Originally posted by Mobius:
Klaus Kinski is a rock star.
"By most accounts, Klaus Kinski was an utter bastard to work with, and few directors ever used him more than once. One of the few who did was Werner Herzog, and while they had a relationship which could accurately be described as "hate-hate", their collaborations resulted in among their best work.
Herzog describes Kinski as a walking psychic scream, and their 'collaboration' turned violent on a daily basis. Kinski once fired madly into a crew tent, shooting off the tip of a man's finger. Herzog did indeed threaten to shoot the manic actor - coining a Leone-like phrase to the effect of, "There's six bullets in this gun. If you don't do what I say RIGHT NOW, five of them are for you and one is for me!"
That intensity definetly carried over into the film!
