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Star Trek - Khan
Ricardo Montalban played Khan Noonien Singh in the original Star Trek series, a villain which was later revived in one of the best damn sci-fi movies ever: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Genetically engineered to be an uber-human, Khan ruled part of the Earth for a while in the 1990s and was driving force in the Eugenics Wars. Eventually overthrown, Khan took over a sleeper ship (christened SS Botany Bay) and remained in suspended animation until reaching the Kirk Era. Well, you should know the rest.
Did you know that Ricardo Montalban never met William Shatner for a single scene in Wrath of Khan? He actually filmed all his scenes weeks before the cast made it to the set. Ricardo: "I had to do my lines with the script girl, who, as you might imagine, sounded nothing like Bill [Shatner]." Here's another interesting note: Executive producer Harve Bennett accidentally approved the initial designs of the USS Reliant upside down, which they ended up sticking with; hence it has that unique look that differentiates it from the Enterprise. Good stuff.
Anywho, I gave you four fine versions of Khan. One as Walter "prof" Haley, one as Kyle "Ace" Morgan, one as Amadeus Cho, and one custom version with Willpower and Leadership.
Ricardo Montalban recently passed away on Wednesday January 14, 2009. He was 88.
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