“In that world, whatever your mind can create is possible, and it seems to me something completely exciting,” assured the interpreter in dialogue with Télam, hours before appearing in the first of the three panels that he will star in this face-to-face edition of the convention that takes place this weekend at the Costa Salguero site.
The phrase manages to synthesize the very spirit of the quintessential local gathering of pop culture, which for more than a decade has brought together thousands of fans to celebrate the massive universe of science fiction, horror, fantasy and action entertainment. In short, a field that Patrick, at 63, still knows how to master.
His case is a total combo: the omen of his first film work with director Cirio H. Santiago, the eternal incarnation of Schwarzenegger’s enemy in James Cameron’s film and his ability to give life to rough roles were the cocktail that positioned him as a regular in high-voltage popcorn stories.
Started in post-apocalyptic and action films such as “Equalizer 2000” (1987) and “Future Hunters” (1988), it would be the terrible T-1000, transformed into a police officer and dedicated exclusively to murdering a young John Connor to ensure victory. of machines over humanity, the one who immediately became his quintessential character. And, furthermore, in one of the reasons why “Terminator 2” remains to this day as an emblem of its genre.
It is that the three decades that the film fulfilled last year did not hurt the avant-garde with which it arrived in theaters in 1991, when it deployed the amazing resources that transformed Patrick into a lethal being of liquid metal that could receive shotguns and explosions without stopping. on your mission. It was, in short, the face of the definitive step in the transition from handcrafted to digital visual effects.
Already an icon, the Georgia native had his time at the beginning of the millennium as agent John Doggett in the popular science fiction strip “The X-Files”, while cultivating his “bad guys” in films as disparate as “Land of Cops” (1997), “Spy Kids” (2001) and “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle” (2003).
All in all, his intimidating look and an outfit finished off with a Harley-Davidson leather jacket -reaffirming his well-known biker character- enter into a curious coexistence with an affable and loquacious personality that is quickly revealed. “When I started I even used to expect papals in romantic stories,” she confessed.
Far from that expectation is the role he occupies in “Peacemaker”, the series from the DC universe that premiered last January directed by James Gunn and headed by John Cena as the antihero of the title, after passing through “The Suicide Squad “(2021). There, the interpreter once again put his feet in the mud as the villain of the story, the unpleasant, racist and neo-Nazi father of the protagonist.
Patrick, who was the first great attraction for dozens of people in the early hours of Argentina Comic-Con 2022 with his long-awaited “Meet and Greet”, will also speak at the convention panels that will take place this afternoon at 6:00 p.m. and tomorrow at 2:30 p.m.
Télam: Your contact with science fiction is long-standing. What do you like the most about that genre?
Robert Patrick: Mainly it offers the chance to stretch the viewers’ imagination through the story being told because it has no limits. Science fiction as a genre is responsible for so many things that we once thought of as possibilities, and many of them came true, so it’s interesting to see how society and cultures overlap with that creative world.
T: “Terminator 2” was a before and after in your work as an actor. How do you remember that experience?
RP: It had a huge impact, and as time goes on I find myself enjoying it and thinking about it very fondly. The shooting was a stressful and very intense process for me, because I was an unknown actor, and somehow I was torn from anonymity and thrown into the fire of world recognition. The movie was highly acclaimed, and the fact that no one knew who I was made it easier for the public to accept me in that role, so the character itself became more famous than me as an individual. From my perspective it’s still a compelling and innovative story, maybe for some people it can be boring, but they were very exciting times and being a part of that was great.
T: In that sense, did you imagine that it was going to become such a big influence for the productions that came later?
RP: The truth is that I had no idea, until James (Cameron) told me that we were doing movie magic, that it was something that was going to continue for many years. He’s very smart and I think he realized that we were bringing to life a whole new era in cinema. In addition, it is fascinating to see the impact that it had and the relevance that film has in today’s society. I think that artificial intelligence is what we should fear the most today, technology could easily have conquered us already. We have phones with more information than computers had at the time they sent men to the Moon, and it’s all at our disposal. How are we going to protect ourselves and technology in the future?
T: Over the years, Hollywood typecast you as the “bad tough guy.” What do you feel about that label?
RP: I think people at this point think I’m a villain all the time, and I think that’s great, because actually the character I liked the most to have played was John Doggett, because he was a good guy. The truth is that I did not get into this to play good or bad, but I am extremely grateful for all the opportunities that were presented to me.
T: Speaking of which, the line between heroes and villains in fiction has become somewhat blurred over time. What do you think of that trend?
RP: It’s like that, totally, and it seems to me that it starts in real life. In general, it is something that is increasingly difficult to define, what is good and what is bad, and it is scary. I think we deal with that day to day as human beings, I constantly have to find what is right, the truth, and how to protect those things. And it is also something that becomes more and more difficult as you advance in life. I hope we all stay true to what is good for humanity and guard against being overtaken by evil.
Source: Ambito
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