About a month ago, Arnold Schwarzenegger gave some updates on possible cameos in both The Expendables and Terminator Salvation. At the time, it looked like he wouldn’t be appearing in the latter, when he said this at the annual Arnold Classic:

“I have seen the [Terminator] movie, but I have not seen it as a finished product yet. I have not seen it yet with the Terminator special effects and some of the sound and the music is not in there yet and so on. So I really cannot comment on it, what the movie will be like as a finished product. There’s a rule that you never talk about a movie unless you have seen the finished product. But you know as I said to the director when they began that I wish them the best of luck, that I’m happy that they move forward with the franchise, I am very happy with where I am with my profession as the governor and they should try to find a way of doing a story that does not include me at all, not even one single shot in it. I don’t believe in that. To kind of have them go out and promote the movie and say you know Arnold is in the movie and everyone thinks that I’m the Terminator and in fact you only see one second of me in there and so I don’t think thats the right thing to do. And you know that’s the danger of that, and that’s why I feel reluctant to be part of the movie in the first place.”

Last we heard, Schwarzenegger was only going to be included in the movie by using CG to reproduce his likeness. However, MTV Movies Blog is now reporting that the Governator WILL in fact have a small cameo in Terminator Salvation – at least according to co-star Terry Crews, who has roles in both Terminator and The Expendables. Check out the following bit from the MTV article:

In addition to the “Expendables” cameo, Crews told us that Schwarzenegger will indeed be doing a cameo in “Terminator Salvation.” “That’s it,” he said. “And so am I.”

The article itself is a bit sketchy in the details, and I get the vibe that MTV couldn’t get the exact quote they wanted from Crews. It definitely seems like Crews is reluctant to confirm anything, and it wouldn’t surprise me if MTV was just digging a little too hard for a scoop and this all comes back in a flurry of denials later on.

That said, it would be really sweet if Arnold could find a little time to make a small appearance in Terminator Salvation, as I know that would be the icing on the cake for a lot of fans. We’ll let you know how this all turns out in the end (of you could just wait til May 21st when the movie opens, and find out for yourself).

Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terminator: Salvation, Terry Crews