Cult Actors #5: Peter Weller
As Alex Murphy, the police officer executed by street hoods and then resurrected as a mechanical super cop, Weller gives a commanding performance. For the film he seems to shut down whatever makes him Peter Weller and reboots an android psychology. Filmed in Dallas, Texas during a heat wave, Weller lost pounds of weight and, locked in that massive suit (designed by effects genius Rob Bottin), had to battle against claustrophobia and dehydration.
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