# What dark secret does Bill Paxton and Michael Bein hold over James Cameron?

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**Created:** [April 17, 2002, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dark-secret-does-bill-paxton-and-michael-bein-hold-over-james-cameron/104081 "2002-04-17T04:26:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dark-secret-does-bill-paxton-and-michael-bein-hold-over-james-cameron/104081/21 "2002-04-19T20:25:34Z")

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I deliberately didn’t see _G.I. Jane_ because how _dare_ anyone make a movie about Navy SEALs without hiring Michael Biehn?

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**Author:** ![TheeGrumpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheeGrumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheeGrumpy)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dark-secret-does-bill-paxton-and-michael-bein-hold-over-james-cameron/104081/22 "2002-04-19T21:48:36Z")

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> \*Originally posted by psiekier \*  
> _Navy Seals_: Navy S.E.A.L. (duh?)

With Bill Paxton and Rick Rossovich, both of “The Terminator.”

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> _The Rock_: Navy S.E.A.L.

With Ed Harris of “The Abyss” (as a Marine) and Danny Nucci of “Titanic,” who was also in the Navy in “Crimson Tide” with Viggo Mortensen, who played a SEAL in “G.I. Jane.” Hoo-yaa!

Now, anyone care to start a thread linking together Tim Burton’s repertory company??

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**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dark-secret-does-bill-paxton-and-michael-bein-hold-over-james-cameron/104081/23 "2002-04-21T22:41:38Z")

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TheeGrumpy:

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> Henriksen, by the way, was JC’s original choice to play the Terminator

Also, at one point Ah-nold was going to play the Reese role and the studio had lined up to play the Terminator none other than–

wait for it…

**O. J. Simpson!!**

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