Ricardo Montalban discusses the film "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG

I was doing Fantasy Island, we lasted seven seasons and at the end of season six you're my break, did producer Bennett offer me this role of Khan, which was based on a character he had done many years ago when it was television? series was called space seed super superman is very powerful who is then abandoned on an inhabited planet, he is habitable but uninhabited? The next show will be because the original show was the villain was a ship that is computerized somehow something goes wrong when killing you know Kirk you know the company kill him now the concept is interesting because you have, I said, as an enemy, a man. or an object is not afraid it is not afraid at all and then just to kill it is computerized for that very interesting however there was no communication or here gum you know here it is and suspense but there was no signal of communication if they have a real villain and they left through all the different villains someone that came to mind said wait a minute be interested look what happened to him on that planet he was abandoned and that's how the thing was born let's cut to Ricardo you know how many years later old announcer and when They offered me to play the role, it's not that I think there is a role that is too small for me, no, but there was no way because after six years of Fancy Island, which was a very successful series, I want to be on the screen with a most important role you know when I read it I thought something good when I'm NOT on the screen they're talking about me that's how it seemed to me and it's also an interesting role I think I can do something with what I said I'll do it I'm

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ting to get familiar with a character that I have to bring from a long time ago and having to articulate it while memorizing the dialogue and, to my terrible despair, it sounded like Mr.

Roarke from Fantasy Island severe audiences I want to laugh off screen they're going to think I'm Conda Superman they saw how Rourke I didn't see what's what's so I'm calling Harvey Bennett hurry up would you send me a copy of the original space scene and he sent it to me, You know, I played it and played it again about three times, the third time I

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ted to remember what I was thinking then as an actor, what I was trying to achieve or what I achieved whatever and it suddenly occurred to me, so I did it. What I have to do now is bring that character and then make him passionate because he is blaming Kurt for the death of his wife whom he loved passionately and that is why he was avenging his revenge. and then I have to play this character completely I'm going to play it safe please say that no one plays him full of passion, revenge not for himself but for the memory of his wife whom he adores and suddenly I started reading. and in my opinion, at that moment I was convinced that that mr.

Rourke had disappeared and in fact I became over time, you know, and then of course I have a great joy to work with Nicholas Meyer, he was a director, a brilliant young man and he knew where he was, the only one who left me go with passion on the way to Almost there because if we go a little further than it we become ridiculous, you know, if you play it safe, it's like that, so he allows me to take the passion to almost almost the point there, you know , sometimes and he said too much or too much.

He really guided me wonderfully and I owe a lot of the success Kant had to Nicholas Meyer and a beautifully written script.