10 Actors Who Stupidly Turned Down Video Games

Midway released an arcade game adaptation of Terminator 2: Judgment Day to tie-in with the hit movie's release, and the company managed to secure the involvement of three of its four main stars - Arnold Schwarzenegger, Edward Furlong, and Robert Patrick - to use their digitised likenesses.

The sole holdout was Linda Hamilton, who of course plays Sarah Connor in the film, and it wasn't because she objected to video games or this one in particular, but that she wanted more money.

Legend states that Hamilton demanded to receive the same likeness payout as her considerably more famous co-star Schwarzenegger, and because Midway wouldn't acquiesce, she turned their offer down. Hamilton was instead replaced by veteran stuntwoman Debbie Evans.

This was throwing away easy money, really, and considering Hamilton was hardly a star on Schwarzenegger's level, it was a misguided power play to try and match his payday.