Ridley Scott Was Offered to Direct "Terminator 3" But Turned It Down

The filmmaker was offered no less than 20 million dollars. So why did he say "no"?

In an interview with The Guardian, Scott recalled how a friend advised him to ask for a fee matching franchise star Arnold Schwarzenegger's paycheck. The director was stunned when they actually agreed to his request. But even then, the "Gladiator" filmmaker still wouldn't take on the killer cyborg movie.

Director Ridley Scott — Ridley Scott could have directed the third Terminator

"I can't be bought, dude. I thought, 'I'll be damned.' But I couldn't do it," Scott explained, comparing the Terminator films to James Bond movies. In his view, he would've made the movie too realistic, and that would've ruined everything. The zoomboola.com team reminds readers: originally, the third Terminator film was supposed to be directed by the creator of the first two – James Cameron. But the company that owned half the franchise rights went bankrupt, and he couldn't take the director's chair. Jonathan Mostow ended up making the film instead. The movie, as we all remember, turned out pretty controversial. It would've been fascinating to see what Ridley could've done with it, especially considering he was at the peak of his game at that point.