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Malcolm McDowell taler ud om dødstrusler og Kubrick

Trekkierne er ikke vrede længere.

Daily Herald har fået sig en snak med Malcolm McDowell to, der taler ud om dødstrusler efter hans rolle i Star Trek som Dr. Tolian Soran var skyld i kaptajn Kirks død i "Star Trek: Generations".

"It was the early days of the Internet. Yes, it's true," sagde han. "But I've made my peace with the trekkies. I've been to a trekkie convention. I told them, 'Go on, if you want to rip me apart! Go ahead!' We had jeers and cheers and had some fun with it."

McDowell tilføjede, at Kirks død lod Shatner snuppe en rolle i tv-serien "Boston Legal", men det var også grunden til, at JJ Abrams ikke kunne bruge Shatner i hans reboot af "Star Trek".

"They asked Leonard Nimoy to be in it, but not Bill. I think he was a little upset by that," forklarede han.

Samtidig kunne McDowell forklare lidt om hans turbulente forhold med Stanley Kubrick efter optagelserne af klassikeren "A Clockwork Orange".

"I was very, very upset. I felt I had been used," fortalte han. "He'd gotten everything he wanted out of me and now I couldn't get a return of a phone call. After working so closely with Stanley and going through hell and high water to get this incredible film and that performance which is practically in every frame of the film — then, being cut off and hearing nothing? Very bizarre."