Behind-The-Scenes Look at T-1000 Practical Effects in TERMINATOR 2
I was completely blown away when I first saw the T-1000 Terminator up on the big screen in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Up until that point the world had never seen such amazing, ground-breaking special effects.
With Terminator Genisys being released this week, Stan Winston School released a behind the scenes video showing us how some of the practical effects were done in the film. Believe it or not, the T-1000 wasn’t all CG animation.
SWS supervisor and Co-Founder of Legacy Effects John Rosengrant said:
“By far, the most challenging things we did for Terminator 2 were these physical effects involving the T-1000 character. We did a lot of in-camera magic tricks for that — splitting open bodies, finger blades, heads blowing open, bullet-hit wounds. Every day, there was something new and challenging to do.”
The site goes on to say:
Although Stan Winston Studio vastly improved upon the techniques used to create the T-800 endoskeleton effects in TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY, they would be breaking all new ground with the unprecedented T-1000 liquid metal effects, including splitting open bodies, finger blades, heads blowing open, bullet-hit wounds.
To read up more on the development of these effects, click here.
