20 Things You Somehow Missed In Terminator 2: Judgment Day

17. Robert Patrick's Animalistic Mannerisms

Terminator 2 Linda Hamilton
20th Century Fox

It cannot be overstated just how reliant the movie's success is on the brilliantly intimidating performance of Robert Patrick as the villainous T-1000, a turn which took tremendous advantage of Patrick's wiry physicality.

But beyond that, Patrick modelled the shape-shifting liquid metal Terminator on a number of animals, most prominently the American bald eagle, opting to move his head in a similarly robotic, twitchy fashion to the bird.

He also based his movements on those of a shark when moving through a crowd, presumably in the hope of depicting himself as the ultimate hunter.

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