Ridley Scott has revealed that he turned down a $20 million offer to direct Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines .

The Oscar-nominated filmmaker recently told The Guardian , “I’m proud about this. I turned down a $20M fee. See, I can’t be bought, dude.”

While the 2003 Arnold Schwarzenegger -led pic was ultimately helmed by director Jonathan Mostow, Scott admitted he did inquire about the lead star’s pay for the third installment before officially declining the offer.

“Someone said: ‘Ask what Arnie gets.’ I thought: ‘I’ll try it out.’ I said: ‘I want what Arnie gets.’ When they said yes, I thought: ‘Fuck me,'” the Gladiator II director recalled.

Ridley Scott has revealed that he turned down a $20 million offer to direct Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines .

The Oscar-nom

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