It wasn't that tough at the end of the day." Stahl co-stars with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Claire Danes in Terminator 3, which recently wrapped principal photography and is slated for a July 2, 2003, release.

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"Well, his whole sort of domestic life has changed. He lives on his own now; he kind of lives kind of the grid I guess. He sort of keeps to himself and is very private and still has the memories of what happened 10 years ago, which are still fresh with him. So, he's very guarded and kind of weary of technology. He's no more of a leader, in his mind. He's no more of a leader he was 10 years ago". Stahl also talked a bit about further films in the series: "We already discussed that option and I'd love to, but I guess it's really up to 'them' to do another film, but YES, I would love to do another Terminator movie. Basically there are options for everybody to return in T3".

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Danes Talks T3

SCIFI WIRE -- Claire Danes, who co-stars in the upcoming sequel Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, told UGO.com that her character will see some action in the film. "I never did a genre of that kind and on that scale. I was pretty overwhelmed," she said in an interview while promoting her latest film, The Hours. "I play Kate Miller. She's a veterinarian and she's engaged to kind of a conservative kind of guy, and the Terminator abducts her. John Connor comes to save her and adventures unfold."

While the actress wouldn't divulge the exact nature of her adventures, she told the site that Kate is not unlike Sigourney Weaver's character Ripley in the Alien films. "I do have awesome lines, but I'm sworn to secrecy. I'm pretty impressive in it."

This is something I'm looking forward to now.