Our exclusive interview with the star of James Cameron's classic original movie. The Terminator is back in cinemas in June 2015. #hesback www.terminator.zone
A quick IMDB looks like he has always been active up to current. He was doing great movies like The Rock and not so great movies like Navy SEALS in the 90s and still working. You won't see him on TMZ, his career has brought him to the point of being called Iconic. Thats about the highest honor one can ask for. He will be an old man still being called Kyle Reese.
A couple of years ago, after finishing a round of golf, I encountered Michael in the bar, while drinking a beer. I first said "Aren't you that sci fi guy?" He smiled and said yes. We talked for awhile, great guy!
Dark fate was so underwhelming. The baddie was good, the acting was ok, but there was just no... moment. I’ll say is about as good as T3 - the baddies in DF was better, but the amazing scenes of the ‘first moments’ of skynet , and that the nuclear war can’t be avoided in T3 were great.
@@laz001 Agreed. I like the movie as a SEPERATE INSTALLMENT, that is when I watch it, I do not consider it to be part of T1 or T2: Judgment Day, the latter being my favorite movie of all time. Dark Fate is something you watch when you want to watch something with a lot of action and little story telling. Predator is a movie like that, not a strong storyline, but awesome to watch!
"I came across time for you, Sarah. I love you. I always have." It's funny he mentioned The Terminator being a love story because that's how I've always felt. All the greatest action movies (for me anyways) are love stories underneath.
I got to meet Him back in July at Alabama comic con in Birmingham . He is AWESOME . He wouldn't let Me pay for an Autograph photo and to have my pic taken with Him . I'm a Disabled Marine. I had questions for Him , But He had wanted to know about Me . So glad that I got the chance to meet Him .
I would LOVE to sit and talk with him for a bit. I'm actually in the planning stages of building a full-size M577 APC replica (Aliens) since the original was scrapped, and it would be super-cool if he showed up at whatever convention we unveil it at! www.therpf.com/forums/threads/aliens-m577apc-full-size-build-discussion-thread.210132/ I post as Oddmar.
I know the character Kyle Reese has been played by three (correct me if am wrong) actors. However michael biehn will always be the actor that spring to my mind when mentioning Kyle Reese.
A lot of kids in these comments that evidently don't understand how age affects the human body. Don't worry, you will one day, and probably sooner than you think.
30 years is a Looong time in Life. Hell, I'm 25 and I already feel Old, compared to when I was 15. I can Guarantee that in 30 years, when I'm 55 I won't feel as young like right now when I was 25. Nor will I probably look as Good as I do right now.
PhenomProductions23 .....You shouldn't look at it like that. Older people don't look bad at all. They just look older. Growing old is what happens if you get lucky. Concider growing old a blessing. Because it is. One day you'll know what I mean.
10 years feels like it was just yesterday. My Grandfather passed away, I was 15, now I'm 25, coming up on his 10th Anniversary in November. And I remember 2007 like it was yesterday. 20 years feels like last week because in your mind you remember it, but your body feels 20 years older. 30 years feels like last month in your mind, My Aunt passed away in 1987 Tragically, My Father remembers it clearly. But it's been 30 years since she was Buried.
There are far too many comments about him ageing badly. Yes he looks different now but he’s a recovering alcoholic and he’s always been very open and honest about that in various interviews. I’m sure if he wanted to look his best it wouldn’t take a whole lot of effort, he’s still a very good looking man.
He's a decent man regardless of looks just has his faults like the rest of us just people love to point out a person's fall so you don't look a their faults
Aging badly? Which person doesn't? I think he still looks good concerning his age, a lot of men should be jealous the way Michael looks. Most are bald, fat and just pulled down by gravity.......
Michael Biehn was just incredible in that movie, so intense and cool at the same time. Arnie was the big name on Terminator, but it was Biehn's performance that really shined. An amazing actor.
One of my favorite sci fi heroes of all time, he wasn't all jacked up and didn't bring any gizmos from the future, he was a man on a mission who went out like a warrior.
This is 1L 19 I've got a hit and run felony, suspect vehicle grey Ford, heading Westbound on 7, he's really moving punching lights all the way.. I'm gonna need an ambulance at er 7th and Broadway! Hey, hold it! Oh God aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrg! ... 🏃🏃🏃🚓🚔🚨🚨🚑🚑🚑🚑🚑👮👮👮
Michael Biehn’s performance was so natural and entertaining that I don’t think other actor could’ve pulled off. He is extremely underrated. Terminator 1 is the best in the series. Ahead of its time and with practical effects that looked believable and made you appreciate what they had to work with back in 1984.
Me too. I think he just got type cast a lot. Why Arnold was able to break out of his mold and branch out into other things and not Biehn is a bit of a mystery. Perhaps Michael is just a little too intense onscreen, which limits his options?
Very true. I always felt he deserved at least the same level of respect and attention that Bill Paxton got. Paxton was a fantastic actor, but "Reese" and "Hicks" are among my favorite movie protagonists of all time.
WHY the hell isn’t he in more movies?! He was great in everything he did! Yes, Arnold was the big star of The Terminator, but Michael’s intense and believable performance is what’s sells it. His delivery during the info dump scene (when Kyle and Sarah are hiding, hotwiring the car in the parking garage) totally hooks you.
Oh yeah, yours is one of the best comments I've ever seen on here. The way in which Biehn communicates the information in that scene is so natural and he has that full command of every word that draws you in. That can't be done by just anyone.
@Matthew Kealey I have never stated that comics are for kids, I think Marvel superheroes just feel like it's for kids due to the amount of CGI effects and all that shit they have.
