T-1000 Actor at the 1992 MTV and Saturn Awards. The T-1000 was ranked #39 in the Online Film Critics Society's 2002 list of the "Top 100 Villains of All Time", and #19 in "Empire"s 2018 recounting of the best cinematic villains. Teaser trailers for "Terminator 2" deliberately withheld the notion that the T-1000 character was the villain. A tagline for the film was ""This time there are "two". Terminator 2."" Prior to the film's release, Robert Patrick was promoted as portraying "Austin", the name on the T-1000's police uniform's ID tag. Writer/director James Cameron stated that his original intention for the
T-1000 "Terminator" film. It is at this point in the film where it is revealed that the T-800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is now the protector, and "Austin" is in fact a new, advanced prototype T-1000 sent to assassinate John. Following a brief scuffle and a lengthy car chase, the T-800 and John escape from the T-1000. The T-1000 is thwarted again at a psychiatric institution, where John and the T-800 rescue John's mother, Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), and again escape from him. The T-1000 uses its morphing capabilities to track down John Connor, eliminating any who stand in its way, including John's