Terminator 2: Judgment Day the legal gridlock. The end of the legal disputes coincided with the willingness and availability of Cameron, Schwarzenegger, and Hamilton to participate in the sequel; Schwarzenegger, who portrayed the Terminator in the first film, commented: "I always felt we should continue the story of "The Terminator", I told Jim that right after we finished the first film." He and Hamilton reprised their respective roles from the first "Terminator" film. After an extensive casting search, 13-year-old Edward Furlong was selected from hundreds of candidates to portray John Connor; Robert Patrick was chosen to play the T-1000 Terminator because his agility would
Terminator 2: Judgment Day Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The film is referenced multiple times in a variety of animated series, such as "The Simpsons", including episodes "Homer Loves Flanders" (1994), "Treehouse of Horror VI" (1995), "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" (1995), and "Day of the Jackanapes" (2001). The film is also parodied in "Family Guy" and "American Dad!". In the 2014 film "The Lego Movie", Wyldstyle says to Emmet, "Come with me if you wanna not die." A trailer for "WWE 2K16" reenacts the bar scene with Schwarzenegger interacting with various wrestlers. "Terminator 2" was followed by "" (2003), "Terminator Salvation" (2009) and "Terminator