5:48 this is why the more I watch T1, the more I appreciate it and Michael perfectly gets it. Often in love stories, we men feel determined to protect the women we love at all costs, it's a feeling most men can identify with and relate to it in classic movies. Unfortunately in these years, studios are too busy making women so tough, independent and away from being "the girlfriend" that it seems a taboo thing to make relationships like they used to be back in the day.
I loved it too. I never saw him as villainous. I saw his commander, up above, on the ship, ordering him to retrieve the MERV, as the true villain. Coffee was following orders as a SEAL. He was a jerk to MEM's character, a bit of a misogynist, but he really did develop pressure sickness. When he was self mutilating his arm, the other SEALS with him should have put him in a padded room, or had him sent back up to the surface (if possible). Look at me, talking as though something could have been fixed!
Aliens and terminator were two of the best action Sci fi films ever made. And I did get the love story from terminator when I was a kid. When Reese died I was sad for him and Sarah. It was heartbreaking to know they wouldn't be together.
*wingsandash* We tend to think actors should forever retain their youthful appearance but that's not how things work. A lot of things influence how we age but sometimes even if you do everything right it can be less and graceful. It's great seeing Michael Biehn here even if he's now a little older for the ware but people never really comprehend just how fast time will fly by until we wake up one day and suddenly it hits you just how OLD you look.
This is 1L 19 I've got a hit and run felony, suspect vehicle grey Ford, heading Westbound on 7, he's really moving punching lights all the way.. I'm gonna need an ambulance at er 7th and Broadway! Hey, hold it! Oh God aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrg! ... 🏃🏃🏃🚓🚔🚨🚨🚑🚑🚑🚑🚑👮👮👮
@@TheKonga88 ahaha, nice! yeah, it's cool in The Terminator when he mimics the voices of others, that cop and ofc Sarah's mom. all very cutting edge in the early 80's!
@@tomj4406 Aha aha yes dear, but why are you running around like some fugitive from the law? Look mom, I can't talk right now.. I love you mom! I love you too sweetheart! Give me da address there! 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃
he was amazing in that movie. when he was looking into the camera/monitor during his police interview saying ' he'll find her, that's what he does, that's all he does! ' just off the charts great acting. seemed so realistic & genuine.
One of Hollywood's most underrated actors I will never forget the eyes with which he fiercely almost shouted in Sarah Connor's face about who the Terminator was
Biehn is one of the most saddening & disappointing careers of Hollywood. He was good looking, a fine actor and starred in Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Tombstone & The Rock within 10 years, yet never became a more recognizable name.
It's kind of a good that he didn't, the current of Hollywood is just getting more and more twisted on a sinister level, had if any human being would work there for so long would be in Hell under the sickos that run it. I never want to be a long running Hollywood actor, it's a horrid life to live and will get yah in certain amount of trouble.
The original Terminator movie will always be my favourite out of all of them. I get that the mainstream probably enjoy T2 the most, but to me the original is the perfect Terminator movie. Its a dark, gritty, sci-fi/horror, thriller. Whereas i think T2 is more of a fun, over-the-top action blockbuster, buddy-buddy movie. The Dyson subplot breaks the building tension and pacing in T2, but the original keeps the pacing and tension building because its 100 percent focused on the protagonists desperately trying to stay one step ahead of the Terminator all the way through the movie, and the protagonists are always out matched. But the protagonists in T2 aren't outmatched because they have a Terminator always there protecting them.
Yeah its a cracking film, mate. I was only 14 years old when it came out. God knows how many times I've watched it over the years. Never gets old. Funny how things have changed. Dark Fate is a movie i wouldn't even bother watching. I dont understand the reasoning behind killing off John Connor and replacing him with the Dani Ramos character. Thats just crazy. Hollywood are putting some really dodgy movies out these days. I think politics are ruining movies.
@@laetitialogan2017 Definitely. I love that film. To be honest i prefer 80's movies in general compared to modern movies. Its not just a nostalgia thing either, because there definitely have been a few recent movies that i thought were brilliant. 'Upgrade' for instance was a cracking good sci-fi movie. In general though i just seem to find myself enjoying 70's, and 80's sci-fi and horror movies more than the current Hollywood films that we get now.
Cameroon considered having Biehn play the evil Terminator in T2 (uh...why the heck would Skynet build a cyborg that looks exactly like Kyle Reese???!!) while Arnold was then the hero terminator-role reversal. It would have been interesting but I think it would have been too out there-convoluted-for the audience.
Omg...I had such a HUGE crush on him as Kyle Reese when I was a kid. And I find it so sweet that he describes what I take as an example of chivalrous courtly love towards Hamilton during the filming. Makes watching it even more bittersweet.
I really enjoyed the Kyle Reese character. Biehn really brought out the "borderline psychotic" side of the character. I'm not insuting the films hero here, but the guy was a bit PTSD. Can't blame the guy really. Friggin machines shooting at him all his life and all. The desperation of the character was lost in Genysis. I am all for the original all the way.
Yeah. You really saw it in the deleted scenes where he flips out at a park. However, I'm glad that they cut that scene...it was too over the top, especially right before the love scene between him and Sarah. The audience would have been like "Why are you kissing that lunatic?" Instead, he played it just right. Tightly wound but always in control.
I saw Genisys in the theater, and I haven't wanted to watch it again since. I haven't even pirated that shit. It would have been better to completely reboot the movie and stay faithful to the canon of the story than to fuck with everything we knew and loved. The Terminator saga ended in 2008 with Bale.
I was thinking the exact same thing.. about how Biehn does such a good job of looking totally carnal and strung out. All thin and muscular, in bum clothing, intense but dissociated look in his eye, like when he's following Sarah at the beginning of the movie.
