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Malcolm McDowell on the Fun of Killing Kirk and Working with Nephew Alexander Siddig

By GustavoLeao / 14:03, 13 June 2007 / People

DreamWatch posted a new interview with actor Malcolm McDowell, better know to Star Trek fans as Soran, the man who killed Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek Generations. McDowell now plays Mr Linderman in Heroes and Dr Loomis in the forthcoming remake of Halloween. Here are few excerpts from the interview.

Your role as Mr Linderman in Heroes is the latest in a long line of McDowell villains. Deep down, is there perhaps a little bit of evil inside you?

Any part you play always has a little bit of yourself in it, and of course I have a bit of the devil in me. Doesn't everyone? I just get paid to have fun with it! I enjoy it very much, and it's great fun getting to do away with Captain Kirk and so on. He'd had a good run! With this part particularly, the word ‘relish' comes to mind. The wonderful scenes I have with Adrian [Pasdar] were a pleasure, and I had a great time doing it. But listen, I don't only play heavies. I suppose it's just what I'm best known for.

What other projects are you working on at the moment?

I'm in London doing a movie called Doomsday with [DS9 actor] Alexander Siddig, who is my nephew and a very good actor. He told me they wanted me to do it, so I did. Next, I'm on my way to the Cannes Film Festival to show my tribute to the great director Lindsay Anderson, who was very important in my life, and a man I loved dearly. I can't believe they invited me to show it at Cannes. It's absolutely extraordinary for me, but there you are.

I'm also in a miniseries of War and Peace as Prince Bolkonsky, which is a wonderful part. I've no idea when that will be shown in the States, but they're going to screen it right through the night in Rome, the whole nine hours of it. It's a big Euro-pudding, with seven or eight countries involved. I've seen quite a bit of it and it's really quite wonderful. I do most of my scenes with Brenda Blethyn, who's terrific. I think it's quite a remarkable event and a beautiful production.

The full interview is here.

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So how about Linderman... | Report this post to moderator
By: iam (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 14:03:18 on Jun 14, 2007

Ok, they have got to bring Linderman back. That was an absolutly crappy way for such a cool villian to die.

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By: Captain Patti (Odo's file, contact) @ 11:57:11 on Jun 14, 2007

I actually think that Soran was one of the better TNG Villains.

I have heard him in many interviews how happy he was killing Kirk.

Personally falling off of rocks was hardly a valid way to kill him.

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I've Been Listening | Report this post to moderator
By: Jean-Luc (Odo's file, contact) @ 11:03:24 on Jun 14, 2007 | (1)

to McDowell say for the past thirteen years how great/much fun it was killing Kirk. I don't hold any contempt for him personally, but doesn't he understand that GEN marked the end of a cultural icon? To me it's like being proud of killing off Santa Claus or Superman.
Superman died in the comic, but it was a marketing ploy and there was always a plan to have him return.

I don't think it's necessarily good to know how a certain character is going to meet his/her end. Scotty for example took off in a shuttlecraft in the 24th century then Doohan passed away so we'll never know Scotty's ultimate fate.

As someone else stated, Kirk should have died on the bridge of a starship sacrificing himself for the greater good. Decker in "The Doomsday Machine" and Janeway in "Year of Hell" are good examples.

End rant!

Oh BTW, I like that picture above and the Siddig connection is a nice bit of trivia I hadn't known about.

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RE: I've Been Listening by Chaotic Asimov @ 11:41:43 on Jun 14

Loved SORAN | Report this post to moderator
By: Chaotic Asimov (Odo's file, contact) @ 15:01:50 on Jun 13, 2007 | (2)

I maybe in the minority, but I LOVED Generations mainly due to the great lines you can quote from it, many delivered by Maclom.

"They say time is the fire in which we burn...and right now, captain, my time is running out."...great line...

or...

"There was once a time I wouldn't have hurt a fly, and then...the borg came. And they taught me there is one true constant in the universe, it is death. It's like a predator..stalking you. Oh, you can try to out run it with doctors and new technologies, but in the end...death will hunt you down and make the kill"...great stuff there...

GENERATIONS improves each time I see it. I "get" what Moore and Braga were trying to say. And even with its less than perfect killing of Kirk, I prefer this movie over INSURRECTION and NEMESIS...I couldn't quote one line from either one of those turkeys...heck, I'll take THE FINAL FRONTIER over those two lame movies...why? Because FINAL FRONTIER does contain some good acting moments, mainly Deforest Kelly. That whole death scene between he, his father, and Sybok is a real good acting moment for DeForest.

Way to go Mr. Linderman!!!

Chaotic

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    RE: Loved SORAN by GustavoLeao @ 12:14:06 on Jun 14
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RE: Loved SORAN by Poetwarrior78 @ 11:04:18 on Jun 14
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RE: Loved SORAN by GustavoLeao @ 15:22:42 on Jun 13
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