US TV
Shirley Manson inspired by 'Sarah Connor'
Published Friday, Aug 1 2008, 08:02 BST | By Ben Rawson-Jones
Rex Features
The Garbage singer-turned-actress told Sci Fi Wire that she found the Linda Hamilton version of Connor "so intense and powerful... I was young and disenfranchised and I wanted to be her. I wanted to be empowered. I wanted to kick ass. I wanted to push back against the people that I felt weren't treating me right. And so I identified with her more than anything".
Manson also revealed that she secured the acting role through her friend Josh Friedman, the man behind the Terminator spinoff.
"[He] said, 'Would you be interested in auditioning for the show?' and I said 'yeah'. I didn't really think it through, it was just sort of a trigger response because I was a big Terminator fan," she said.
The 'Stupid Girl' singer added: "I got the part before I really understood the full implications of what I'd gotten myself involved in."
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