@@JmelBst he ended up moving to england with his mum gina so he didnt really grow up with him but i couldnt imagine it would have been the easiest thing seeing as he used to be an alchaholic openly but ive only met him like twice really down to earth good guy now
2:34 ........glad he mentioned this particular stunt. That scene of Reese coming out of time travel and that body slamming onto the ground like a slab of ribs ALWAYS blew me away. I've always thought DAAAAAAAAAAMN that had to hurt whomever done that. You can see his head bounce off that solid ground. Hope they paid that stuntman good cause that shot added so much to the harsh realism of the movie.
Glad to hear some behind the scenes, the stunt (as described @2:05) where Kyle arrives in the present is *totally* crazy to me. I know a lot of people are saying, "what's the big deal, he just dropped onto concrete?", but a *much* smaller fall for me ended with a hip and femur shattered in 4 different locations and a lifetime reminder of what a mistake I'd made. Stunt performers are total badasses as far as I'm concerned, and don't usually get anywhere *near* the recognition they deserve.
Michael, thank you so much for providing us with such awesome acting performances. Your movies have had a genuine positive effect on so many people. You are an excellent actor and a wonderful human being! Thank You!
He should be given an Oscar for his Realism and Pure Survival instincts. This guy caught your attention from the first scene until well... right now. Triple AAA Actor and he deserves at least 3 Oscars. Respect. RH DSD
It is sad to see so many of my childhood idols/heros get old. They were larger than life in my youth. All us 80's kids are experiencing a bittersweet time when we see our childhood cultural icons age and pass away/fade just like us. Now I know how my Grandparents felt when their "Times" and stars got old and passed away.
I never considered it before, but you're right. It's either the love between a man and a woman (Terminator, The Abyss, True Lies, Titanic, Avatar) or the love between a parent and their child (Aliens, T2, True Lies sorta).
Hassan Syed Alien 5 is being written and set to be directed by Neil Blomkamp, and the director have said it himself that his version of Alien 5 will be the true sequel to Alien and Aliens. So I guess the upcoming Alien 5 IS the real Alien 3. I'm assuming Fincher's Alien 3 and god-knows-who's Alien Resurrection are just Ripley's bad cryostasis dream.
When I found out he wasn’t going to say be in Aliens 3 ... 😫😢 I also remember telling my mom after watching Terminator and Aliens that I was going to marry him when I grew up lol 💘
i really looked up to this guy when i was a kid, thought he was just the coolest. he's an amazing actor, top notch. everybody was brilliant in the abyss, aliens and terminator, james cameron really knows how to pick em. biehn was intense, so real, despite the fantastic plot, so passionate, despite attempting to stay mission conscious, and hamilton was believable and beautiful, their humanity contrasted so perfectly with the inhumanity of arnold schwarznegger. all the lead characters in james cameron's movies have this fiery intensity in them that i love, except the terminators of course which are supposed to be cold as ice, althou one of them displayed a tinge of humanity towards the end of T2.
That wasnt Camerons call. Both him and Biehn were furious that they killed off Hicks and Newt. They wanted to make a bodycast of Michael so they could make a lifelike corpse of him. He told them to go to hell.
MB seems like a really nice chap, good to see him, I remember seeing The Terminator on Moviedrome on BBC2 (introduced by Alex Cox) circa about 1990/91 for the first time, good memories.
I remember that! I was born in 1981 and the 1st time I saw The Terminator was 87/88 (I think). I remember that particular showing of the movie on BBC2 because I taped it and had it for years. I must have watched that tape at least 100 times :) Moviedrome was great. I was introduced to all sorts of cult classics by that. This is back when the Internet was not as widely used as today and there wasn't really any other way to see movies like The Terminator except when it was released on VHS and you got a loan of it from someone's older brother or sister or whatever.
Michael Biehn is one of those guys that should’ve made it bigger. He was so cool in the 80s! Love this guy!
My favorite actor Michael biehn is amazing. One cool guy
Kris B ok didn’t know that either! He was also in aliens a few years later but after that he disappeared mostly
A quick IMDB looks like he has always been active up to current. He was doing great movies like The Rock and not so great movies like Navy SEALS in the 90s and still working.
You won't see him on TMZ, his career has brought him to the point of being called Iconic. Thats about the highest honor one can ask for. He will be an old man still being called Kyle Reese.
@@ohio Sadly edward furlong was hooked on drugs and alcohol too
A couple of years ago, after finishing a round of golf, I encountered Michael in the bar, while drinking a beer. I first said "Aren't you that sci fi guy?" He smiled and said yes. We talked for awhile, great guy!
"The movie is about love and survival" - Damn, he understood the Terminator better than anyone involved with the production of Dark Fate
Agree story, script and most characters were awful but the action n the drednaught were fucking awesome!
Most compelling love story in cinema, as far as I'm concerned.
Dark fate was so underwhelming. The baddie was good, the acting was ok, but there was just no... moment. I’ll say is about as good as T3 - the baddies in DF was better, but the amazing scenes of the ‘first moments’ of skynet , and that the nuclear war can’t be avoided in T3 were great.
3:47
@@laz001 Agreed. I like the movie as a SEPERATE INSTALLMENT, that is when I watch it, I do not consider it to be part of T1 or T2: Judgment Day, the latter being my favorite movie of all time. Dark Fate is something you watch when you want to watch something with a lot of action and little story telling. Predator is a movie like that, not a strong storyline, but awesome to watch!
“I didn’t build the f*cking thing!”
Smartest line in science fiction.
"who's an authority here?!" was a good one too.
@Faravahar are you serious ? He looks much better then Arnold and Linda
@David Burgess actually looks alot younger
@Adam Brady Hahaha truth
I have answered your questions now let me see Sarah connor
I too remember The Terminator franchise: two movies. That's it.
