10 Actors Who Put Insane Effort Into Details Nobody Noticed

10. Robert Patrick Found A Way To Keep His Eyes Open In T2

Robert Patrick's T-1000 is one of the best portrayals of a robotic assassin ever put to screen, but the level of detail the actor put into the role is even more impressive than you may know. If you go back and watch the film, you'll notice what you're about to read, but odds are, you didn't notice it before.

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Whenever the T-1000 fires a weapon, it doesn't blink. This is completely unnatural, and as anyone who has fired a gun will tell you, the natural response our body has to pulling that trigger is to blink.

Not blinking is incredibly difficult, and like sneezing, it's just one of those things our bodies do, but a person can train themselves to keep their eyes open. That's exactly what Robert Patrick did; he trained for months to fire a weapon without blinking, and hardly anyone even noticed.

That being said, had he blinked when he fired a weapon, it would have been entirely noticeable. Arnold got to wear shades to avoid this problem, but the T-1000 didn't put anything on his face. Had he blinked, it would have been strange... after all, why would a robot made of liquid metal blink when it fired a gun?

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