‘Terminator 2’ star Robert Patrick decided to pursue acting after life-changing boat accident
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65-year-old recently appeared in season 2 of ‘Reacher’
Robert Patrick, best known to many audiences as the unstoppable T-1000 in “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” wasn’t always set on becoming an actor.
In a new interview with the Wall Street Journal, he revealed that though he was interested in acting from a young age, he didn’t pursue it because “that wasn’t done in my family.”
Instead, while living in the Cleveland area, he worked in a bank and dabbled in modeling before a life-changing boat accident inspired him to pursue his dream.
Patrick said, “In 1984, I was piloting a 30-foot boat that belonged to a buddy when it capsized and sank. Five of us were in the water, including my brother, Lewis. The boat hadn’t been properly prepped.”