Simon Bergeron The rest are terminated.
Ya salvation and genysis are the only good ones!! Enough said!!
yup
Michael? Come with me if you want to live. You've been targeted for feminization.
If only
"I came across time for you, Sarah. I love you. I always have."
It's funny he mentioned The Terminator being a love story because that's how I've always felt. All the greatest action movies (for me anyways) are love stories underneath.
That's when they had good writers that knew how to incorporate human emotion into the storyline so everyone could relate. It was very clever.
It's hard not too feel something when he says those words.
Most of Jim Cameron's movies are love stories at their core.
Michael Beihn is a great actor, he should get his star on Hollywood, I think he is under rated.
You have to apply and pay for your own star. I’m sure he could get one, they are dumb.
me too......he's a great actor
@@delvictor7570
Well put...lol
very underated i think he would be great playing a villian
Michael Biehn is an icon. The 80s and 90s was some of the greatest decades for movies and music. This man was in his prime.
Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Tombstone. Great freaking resume!!!!
The Rock
You forgot Micheal jackson video. 🤷♂️🤭
You forgot the critically acclaimed documentary, Navy SEALs.
K2
no shit!
I got to meet Him back in July at Alabama comic con in Birmingham . He is AWESOME . He wouldn't let Me pay for an Autograph photo and to have my pic taken with Him . I'm a Disabled Marine. I had questions for Him , But He had wanted to know about Me . So glad that I got the chance to meet Him .
Biker Scout: great story, thanks for sharing! He sounds like a real, down to earth person.
I would LOVE to sit and talk with him for a bit. I'm actually in the planning stages of building a full-size M577 APC replica (Aliens) since the original was scrapped, and it would be super-cool if he showed up at whatever convention we unveil it at!
www.therpf.com/forums/threads/aliens-m577apc-full-size-build-discussion-thread.210132/ I post as Oddmar.
👏🏻👏🏻 you are both great people :)
great to hear that
and ty for you sacrifice and service i live appreciative everyday for the people in the world like you
If you ever see Michael Biehn in public, you have to yell "WHAT YEAR?!"
VaughnJogVlog why?
Gamers Vault
The Terminator. It's a movie. You may want to ask your parents' permission before viewing.
VaughnJogVlog Nah, now i get it the line from the film 'what year' sry, im old skool like you just slipped my mind.
+VaughnJogVlog Either that or say, come with me if you wanna live.
haha
I know the character Kyle Reese has been played by three (correct me if am wrong) actors. However michael biehn will always be the actor that spring to my mind when mentioning Kyle Reese.
4 and yeah Michael Biehn is the real Kyle Reese
4 counting the sarah conner chronicles
Indeed. I think Anton really captured the voice and spirit. Even kinda looked like him.
Reese was played by different people yes, but I will always say that Michael is the best as Kyle Reese in The Terminator!!!!!!!!!!
@@Kageofyoutube 5 counting the little kid version of him from Genisys. Although for me it’s only 1 and that’s Biehn.
The interrogation scene where he turns and looks into the hidden camera - that was brilliant!
Delusional people aren't aware of their surroundings, Reese was, causing Doctor Silverman to suddenly reevaluate Reese's apparent insanity.
My favorite scene in the movie.
"That's what he does. That's all he does" my favorite too
He also talks to the two way mirror, behind the people who is interrogating him, being very aware of what they're doing.
@@FreddieHg37 "Why am I talking to you? Who is in authority here? SHUT UP!"
"I came across time for you, Sarah"
Fantastic character, in a fantastic movie.
Thanks!
I always thought Kyle Reese was the best character in the movie.
A lot of kids in these comments that evidently don't understand how age affects the human body. Don't worry, you will one day, and probably sooner than you think.
30 years is a Looong time in Life. Hell, I'm 25 and I already feel Old, compared to when I was 15.
I can Guarantee that in 30 years, when I'm 55 I won't feel as young like right now when I was 25.
Nor will I probably look as Good as I do right now.
Seriously. This is crazy.
PhenomProductions23 .....You shouldn't look at it like that. Older people don't look bad at all. They just look older. Growing old is what happens if you get lucky. Concider growing old a blessing. Because it is. One day you'll know what I mean.
PhenomProductions23 ...BTW, 30 years is a blink of an eye.
10 years feels like it was just yesterday.
My Grandfather passed away, I was 15, now I'm 25, coming up on his 10th Anniversary in November. And I remember 2007 like it was yesterday.
20 years feels like last week because in your mind you remember it, but your body feels 20 years older.
30 years feels like last month in your mind, My Aunt passed away in 1987 Tragically, My Father remembers it clearly. But it's been 30 years since she was Buried.
I feel like this man is severely underrated by modern standards...
Riksta 09 Fuck yeah, such an amazing actor. I feel the same way Corey.
There are far too many comments about him ageing badly. Yes he looks different now but he’s a recovering alcoholic and he’s always been very open and honest about that in various interviews. I’m sure if he wanted to look his best it wouldn’t take a whole lot of effort, he’s still a very good looking man.
He's a decent man regardless of looks just has his faults like the rest of us just people love to point out a person's fall so you don't look a their faults
He still looks really good after all the years.
Aging badly? Which person doesn't? I think he still looks good concerning his age, a lot of men should be jealous the way Michael looks. Most are bald, fat and just pulled down by gravity.......
At least he hasn't had plastic surgery. He still looks natural.
Aging badly? Wtf? Do they know how many year have gone, no Make-up etc? He doesn’t look bad a all.
Michael Biehn was just incredible in that movie, so intense and cool at the same time. Arnie was the big name on Terminator, but it was Biehn's performance that really shined. An amazing actor.
