the studio wanted the beloved football legend to play the murderous, time-travelling cyborg in the gritty 1984 classic, but director james cameron nixed the idea. The reason? He didn't think audiences would find simpson a believable killer. "i didn't know o.j. Simpson," cameron said in a 2010 60 minutes interview. "i didn't know that he was gonna go murder his wife later and become the real terminator."
