Editing Sarah Connor (Terminator) (section)

===Production background===
In November 2005, [[20th Century Fox]] announced that it would produce a television series called ''Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'' featuring the adventures of the title character and her son in the years after ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day''.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Terminator Franchise Rises Again |publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=November 10, 2005 |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=11940 |access-date=2007-01-16 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930033136/http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=11940 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In November 2006, it announced that Headey had been chosen to play Sarah.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://variety.com/2006/scene/markets-festivals/headey-lands-connor-role-1117953533/ |title=Headey lands 'Connor' role|date=November 7, 2006|work=Variety}}</ref> The choice of Headey was criticized by several fans and critics, who said she bore no resemblance to the athletic, muscular character portrayed by Hamilton.<ref name="LAtimes">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-channel12jan12,1,2529711.story?coll=la-entnews-home-topstories%22&ctrack=1&cset=true |title=New Sarah Connor needs thick skin |first=Scott |last=Collins |work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |date=January 11, 2008 |access-date=2008-01-12 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080330050525/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-channel12jan12,1,2529711.story?cset=true&ctrack=1&coll=la-entnews-home-topstories%22 
|archive-date=2008-03-30 }}</ref> The controversy was covered by the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'',<ref name="LAtimes" /> ''[[The Boston Herald]]'',<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jan/20/television.gender |title=Weedy action heroine under fire |quote=Fans and feminists criticize a British actress for having the wrong physique to play the star role in American TV's hit Terminator spin-off |first=David |last=Smith |publisher=[[The Observer]] |date=January 20, 2008 |access-date=2008-01-20 |location=London}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'',<ref name="Guardian" /> and an online fan group.<ref name="Guardian" />

Series creator [[Josh Friedman]] auditioned over 300 actress for the role; he said he was looking for was someone "who embodied that spirit and who was believable in that role and not just some glammed up, Hollywood, actressy thing".<ref name="ign1">{{cite web | last=Goldman | first=Eric | url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/798/798086p1.html | title=Guiding the Sarah Connor Chronicles | publisher=IGN.com |date=June 22, 2007 | access-date=2007-06-22}}</ref>

After a friend recommended English actor Lena Headey for the role, Friedman watched her audition tape and thought she was "a tough, tough woman".<ref name="ign1" /> Having seen ''[[The Terminator]]'' when she was a teenager,<ref name="ew-20080111">{{cite news |last=Svetkey | first=Benjamin | url=http://www.ew.com/article/2008/01/11/sarah-connor-t3-do-over | title='Sarah Connor Chronicles': 'T3' Rebooted | publisher=Entertainment Weekly |date=January 11, 2008 | access-date=2008-09-13}}</ref> Headey was aware of the iconic status of the character; she said, "Linda Hamilton will always be the original Sarah Connor and it's a very strong print that she's left, but hopefully people will embrace what I bring to Sarah and see it with fresh eyes".<ref name="deadbolt-2008">{{cite web | last=Rogers | first=Troy | url=http://www.thedeadbolt.com/news/102958/sarahconnor_interview.php | title=nside The Sarah Connor Chronicles with Lena Headey and James Middleton | publisher=TheDeadbolt.com | year=2008 | access-date=2008-09-13 | archive-date=2008-10-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007024917/http://www.thedeadbolt.com/news/102958/sarahconnor_interview.php | url-status=dead }}</ref> When asked about her approach to the role, Headey said, "I'm playing a mother who is a single parent, bringing up a teenage son, who also happens to save the world—as a byline to her life. And the way I would play that is someone who's passionate and scared and angry and a mother, all these things. So I approach that just trying to be honest within the boundaries of her&nbsp;..."<ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Lena%20Headey%3A%20Sarah%20Connor%20Laid%20To%20Rest/ |title = Lena Headey: Sarah Connor Laid To Rest |publisher = [[SuicideGirls.com]] |date = April 8, 2009 |access-date = 2009-04-08}}</ref>