I was 14 when Terminator came out and I immediately fell in love with Kyle Reese! Great actor he deserved more recognition
Of course you are still in love with him today 😍😍😍
I am a straight guy no homo even i think he was a seriously handsome man alive and i always want me to be like him
The Terminator,ALIENS and the Abyss...this guy is a talking legend.
Ahem!!! Tombstone
and The Rock
the rock, far cry 3 blood dragon.
Timebomb (1991) I loved it!
He was one of the best looking actors I've ever seen. So hansdome
Biehn is an actor who way underrated. Guy deserves way more credit.
One of my favorite sci fi heroes of all time, he wasn't all jacked up and didn't bring any gizmos from the future, he was a man on a mission who went out like a warrior.
trustobey1016 well said sir
Exactly.... :)
Makes sense he was a malnourished rebel and not a BEEFY ass GQ model superman like in the last shit movie they wanted to close with
That's what makes the first terminator so good
And he got the girl and was vulnerable
on your feet soldier
Andy C I was thinking about that
Andy C ON YOUR FEEEEEET!!!!!!
"Wee aree leaviing"
Linda Hamilton was so sexy in the first film
This is 1L 19 I've got a hit and run felony, suspect vehicle grey Ford, heading Westbound on 7, he's really moving punching lights all the way.. I'm gonna need an ambulance at er 7th and Broadway! Hey, hold it! Oh God aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrg! ... 🏃🏃🏃🚓🚔🚨🚨🚑🚑🚑🚑🚑👮👮👮
Michael Biehn’s performance was so natural and entertaining that I don’t think other actor could’ve pulled off. He is extremely underrated. Terminator 1 is the best in the series. Ahead of its time and with practical effects that looked believable and made you appreciate what they had to work with back in 1984.
Suprised that Stallone never asked him to join the Expendables. He would be great in it.
Will Grello that would’ve been fuckin awesome!!
I was thinking the same thing a few days ago
Imagine the irony of him playing a villain opposite Arnie.
Hes worked with Arnold so thats a no no
@@heavilylost If Mike played an Expendables villain, he'd be the cold, calculating, strategic type. Or should I say - "systematic."
He played so many iconic characters, I always hoped he be a bigger star
Me too. I think he just got type cast a lot. Why Arnold was able to break out of his mold and branch out into other things and not Biehn is a bit of a mystery. Perhaps Michael is just a little too intense onscreen, which limits his options?
Sadly alcohol played a big part in it I think
devotion303 very true
Very true. I always felt he deserved at least the same level of respect and attention that Bill Paxton got. Paxton was a fantastic actor, but "Reese" and "Hicks" are among my favorite movie protagonists of all time.
same like he was kinda big in the mid 80s but disappeared. shame
WHY the hell isn’t he in more movies?! He was great in everything he did! Yes, Arnold was the big star of The Terminator, but Michael’s intense and believable performance is what’s sells it. His delivery during the info dump scene (when Kyle and Sarah are hiding, hotwiring the car in the parking garage) totally hooks you.
Oh yeah, yours is one of the best comments I've ever seen on here. The way in which Biehn communicates the information in that scene is so natural and he has that full command of every word that draws you in. That can't be done by just anyone.
I would love to have had his looks like he did in his prime.
T1: No one can help her except for one man.
T6: She needs no help, especially from a man.
Lol nice 👍🏻
Чётко подмечено. So true.
Virtue Signaling Nigga
lol. Hahahahahahahaha
Briliant.
OMG
This guy should have been a bigger star in the movie business. It's a crying shame damn it
He was if you think about it. Aliens and the terminator. He's one if the best.
Biehn's performance stole the whole film for me.
Same as the liquid metal terminator in the second one.
"I came across time for you Sarah"
Man tears every time..
That line is so fucking bad on paper, but somehow he made it work. Fair play.
@@nickstone1587 Now that I think about it, yeah... it does sound terrible, but, you know he is a good actor if he makes that work
Back when they made movies for the story. Not these emotionless, cgi saturated sequals they make these days.
Back in the day special effects weren't cutting edge like today so they had to keep the audience drawn in with good story.
TRUE!
@@almostfree9255 Still I would prefer them than the Marvel bullshit they feed us all the time.
@Matthew Kealey I think they are for kids, they are about to present their new transgender chracter:DDD
@Matthew Kealey I have never stated that comics are for kids, I think Marvel superheroes just feel like it's for kids due to the amount of CGI effects and all that shit they have.
growing up watching 80s action movies, he was that action dude back then
“...somebody wake up Hicks!”
I’m Hudson, sir...he’s Hicks.
5:48 this is why the more I watch T1, the more I appreciate it and Michael perfectly gets it. Often in love stories, we men feel determined to protect the women we love at all costs, it's a feeling most men can identify with and relate to it in classic movies. Unfortunately in these years, studios are too busy making women so tough, independent and away from being "the girlfriend" that it seems a taboo thing to make relationships like they used to be back in the day.
the irony that the leading cause of homicide is husband/boyfriend.
He still looks good considering that this movie came out 35+ years ago. His portrayal of Kyle Reese was one that has yet to be matched.
PeekaBooo08 he looks way better than Linda Hamilton she looks 20 years older than Mike Biehn.
if you say so.
@@jones2277 damn right I do
I remember as a young girl having such a crush on him in the movie Terminator.
Ofc this crush still stands 😏😏
I think he only smiles once in the movie, but my god, what a smile!!!
Love it when actors are humble and honest. Michael Biehn obviously is one of those
Loved his portrayal of a Navy SEAL losing his mind in The Abyss.
I hate how he died though. He just went nuts.
