Terminator 2 star Robert Patrick, Buffy actor James Marsters among headlines of Sydney’s Supanova pop culture event

Legendary Hollywood actor Robert Patrick is in Sydney to meet fans at Australia’s biggest pop culture convention Supanova, being held at Sydney Olympic Park this weekend. Mr Patrick is well known for his villainous role as the fully autonomous robot T1000 in the action-packed film Terminator 2: Judgement Day, starring alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton and Edward Furlong. The convention features international celebrities, artists and creators of popular comics, sci-fi, fantasy, anime, gaming, nostalgia and literature. It is well known for its elaborate costume play – known as “cosplay” – where fans dress as their favourite characters or figures from media. The major names headlining the Sydney event include The Bionic Woman actress Linda Wagner, actress Kat Graham and Buffy the Vampire Slayer actor James Marsters. Leading actor Brendan Foster was at the event to speak about his experience directing his own film and talk with fans at the Mad Max stall. Foster has just wrote, directed and stared in the film Life After Fighting saying it had been exhausting being so hands on with the production. Foster said the response to the high drama, high action film about a retired martial arts champion had been amazing. “But I got to make the movie I wanted to make as I didn’t have to navigate or appease anyone else,” he said. Foster was also the voice for Max Rockatansky in the 2015 Mad Max video game and was appearing at the Max Max stand on Saturday to meet with fans. He said voicing the character was a “fantastic experience” that took years to make. “And boy was it a fun ride,” he said. “It made an impact all over the world, so that tends to stamp its mark on a permanent level.” It is the first time Foster has appeared at Supanova, which has run in Australia for the past 24 years.