You Can’t Blame Peter Weller for Ducking out of ‘RoboCop 3′ — He Had a Good Reason

If 1993’s RoboCop 3 lacked any vital element that made the original Paul Verhoeven film a cinematic classic, it was not just the hard R-rated satire. The star of the original 1987 film, Peter Weller, embodied the spirit of what made Alex Murphy/RoboCop a tragic figure. The gifted character actor’s ability to bring humanity to the role of the iconic cyborg was key to the franchise’s enduring legacy.