I loved it too. I never saw him as villainous. I saw his commander, up above, on the ship, ordering him to retrieve the MERV, as the true villain. Coffee was following orders as a SEAL. He was a jerk to MEM's character, a bit of a misogynist, but he really did develop pressure sickness. When he was self mutilating his arm, the other SEALS with him should have put him in a padded room, or had him sent back up to the surface (if possible). Look at me, talking as though something could have been fixed!
I loved him as a Navy Seal in, "Navy Seals".
My favorite part of that film
How about the SEAL team leader who died in The Rock?
Aliens and terminator were two of the best action Sci fi films ever made. And I did get the love story from terminator when I was a kid. When Reese died I was sad for him and Sarah. It was heartbreaking to know they wouldn't be together.
Sean Shotwell : On top of that, I was disappointed and embittered that his character Hicks did not make it alive into Aliens 3.
Kyle Reese and Dwayne Hicks are the ultimate bad asses of 80's!!
Snake Plissken.
Johnny Ringo, the deadliest pistoleer since Wild Bill!
AMEN TO THAT
I love Michael Biehn. I hardly recognized him here, but he was and always will be a good actor and great guy.
he didn't age well for sure. he also has said in interviews it's mostly from him at one time being a pretty massive alcoholic
He's starting to look like William Sanderson's slightly younger brother.
wingsandash yaya...blah blah
You don't even know the guy. Relax and wake the fuck up idiot
*wingsandash* We tend to think actors should forever retain their youthful appearance but that's not how things work. A lot of things influence how we age but sometimes even if you do everything right it can be less and graceful. It's great seeing Michael Biehn here even if he's now a little older for the ware but people never really comprehend just how fast time will fly by until we wake up one day and suddenly it hits you just how OLD you look.
Robert Lutece Unless you are Black and don't crack.
without Michael Biehn there would be no Metal Gear key art!
LOL. Cinnemasacre.
Holy crap, I always thought that when I bought that game in mid 90's, I always used to think it was him.
NES 8 bit version
Contra: Aliens, Predator, Rambo
The Guardian Legend: Creature
Metal Gear: Terminator
And without Arni no Gryzor art
This guy is a legend, and my life would be so different without characters like Hicks or Reese!
👏👏👏👏
Like how
Cyborgs don’t feel pain. I do’’ don’t do that again!
This is 1L 19 I've got a hit and run felony, suspect vehicle grey Ford, heading Westbound on 7, he's really moving punching lights all the way.. I'm gonna need an ambulance at er 7th and Broadway! Hey, hold it! Oh God aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrg! ... 🏃🏃🏃🚓🚔🚨🚨🚑🚑🚑🚑🚑👮👮👮
@@TheKonga88 ahaha, nice! yeah, it's cool in The Terminator when he mimics the voices of others, that cop and ofc Sarah's mom. all very cutting edge in the early 80's!
@@tomj4406 Aha aha yes dear, but why are you running around like some fugitive from the law?
Look mom, I can't talk right now.. I love you mom!
I love you too sweetheart!
Give me da address there! 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃
Yeah!!….what a classic line!!! 👍👍😍
Yeah when she bit him you knew they were going to have sex... ;>)
I think he looks fine for his age (59 now in 2015). The only one Reese!
he was amazing in that movie. when he was looking into the camera/monitor during his police interview saying ' he'll find her, that's what he does, that's all he does! ' just off the charts great acting. seemed so realistic & genuine.
He's one of the most loved actors I've seen. Nothing but love from people in the comments and he deserves it.
I was a bit shocked within the first 20 seconds, but after watching it I realised I still love this guy.
He has so much gravitas, he makes the walls warp.
I think a terminator teleported near him...
Does anyone remember Linda Hamilton in Beauty and the Beast with Ron Perlman?
Jeff Ebdy I loved that show as a kid. One of the early genre shows with mythology that expanded over time. It was really cool.
@@RudySolis3rd glad I'm not the only one who remembers it!
I always thought he looked more like a cat than a beast
😆 never knew that was Ron Perlman
@@deadli-us He totally looked like a giant cat.
One of Hollywood's most underrated actors
I will never forget the eyes with which he fiercely almost shouted in Sarah Connor's face about who the Terminator was
actor now.
because of him.
thx, Mr.Biehn.
Enjoy alcohol and failures
.... and blowing studio execs.
Wow you guys are asswhole
Embis get real jobs
You fuckers are just jealous
Biehn is one of the most saddening & disappointing careers of Hollywood. He was good looking, a fine actor and starred in Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Tombstone & The Rock within 10 years, yet never became a more recognizable name.
How come nobody ever mentions his role in Navy Seals? Loved that movie as a kid
It's kind of a good that he didn't, the current of Hollywood is just getting more and more twisted on a sinister level, had if any human being would work there for so long would be in Hell under the sickos that run it.
I never want to be a long running Hollywood actor, it's a horrid life to live and will get yah in certain amount of trouble.
Well, he was quite the egomaniac.
adam ropp Everybody can't be A list. Go eat some more paint chips.
I love Navy Seals too. I have it on blu-ray. Did you know that Biehn and Charlie Sheen wrote the script for it?
The original Terminator movie will always be my favourite out of all of them. I get that the mainstream probably enjoy T2 the most, but to me the original is the perfect Terminator movie.
Its a dark, gritty, sci-fi/horror, thriller. Whereas i think T2 is more of a fun, over-the-top action blockbuster, buddy-buddy movie. The Dyson subplot breaks the building tension and pacing in T2, but the original keeps the pacing and tension building because its 100 percent focused on the protagonists desperately trying to stay one step ahead of the Terminator all the way through the movie, and the protagonists are always out matched. But the protagonists in T2 aren't outmatched because they have a Terminator always there protecting them.
