2. James Cameron Threatened To Not Make True Lies If He Couldnt Cast Tom Arnold
Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Cameron re-teamed for an often-overlooked entry on the directors industry-changing filmography. Featuring possibly Arnies best performance and a Golden Globe-winning turn from Jamie Lee Curtis (which included one of the greatest striptease scenes in cinematic history), True Lies has humor, action and thrills from start to finish. Another positive aspect of the film that is often ignored is Tom Arnold as Albert 'Gib' Gibson; Arnold's hilarious partner and friend. However, this strangely perfect casting almost never happened. In fact, Arnold didn't expect to get a role in the movie at all. He went to the audition mostly for the chance to meet Cameron. The director liked Arnold, despite 20th Century-Fox's objections (Arnold's reputation at the time wasn't positive, mostly due to his public antics with then-wife Roseanne Barr), and Cameron threatened to not make the movie at all, if Arnold couldn't be cast. When Arnold later learned about this, he was grateful to Cameron for taking a chance on him. As he should be!