Director Ridley Scott "turned down a 20M USD fee" when offered to direct 'Terminator III'

Washington DC [US], August 29 (ANI): Director Ridley Scott revealed that he turned down a 20 million USD offer to direct Arnold Schwarzenegger starrer Terminator 3: Rise Of Machines in the past.

Terminator 3 was directed by Jonathan Mostow and was one of the superhit films.

The Oscar-nominated filmmaker recently told The Guardian, as quoted by The Hollywood Reporter, that he turned down a huge sum of money when offered by the makers of Terminator 3, saying that he cant be bought.

Im proud about this. I turned down a 20M USD fee. See, I cant be bought, dude, said Ridley Scott as quoted by The Hollywood Reporter.

While the 2003 Arnold Schwarzenegger-led pic was ultimately helmed by director Jonathan Mostow, Scott admitted he did inquire about the lead star pay for the third instalment before officially declining the offer.

Someone said: Ask what Arnie gets. I thought: Ill try it out. I said: I want what Arnie gets. When they said yes, I thought: F*** Me, the Gladiator II director recalled as quoted by The Hollywood Reporter.

However, despite this, when he learned how much he could earn by taking on the sci-fi action film, Scott said he still couldnt do it.

He added, It not my thing. It like doing a [James] Bond movie. The essence of a Bond movie is fun and camp. Terminator is a pure comic strip. I would try to make it real. That why theyve never asked me to do a Bond movie, because I could mess it up, as quoted by The Hollywood Reporter.

Terminator 3 follows John Connor (Nick Stahl) as he faces a female Terminator with power over all the machines.

But a new Terminator unit, a T-850, is sent back through time to help guide him through the coming battle. The movie grossed more than 433 million USD worldwide, not adjusted for inflation.

As for Ridley Scott, the director is known for films including Alien (1979) and Blade Runner (1982), Gladiator (2000), Thelma & Louise (1991), House of Gucci (2021) and Napoleon (2023), among others. (ANI)

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