The cast of the Terminator movies reunited at a London sci-fi convention on Sunday.
Linda Hamilton, who played Sarah Connor in the franchise, joined Edward Furlong, who played her son John in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, on stage at the ‘For The Love of Fantasy And Sci-Fi’ event.
Linda, 69, looked chic in a polka dot skirt and black sweater as she chatted with Edward, 49, who was making a rare public appearance after years struggling with a meth and heroin addiction.
Also on the panel were Robert Patrick, who played the T-1000 in the 1991 sequel and Michael Biehn, who starred as Kyle Reese in the original 1984 movie.
The reunion comes a month after Edward pulled out of a planned appearance at Melbourne Metro Comic Con with Linda, after he was ‘unable to make his flight to Australia’. Excited fans had spent up to $500 for the opportunity to attend a meet and greet with the duo and get photo opportunities with them.
Edward rose to fame in 1991 when he was cast alongside Linda and Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Terminator sequel at age 13, but after the movie shot him to fame and hearthrob status, he fell into a severe drug addiction.
The cast of the Terminator movies reunited at a London sci-fi convention on Sunday; Pictured Edward Furlong who played John Connor in Terminator 2
Linda Hamilton, who played Sarah Connor in the franchise, joined her onscreen son at the For The Love of Fantasy And Sci-Fi event
The teenager had no acting credits when he was cast as the wayward teenage.
The role in the James Cameron project was an opportunity for the budding star to establish himself as one of Hollywood’s most promising young actors.
Instead, his career plummeted after he appeared in 1998s hard-hitting drama American History X.
He began struggling with addiction, and checked into rehab for the first time in 2000.
After his first rehab stint, the actor struggled through years of relapses that led to several confrontations with the law.
Prolonged crystal meth use rotted his teeth, and striking images sparked concern as the former child star’s descent was made public.
But following decades of struggle, the actor has made improvements, revealing to the Daily Mail in 2024 that he had re-launched his career as he celebrated his ‘second chance’.
He appeared in The Forest Hills and Unspeakable: Beyond the Wall of Sleep two years ago, sharing at the time, ‘It feels great to be back on set and sober too.’
Furlong and Hamilton pictured in Terminator 2: Judgment Day in 1991
Also on the panel were Michael Biehn (second left), who starred as Kyle Reese in the original 1984 movie and Robert Patrick (far right), who played the T-1000 in the 1991 sequel
The reunion comes a month after Edward pulled out of a planned appearance at Melbourne Metro Comic Con with Linda, after he was ‘unable to make his flight to Australia’
Edward rose to fame in 1991 when he was cast alongside Linda and Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Terminator sequel at age 13
Linda meanwhile has been experiencing a recent career resurgence. She made a celebrated guest appearance in the final season of Stranger Things which aired last year
His career plummeted after he appeared in 1998’s hard-hitting drama American History X. He began struggling with addiction, and checked into rehab for the first time in 2000
Michael Biehn, who starred as Kyle Reese in the original Terminator movie and reprised the role in a dream sequence which was cut from the original theatrical release of the sequel
Robert Patrick came to prominence as an actor playing the T-1000, the antagonist of Terminator 2: Judgment Day
‘I didn’t feel hungover when I went to work. There’s other sober people at work which is weird because if you’re not sober, you’re not hanging out with the other sober people. It was cool,’ he added.
Furlong admitted that it took him time to agree to have his teeth replaced with veneers in 2022.
Linda meanwhile has been experiencing a recent career resurgence.
She made a celebrated guest appearance in the final season of Stranger Things which aired last year.
The actress revealed that just before she got the offer, she had told her agent she was going to retire after experiencing hip problems while filming the comedy-drama series Resident Alien.
‘The last conversation that I had had with my agent was pretty much like, “Dude, I think I’ve got to retire,” she recalled to The Telegraph. ‘My hip had been hurting for two years, and I wasn’t doing well – I said, “I gotta deal with my health, and I just don’t think that I can do this any more.”‘
‘Then he called and said that Stranger Things had asked if I was available, and without even asking me, he just said, “Yep”. We have had a good laugh or two about that.’
