Robert Patrick at 67: the T-1000 now looks like chewed gum

Robert Patrick at 67: the T-1000 that time turned into gum

There are images that hurt, not because of how graphic they are, but because of what they reveal about the relentless passage of time. Robert Patrick, the actor who played the liquid metal T-1000 in 'Terminator 2', has recently been caught by cameras looking so different that social media didn't hesitate to call him 'chewed gum with eyes'. At 67, the actor shows a face lined with wrinkles and a sagging look that contrasts with the perfection of his character.

From liquid metal to sagging skin
The contrast between his current image and the one from 1992 is brutal. While his co-star Arnold Schwarzenegger has aged with dignity —muscle mass included— or Clint Eastwood seems carved from wood, Patrick has experienced an aging that some call 'sagging': his skin has gone loose even though he's still slim. A transformation that has sparked jokes, but also reflection on Hollywood's standards of male beauty.

The genetic factor (and the wine)
The debate has centered on the causes. Some point to genetics; others, to the daily glass of wine the actor himself has mentioned. The truth is that Robert Patrick still has the same hair as in 1992 —no small antiestéticat— but his face has aged at an accelerated pace. 'It kills any desire to reincarnate,' summed up one comment circulating among the comparisons.

At 67, Patrick is neither the first nor the last action hero to be billed by time. But his case serves as a reminder: the T-1000 degrades too. Only in real life there are no nanoparticles to rebuild him.