That was fun. I've never seen those. Thanks for posting. Although, I must admit that I don't like their explanation for the eyepatch. I thought that was supposed to be something that showed how hard a life Chang had lived, and how impervious to pain he was to have it screwed into his skull. It kind of takes the wind out of the sails by saying he got the patch immediately prior to TUC, in some minor "honor" scuffle with an unknown Klingon captain.
And the story of Plummer, Shatner, and Henry V is awesome, if you've not heard it.
Having had a kidney stone recently, I can confirm the pain. In my case, it went past the hydromorphone and it took a few doses of fentanyl before the pain dropped to a 7 from a 10! I can hear Mr. Plummer saying, "I must simply get to the stage... OH BLOODY HELL!" Kidney stones are no joke.And the story of Plummer, Shatner, and Henry V is awesome, if you've not heard it.
Plummer was a bit notorious with the ladies, and a vigorous one-night stand somehow dislodged a kidney stone in Plummer, leaving him in excruciating pain so intense that he was hospitalized and doped to the gills with morphine. When people from the Stratford Festival let Plummer know that his understudy Shatner would be performing in his stead, Plummer was determined to escape the hospital but he didn't even reach the door before 1) even more excruciating pain and 2) more morphine.
Shatner's performance was considered a triumph. Whatever Plummer had done, Shatner did the opposite. If Plummer had delivered a speech standing up, Shatner delivered it while sitting. If Plummer shouted, Shatner whispered. Shatner felt that this was the moment when he became an actor, and Plummer said, paraphrasing from memory, "I knew that son of a bitch was going to be a star."
I can imagine that working to a certain extent, intentionally playing Henry differently, but I struggle to picture a rousing speech like Harfleur or St. Crispin's Day being delivered effectively from a seated position.^I don't know whether this is a true story, but it's certainly a great story.
Chang was the best and inspired more modern Klingons. Even more reason to be grateful to the man.On a humorous note, I recall Plummer had to fight really hard for Chang to get to be bald. Then, almost 30 years later in Discovery, all Klingons were bald!The man was ahead of his time.
