1990. Director: Paul Verhoeven starring Arnold Schwarzenegger with Sharon Stone, Rachel Ticotin, Ronny Cox and Michael Ironside. Over 40 drafts of the script were written, some of which depicted Quaid as a mild-mannered accountant (instead of a construction worker). Arnold Schwarzenegger was originally going to play the title role in RoboCop (1987) but problems with the costume caused them to drop the idea. Schwarzenegger heard about this and saw Robocop. Afterwards he expressed that he loved the movie and wanted to work with director Paul Verhoeven. They both heard about this movie and decided to work on that.