Edward Furlong was back beside his Terminator 2: Judgement Day castmates at the For The Love of Fantasy and Sci-Fi convention at ExCeL London, a public reunion that pulled his 1991 breakthrough into view again. The 49-year-old was photographed with Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton and Robert Patrick ahead of the film's 35th anniversary.
Robert Patrick summed up the moment in one line: “Skynet definitely didn't have this reunion in the original programming. T2 family back together.” For a cast that helped turn James Cameron's sequel into a long-running franchise asset, the photo does more than revisit nostalgia; it puts Furlong back in the frame after years in which his name was tied as much to disorder as to the role that made him famous.
Furlong at 13 in 1991
Furlong was 13 when he starred as John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgement Day in 1991, and the part earned him the MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance in 1992. That early peak still defines how audiences read him, which is why the recent reunion lands as a career snapshot rather than a routine convention photo.
He later returned to the franchise in Terminator: Dark Fate in 2019, when his face was digitally altered to appear younger. The franchise kept moving around him, but the reunion shows the original cast still has enough pull to create a headline whenever its members reappear together.
2003 and the fallout
Furlong said on the Inside of You With Michael Rosenbaum podcast, “When I lost Terminator 3. Oh My God, dude. So much drugs in my life,” and added, “For T3, it was like a lot of money, like millions.” He also said, “Guys, I just signed this [expletive] awesome contract, we're going to go to the club, we're going to get a bunch of blow,” before adding, “The news caught wind,” after he overdosed.
That history gives the reunion its edge. Furlong is being celebrated in a cast photo, yet the same public record says he lost Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines in 2003 because of addiction struggles and later described overdose fallout in his own words. The contrast is the story: a franchise figure who can still draw attention, but only after a long and public detour.
Instagram in February
In February 2025, Furlong said he had been clean for seven years and wrote, “I never really thought this was possible,” followed by, “I am very grateful to be sober today.” That update matters because it turns the reunion from a simple nostalgia beat into evidence of where he is now: visible again, talking openly, and no longer defined only by the collapse that followed his earliest success.
The practical read is simple. The reunion gives Terminator 2: Judgement Day another publicity cycle ahead of its 35th anniversary, while Furlong's recent sobriety update explains why this appearance resonates beyond the convention floor. For now, the cast photo is the event; whether Furlong turns up in any further anniversary appearances or franchise work is the open question hanging over it.