Same bro i love T1 the most
Yeah its a cracking film, mate. I was only 14 years old when it came out. God knows how many times I've watched it over the years. Never gets old.
Funny how things have changed. Dark Fate is a movie i wouldn't even bother watching. I dont understand the reasoning behind killing off John Connor and replacing him with the Dani Ramos character. Thats just crazy. Hollywood are putting some really dodgy movies out these days. I think politics are ruining movies.
T1 remains one of my favorite movies. I had a copy on VHS and I wore that tape out!
It really was groundbreaking
@@laetitialogan2017
Definitely. I love that film. To be honest i prefer 80's movies in general compared to modern movies. Its not just a nostalgia thing either, because there definitely have been a few recent movies that i thought were brilliant. 'Upgrade' for instance was a cracking good sci-fi movie. In general though i just seem to find myself enjoying 70's, and 80's sci-fi and horror movies more than the current Hollywood films that we get now.
why did they never cast this man to play John Connor in the future is beyond me, perfect actor for this role.
He was already Connor's father! How in hell he was gonna play Connor himself?
Cameroon considered having Biehn play the evil Terminator in T2 (uh...why the heck would Skynet build a cyborg that looks exactly like Kyle Reese???!!) while Arnold was then the hero terminator-role reversal. It would have been interesting but I think it would have been too out there-convoluted-for the audience.
This guy should've been one of the biggest stars in Hollywood, such a shame his career never took off like it could've
Al Stone 45 movies isn’t enough for you?
Al Stone he had problems with directors as was difficult to work with and was an alcoholic for years which didn’t help his career. He was egotistical
I'm 31, The Terminator and Aliens both came out well before I was born, Biehn was always my hero. Great Interview what a top bloke
Its really mindboggling today to hear that a great movie, and true scifi classic like The Terminator wasn't even in the top 20 of 1984!
seattwa It didn't explode until it hit video then HBO around 86.
Aww when he was talking about Linda Hamilton.
"Then why am I talking to you? Who's in authority here?! SHUT UP!!!"
Omg...I had such a HUGE crush on him as Kyle Reese when I was a kid. And I find it so sweet that he describes what I take as an example of chivalrous courtly love towards Hamilton during the filming. Makes watching it even more bittersweet.
Are you Girls?
ME tooooo
Too bad the director was all over that
Kyle Reece is one of the badassest hero characters of all time and so well portrayed, he's a really great actor!
Michael Beihn is awesome. He's rugged, realistic and soulful.
Current Michael Biehn. Awesome. Come back as Hicks!
+PostingPal alien 3 is bullshit bro
+zub c watch it it again and u'll like it
+PostingPal Alien 3 killed him off which was good thing. Alien 3 was miles better than shitty Prometheus.
Matt Jones Hicks' death has been retconned in the video game sequel which is canon.
Paladin Stacker lmfao people talk some shit eh.you are one of them.wtf do you know about making a movie. .fuck all
I really enjoyed the Kyle Reese character. Biehn really brought out the "borderline psychotic" side of the character. I'm not insuting the films hero here, but the guy was a bit PTSD. Can't blame the guy really. Friggin machines shooting at him all his life and all. The desperation of the character was lost in Genysis. I am all for the original all the way.
Yeah. You really saw it in the deleted scenes where he flips out at a park. However, I'm glad that they cut that scene...it was too over the top, especially right before the love scene between him and Sarah. The audience would have been like "Why are you kissing that lunatic?" Instead, he played it just right. Tightly wound but always in control.
I saw Genisys in the theater, and I haven't wanted to watch it again since. I haven't even pirated that shit. It would have been better to completely reboot the movie and stay faithful to the canon of the story than to fuck with everything we knew and loved. The Terminator saga ended in 2008 with Bale.
"Givvveee Meeee Genesisssss!"
Arseneau:
Yeah, and Biehn's always has naturally creepy eyes, so I'm sure that definitely added to the role,lol.
I was thinking the exact same thing.. about how Biehn does such a good job of looking totally carnal and strung out. All thin and muscular, in bum clothing, intense but dissociated look in his eye, like when he's following Sarah at the beginning of the movie.
Hes my mates dad so ive met him hes a really chill guy
Luckyyy him. Has he ever described what it was like growing up with him....
@@JmelBst he ended up moving to england with his mum gina so he didnt really grow up with him but i couldnt imagine it would have been the easiest thing seeing as he used to be an alchaholic openly but ive only met him like twice really down to earth good guy now
Which of his son's is your mate? Didn't know his ex and her son's moved to England - pretty cool.
@@jamesmason8436 yea its alex biehn
“Chill guy” isn’t English.
What a lovely, decent guy Michael is. Thank you for the memories Sir.
2:34 ........glad he mentioned this particular stunt. That scene of Reese coming out of time travel and that body slamming onto the ground like a slab of ribs ALWAYS blew me away. I've always thought DAAAAAAAAAAMN that had to hurt whomever done that. You can see his head bounce off that solid ground. Hope they paid that stuntman good cause that shot added so much to the harsh realism of the movie.
I actually thought Biehn did that stunt himself. The stuntman has the exact same physique as Biehn.
I hope it took only one take.
I hope it should be one take. Imagine falling horizontally 10 feet five times.
When he yelled in the camera...wow. That was such a great moment in that movie.
Probably one of the few actors who played all their roles perfectly!
Got the part & then slayed it.
T1 is still very watchable today, it's aged fantastically.
Our first movie we rented was Terminator (1984) best movie i ever seen at that time..and yes it was on VHS. Classic.
What a legend! Kyle Reese, Hicks or Johnny Ringo.....he owned those characters! Totally unforgettable performances all!!!
Michael Biehn is so handsome, even in this age.
