 Lance Henriksen (qv) was the actor originally considered for the  role of The Terminator. Writer/director James Cameron (I) (qv)  even made early sketches showing The Terminator looking like  Henriksen. The original concept was for the character to be able to  blend into a crowd. Cameron approached Arnold Schwarzenegger (qv)  and wanted him to play the role of Kyle Reese but after their  meeting, Schwarzenegger and Cameron both wanted Schwarzenegger to  play the title role, so Henriksen was finally cast in the role of  Detective Vukovich. Curiously, Henriksen later got to play the part  of a humanoid cyborg when he played Bishop in _Aliens (1986)_ (qv),  also directed by James Cameron.