Schwarzy steel back Terminator

Schwarzy steel back Terminator: "I still have the physique to travel into the future"

The actor: "The public likes the idea of the robot that escapes the control of man, I think that could soon become reality. I never stopped training, at least an hour a day in the early morning, otherwise I'm sick"

• NEW ORLEANS. In a huge exposure room in New Orleans is the apotheosis of all that is Terminator: older models of the T-800 and its incarnations, costumes, sophisticated weapons, control rooms, computer. It is the atmosphere of the films that have marked the history of cyborg-cinema, began thirty years ago with the first Terminator director James Cameron, the menacing "I'll be back" Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former Mr Universe that would entered the pantheon of actors "action" Top of the world before becoming governor of California. Thirty years and three films later (the fourth Terminator, directed by McG, was with Christian Bale) Schwarzenegger, 67, returns as the character in Terminator: Genisys, in July at the cinema, budget of $ 170 million.

In the new episode, the robot must eliminate a band of human rebels led by John Connor (Jason Clarke), Kyle Reese (Jai Courtnay) and Connor's mother, Sarah (Emilia Clarke). In the film alternates between three periods "historical" Terminator, from 84, rebuilt to the letter, the futuristic 2029 with intermediate steps in '99 and in 2017, with Schwarzenegger aging before the eyes of the spectators. If the film is successful, will be the first of a new trilogy, sequel planned for May 2017 and June 2018. In 1984 Terminator alerted us about the possible devastating effects of a nuclear war. Today warns about the risks of excessive technology. Schwarzenegger arrives smiling, down from his meter and 88.

How to return in this story after all these years?

"It is different from previous ones, and there has always been a long time between the first, 84, the second of '91 and the third, in 2000. Today there is less and less the case to the distance between certain events. L 'enthusiasm is the same, it was not difficult to resume the character is inside me, a second nature. of course, it has evolved, like myself who have passed from body building to the cinema to politics and now I go back to the beginning. "

He remembers his first time on the set of Terminator?

"Of course, more than thirty years ago, with James Cameron, was the scene of the garage, I was in a police car and was shooting, that emotion hold a machine gun, it was the first time. Looking back on the movie I understand the genius Cameron, almost everything you said has come true, the evolution of computers, the network, the connection planetary ... Here we speak of a war in which the machines say, we no longer need humans, rid of them. in '84 was pure fantasy, it is now almost a reality. "

How do you explain the success of The Terminator and its longevity in popular culture?

"The technology is advancing so rapidly that the various models of Terminators are no longer just entertainment. There is talk of" singularity "technology, the thesis of some scientists, according to which the artificial intelligence could overwhelm ours. In an era of cars drive themselves, such as the Google Car, and conversations with automated systems like Siri, fascinated by the idea of robots beyond the control of man. Although I believe that the genes of technology have the ability to keep everything under control. great minds like Elon Musk or Stephen Hawking does not think like me, I'm an optimist, I trust in the good sense of who creates and produces "

His fitness is always enviable.

"I never stopped training, even when I was governor. One hour of weights and cardio at least early in the morning. Otherwise, I'm not well. I learned how to handle problems in the shoulder, hip, knee, I have undergone several reconstructive surgeries. As the Terminator, I too have been replaced many parts "

How do you define this stage of his life?

"It's funny, when I was young I looked like old men in their fifties, now I'm still young, I can not conceive that I see old. And if anyone thinks, woe to tell me! I'm happy, I get busy, especially with my institute for International policy Studies and research on the environment, I think it was my greatest success as governor, we have made many reforms for alternative energy and clean energy sources. I continue to work on this. and with a Terminator every 15 years ... ah yes, well mettetici mercenaries. I'm so happy. "