 Gale Anne Hurd, a colleague and founder of Pacific Western Productions, to whom Cameron was married from 1984 to 1989, agreed to buy Cameron's script for one dollar, on the condition that Cameron direct the film.Eventually, he convinced the president of Hemdale Pictures to make the film, with Cameron as director and Hurd as a producer.Lance Henriksen, who had starred in "", was considered for the lead role, but Cameron decided that Arnold Schwarzenegger was more suitable as the cyborg villain due to his bodybuilder appearance.