Jason Clarke On TERMINATOR: GENISYS' Evil Twist: "He's The Last Throw Of The Dice By Skynet"
The latest Terminator Genisys trailer came with the reveal of a huge twist. Come check out what Jason Clarke had to say about the new and improved John Connor and how this plot twist affects the universe as a whole. Hit the jump now!
In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Jason Clarke (who plays John Connor in Terminator Genisys) divulged how he feels about John Connor becoming the bad guy in the newest film in the Terminator franchise. "To quote Spinal Tap: “It turns it up to 11.” It takes it from a typical machine chasing the good guys to giving it a bit more complexity within the same realm." He then explains how it felt to play the 'good and bad' of John Connor. "Not just the good and bad of one man but the good and the bad of man and machine. Technology has become more and more engrained inside of us and John becomes the ultimate realization of that."
Jason then revealed that John Connor is still learning what he can do with his new machine body. "Pretty much. When John gets shot, he experiences the pain, and even though he is a machine at that point, he hasn’t experienced the benefits of what he can do. It was a kind of learn as you go." He then adds, "He was aware of it, but he was still experiencing it, still harnessing it, and learning how to dictate it."
He then revealed if John Connor's transition as a robot affected the way he had to move while filming the movie. "It did a little bit in terms of focusing, particularly fighting with Arnold. But I made a decision to make a freer John. He’s freed from being a messiah, freed from the burden of knowing the future is set and nothing can change it forever." He also reveals that John isn't full robot or full human, but something else that's still evolving. "He’s full of possibilities now that he’s not fully machine, not fully human. He’s something else. He’s still evolving. There are still surprises as to what exactly John is ultimately. Is he controllable or not?" According to Jason Clarke, nobody knows what could happen to his character John Connor going forward. "He’s the last throw of the dice by Skynet and he is something that is a lot more than we’ve ever seen but nobody really knows just where it can go."
As for the fans who might not approve of the new trailer or the film as a whole, Jason had this to say: "I’d say, just hang on. Don’t turn off too soon or you’ll miss the ride—literally, you know. Just bear with it. It does pay off." Well, there you have it! Sound off below with your thoughts!
The beginning of Terminator: Genisys, the first of three planned films that Paramount hopes will relaunch the beloved sci-fi franchise, is set in 2029, when the Future War is raging and a group of human rebels has the evil artificial-intelligence system Skynet on the ropes. John Connor (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ Jason Clarke) is the leader of the resistance, and Kyle Reese (Divergent‘s Jai Courtney) is his loyal soldier, raised in the ruins of post apocalyptic California. As in the original film, Connor sends Reese back to 1984 to save Connor’s mother, Sarah (Game of Thrones‘ Emilia Clarke), from a Terminator programmed to kill her so that she won’t ever give birth to John. But what Reese finds on the other side is nothing like he expected.
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