 Arnold Schwarzenegger (qv) was originally going to play the title  role in _RoboCop (1987)_ (qv) but problems with the costume caused  them to drop the idea. Schwarzenegger heard about this and saw  Robocop. Afterwards he expressed that he loved the movie and wanted  to work with director Paul Verhoeven (I) (qv). They both heard  about this movie and decided to work on that.