Billy Idol was nearly T-1000
James Cameron wanted Billy Idol to star as the T-1000 in his first sequel to The Terminator, 1991's Terminator 2: Judgment Day, reveals the film's stunt coordinator Joel Kramer.
And he said: "They were thinking of Lance Henriksen for the original Terminator. They wanted Arnold for the Michael Biehn part of Kyle Reese."
Robert Patrick ended up as T-1000 in the sequel.