Watching him now and re-watchin TheTerminator really makes me sad of all the time passed away and the old age he reached 😭😭
Glad to hear some behind the scenes, the stunt (as described @2:05) where Kyle arrives in the present is *totally* crazy to me.
I know a lot of people are saying, "what's the big deal, he just dropped onto concrete?", but a *much* smaller fall for me ended with a hip and femur shattered in 4 different locations and a lifetime reminder of what a mistake I'd made.
Stunt performers are total badasses as far as I'm concerned, and don't usually get anywhere *near* the recognition they deserve.
Thanks, Mr. Biehn.
Stay frosty!
Michael, thank you so much for providing us with such awesome acting performances. Your movies have had a genuine positive effect on so many people. You are an excellent actor and a wonderful human being! Thank You!
"screaming at the wall" scene is no doubt a great scene.
He should be given an Oscar for his Realism and Pure Survival instincts. This guy caught your attention from the first scene until well... right now. Triple AAA Actor and he deserves at least 3 Oscars. Respect. RH DSD
Legendary actor..
Under rated actor. He made Aliens and the Terminator classics.
It is sad to see so many of my childhood idols/heros get old.
They were larger than life in my youth.
All us 80's kids are experiencing a bittersweet time when we see our childhood cultural icons age and pass away/fade just like us.
Now I know how my Grandparents felt when their "Times" and stars got old and passed away.
"You must be Ringo..Look darling.. Johnny Ringo: the deadliest pistoleer since wild Bill they say"
You're no Daisy at all!!!
Evidently, Mr Ringo is an educated man. Now I really hate him.
I beg to differ sir, we started a game we never got to finish
"I'm your huckleberry!"😉
You were just too high strung... I'm afraid the string was too much for him to bare.
James Cameron´s movies were always basically love stories disguised in other genres.
Rogerio Barbosa Aliens?
Hicks and Ripley.
Yup, THE ABYSS was a metaphor for the love between Virgil and Liz
BarrySlisk also ripleyand newt
I never considered it before, but you're right. It's either the love between a man and a woman (Terminator, The Abyss, True Lies, Titanic, Avatar) or the love between a parent and their child (Aliens, T2, True Lies sorta).
Very underated actor. Aliens was amazing!
Hands down one of the best and convincing actor in becoming a Navy Seal,Marine and soldier. Your the best and God bless.
Yep he has just something about him that suits those roles. Tough and disciplined, but no bravado
Come back as Hicks, Michael Biehn!
Hassan Syed Alien 5 is being written and set to be directed by Neil Blomkamp, and the director have said it himself that his version of Alien 5 will be the true sequel to Alien and Aliens. So I guess the upcoming Alien 5 IS the real Alien 3. I'm assuming Fincher's Alien 3 and god-knows-who's Alien Resurrection are just Ripley's bad cryostasis dream.
Sylvester Scw Alien 3 is a classic, really great movie, but everything after that was a disaster including Prometheus and Alien Covenant.
spearPYN Yes! Prometheus was horrible and so was covenant.
It's not just "come with me if you wanna live" that does it for that line; it's "c'mon!!!" after that as well.
from what movie is ur avatar pic ?
Courage Under Fire. Ending scene. Masterfully done and indelible.
thx a lot !
When I found out he wasn’t going to say be in Aliens 3 ... 😫😢
I also remember telling my mom after watching Terminator and Aliens that I was going to marry him when I grew up lol 💘
"He'll find you, Sarah. That's what he does. THAT'S ALL HE DOES!"
i really looked up to this guy when i was a kid, thought he was just the coolest.
he's an amazing actor, top notch.
everybody was brilliant in the abyss, aliens and terminator, james cameron really knows how to pick em.
biehn was intense, so real, despite the fantastic plot, so passionate, despite attempting to stay mission conscious, and hamilton was believable and beautiful, their humanity contrasted so perfectly with the inhumanity of arnold schwarznegger.
all the lead characters in james cameron's movies have this fiery intensity in them that i love, except the terminators of course which are supposed to be cold as ice, althou one of them displayed a tinge of humanity towards the end of T2.
He was so fine in Terminator.
He's such a badass, shame he's not getting good roles today.
maulCS him and Michael Ironside.
@@forgipper Nice. A shout out for Michael Ironside. He's awesome.
He is rocking the Jack Torrence from the Shining look.
Still disappointed they killed off his character for alien 3
they are going to remedy that in Alien 5. He's on board for it according to several news posts.
I think he is jealous.
That wasnt Camerons call. Both him and Biehn were furious that they killed off Hicks and Newt. They wanted to make a bodycast of Michael so they could make a lifelike corpse of him. He told them to go to hell.
He earned more for the photo they used in that film than he did for his acting role in Aliens though, according to an interview he did.
Studio should’ve waited when Cameron and Scott became available so they could come up with a good concept involving the survivors of Aliens
MB seems like a really nice chap, good to see him, I remember seeing The Terminator on Moviedrome on BBC2 (introduced by Alex Cox) circa about 1990/91 for the first time, good memories.
I remember that! I was born in 1981 and the 1st time I saw The Terminator was 87/88 (I think). I remember that particular showing of the movie on BBC2 because I taped it and had it for years. I must have watched that tape at least 100 times :)
Moviedrome was great. I was introduced to all sorts of cult classics by that. This is back when the Internet was not as widely used as today and there wasn't really any other way to see movies like The Terminator except when it was released on VHS and you got a loan of it from someone's older brother or sister or whatever.
Part man, part machine. Underneath, it's a hyper alloy combat chassis, microprocessor-controlled, fully armoured. Very tough.
He and I both fell in love with Linda Hamilton during the Terminator. Sigh.