10 Franchises That Killed Off The Wrong Person

4. Sarah Connor - Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines

Why She Shouldn't Have Died:

The second Terminator film is a classic. Or as close to a classic as a film about time-travelling robots being tossed into lava whilst Guns N' Roses play in the background is likely to get.

James Cameron's masterpiece is at least partly so iconic thanks to Linda Hamilton's performance as Sarah Connor, totally transformed from the terrified victim of the first movie.

Neither Hamilton nor Cameron were on board for the third film, Rise Of The Machines, which meant that one of the coolest female action stars in history was killed off-screen. From leukemia. Kind of a drag.

Who Should've Died Instead:

Apparently Hamilton was approached to appear in the film, but turned it down, saying "I read it and I knew my character arc was so complete in the first two.... she died halfway through and there was no time to mourn her." Which sucks. John Connor should've got it in the neck instead. You know, really mess up the timeline.

And then we could have all been saved from the nonsense of Genisys doing that later. Plus, it would have been an interesting departure to see that sort of dynamic shift explored rather than a preservation of the future again.