'Doctor Who' Actor Matt Smith To Join Arnold Schwarzenegger In 'Terminator: Genesis' (VIDEO) | HuffPost

Matt Smith Joins Cast Of 'Terminator: Genesis'

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Matt Smith will play a role in the new reboot of the ‘Terminator’ franchise, it has been announced.

The former ‘Doctor Who’ star will join actor Arnold Schwarzenegger in the forthcoming ‘Terminator: Genesis’, the fifth instalment in the series which is to be directed by Alan Taylor, who previously helmed ‘Thor’.

Matt Smith

His character is then due to expand in the two planned sequels in the saga, which will also star ‘Game Of Thrones’ actress Emilia Clarke.

According to Deadline, the British star is reportedly the last major piece of casting for the upcoming blockbuster, which will see Arnie reprising his iconic role of cyborg T-800.

Arnold Schwarzenegger in the original 'Teminator'

Matt's final scenes after almost four years in 'Doctor Who' aired in the show's Christmas special last year, when the leading role was then taken over by Peter Capaldi.

Since leaving the cult BBC series behind, he has been trying his hand at something new, and was recently seen treading the boards in London’s West End in the musical adaptation of ‘American Psycho’.

Meanwhile, he recently spoke to fans at a sci-fi convention and revealed he’d be keen to go back to ‘Doctor Who’ in the future, similar to when David Tennant returned to the show for its 50th anniversary celebrations.

If he’s been hanging around with Arnie on set before then - we might get to see a newly buffed-up Matt lifting a Dalek over his head, who knows?

‘Terminator: Genesis’ is currently tipped for release in July 2015.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's Most Ridiculous Quotes

On money(01 of26)

"Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million, but I was just as happy when I had $48 million." (credit:Getty Images)

On milk(02 of26)

"Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer." (credit:Getty Images)

On environmental villainy(03 of26)

"It is up to us [in government] to say, Here are the laws: You have to inspect the milk so it's clean. You have to inspect the meat. If you screw up with the spinach, we have to take action to make sure people don't get sick. I never think of industry as being villains. I'm not for you getting taxed, if you're an oil company, just to punish you. But we [the government] have to guide you and say, This is the new direction we are going to go." (credit:Getty Images)

On his carbon footprint(04 of26)

"I have a private plane. But I fly commercial when I go to environmental conferences." (credit:AP)

On love(05 of26)

"I have a love interest in every one of my films -- a gun." (credit:Flickr:jonobacon)

On his Governor's salary(06 of26)

"I didn’t take a penny of my salary during my terms. After all, it was petty cash compared to what you make in the movies." (credit:Getty Images)

On power… and possibly Hitler?(07 of26)

"I was always dreaming about very powerful people, dictators and things like that. I was just always impressed by people who could be remembered for hundreds of years, or even, like Jesus, be for thousands of years remembered." (credit:AP)

On health(08 of26)

"The best activities for your health are pumping and humping." (credit:AP)

On muscles(09 of26)

"I just use my muscles as a conversation piece, like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd Street." (credit:Getty Images)

On citizenship(10 of26)

"As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long." (credit:Alamy)

On being a Republican(11 of26)

"Listening to Nixon speak sounded more like a breath of fresh air. I said to my friend, 'What party is he?' My friend said, 'He's a Republican.' I said, 'Then I am a Republican!' And I've been a Republican ever since! And trust me, in my wife's family, that's no small achievement!" (credit:AP)

On parenting(12 of26)

"I came home and one of my kids started crying and saying 'Daddy you didn't come to my recital.' And then all of the sudden the other said 'Dad you didn't come to my football game,' and then my daughter was saying 'You didn't come to my dance and you're never around' and all the sudden all of the kids were crying. And Maria was saying 'Go ahead just express yourself kids, I think Daddy needs to hear it.'" (credit:Getty Images)

On 'Batman & Robin'(13 of26)

"I don't regret it at all. I felt that the character was interesting and two movies before that one Joel Schumacher was at his height. So the decision-making process was not off. At the same time I was doing 'Eraser' over there and Warner Bros. begged me to do the movie." (credit:Alamy)

On Democrats(14 of26)

"One of my movies was called 'True Lies.' It's what the Democrats should have called their convention." (credit:Alamy)

On James Cameron(15 of26)

"My friend James Cameron and I made three films together – 'True Lies,' 'The Terminator' and 'Terminator 2.' Of course, that was during his early, low-budget, art-house period." (credit:AP)

On 'Total Recall'(16 of26)

"Ha ha ha… I just continuously used him as a human shield, and then threw him down the escalator." (credit:Alamy)

On totally recalling stuff(17 of26)

"If it's hard to remember, it'll be difficult to forget." (credit:Getty Images)

On gay marriage(18 of26)

"I think that gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman." (credit:Alamy)

On work ethic(19 of26)

"You can scream at me, call me for a shoot at midnight, keep me waiting for hours - as long as what ends up on the screen is perfect." (credit:Alamy)

On a 'Twins' sequel(20 of26)

"I would love to do another 'Twins'… As a matter of fact, we’ve been talking about doing one and it’s called 'Triplets.' I’d find somebody like Eddie Murphy or someone that people would say, 'How does that happen, medically speaking?' and, 'Physically, there’s no way!' Then, somehow, we would explain it. That would be hilarious with what we know about someone like him." (credit:Alamy)

On Danny DeVito(21 of26)

"He was always insisting on smoking bigger cigars than I did! Because he was short!" (credit:Alamy)

On body typing(22 of26)

"It's simple, if it jiggles, it's fat." (credit:Alamy)

On drugs(23 of26)

"I have inhaled, exhaled everything." (credit:AP)

On addiction(24 of26)

"The politicians make a mistake; they keep spending and spending and spending, and then when they realize they made a mistake and spent money they don't even have, then they go out, they go tax, tax, tax. You guys have an addiction problem. You should go to an addiction place, because you cannot stop spending." (credit:AP)

On individuality(25 of26)

“What is the point of being on this Earth if you are going to be like everyone else?” (credit:Alamy)

On whether he'll be back or not(26 of26)

"I'll be back." (credit:Getty Images)

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