“BAQA!” THAT, AS you surely already
know, is one of the many Klingon swear
words that has been hurled around the
Star Trek universe over the years. But the
Federation is set to get a whole lot saltier,
with actual cussing, as overseen by
Quentin Tarantino for his much
buzzed-about Star Trek film. “Oh yeah!”
he confirms to Empire, when asked if
the in-development movie will feature
standard Earth swearing. “It’s an R-rated
movie. If I do it, it’ll be R-rated.”
The iconic sci-fi series has got ruder
of late, with Discovery dropping a few
S-bombs and even an F-photon-torpedo.
But this project will burst through the
final frontier, becoming the first trulyadults-only film in the series. Many
question marks still remain, though.
Might Tarantino direct, as well as
steering the story? And who exactly is
putting the first draft of the screenplay
together? It’s been reported that writers
Mark L. Smith (The Revenant), Drew
Pearce (Hotel Artemis) and Lindsey Beer
(Godzilla Vs Kong) have all been in talks
with Tarantino and J.J. Abrams. “There’s
a script that exists for it now,” is all
Tarantino will reveal at present. “I need
to weigh in on it, but I haven’t been able
to do that yet.”
One thing is for certain, though:
when he absolutely, positively has to kick
back with a space saga, he accepts no
substitutes. Kill Bill Vol. 1 began with an
old Klingon proverb (“Revenge is a dish
best served cold”) that originates with
Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan. And
that 1982 tale of mind-melds, nerve-
pinches and chest-revealing spacewear
is still his go-to for a late-night kick.
“I can’t watch it without saying every
single one of Ricardo Montalbán’s lines
as he says it,” Tarantino admits. “It’s
impossible for me to watch Wrath Of
Khan without doing Khan’s dialogue.
I act it all out: ‘AH, YOU STILL
REMEMBER, ADMIRAL!’” Khan
Noonien Singh: the original Bad
Motherfucker. NICK DE SEMLYENTURN TO PAGE 50 FOR THE FULL INTERVIEW
WITH QUENTIN TARANTINOQuentin Tarantino on the
new R-rated energy he’s
bringing to the EnterpriseWHERE
NO MAN
HAS GONE
BEFORE
S1, Ep 6
Daenerys’
embracing of the
Dothraki’s brutal
ways was laid bare
when Khal Drogo
killed her brother
by pouring molten
gold on his head.
“He was no
dragon,” she
coldly concluded.S2, Ep 10
After discovering
that her handmaid
Doreah stole her
dragons and gave
them to Xaro
Xhoan Daxos,
Dany entombed
both in the
merchant’s empty
bank vault, where
they were left
to starve.S6, Ep 4
Conscious of the
Dothraki’s respect
for raw power,
Dany burned
down a building
containing senior
horse lords,
winning thousands
of followers in
the process.Grey Worm (Jacob Anderson, main pic)
and Missandei (Nathalie Emmanuel).
Inset below: Naomi Ackie, who stars in
the upcoming Thrones prequel.S7, Ep 4
Her stark outlook
was made clear
in her reply to
Jorah when he
asks her to show
mercy to the
masters of Yunkai:
“They can live
in my new world
or they can die
in their old one”.S7, Ep 5
Such was her
dedication to
abolishing
slavery, Dany
refused to put
the Tarly and
Lannister army
in chains: it was
join her or die.
Randyll and
Dickon chose
the latter.S8, Ep 5
Dany promised
to destroy Slaver’s
Bay and King’s
Landing in
retaliation for
their lack of
respect, which
she pulled off in
the penultimate
episode.THE DESCENT OF DANY
SOME FANS QUESTIONED DAENERYS’
SHIFT INTO THE MAD QUEEN — BUT
THE SIGNS WERE THERE...Empire spoke
to Tarantino in the Once
Upon A Time In
Hollywood cutting room
on 3 May.ALAMY, GETTY IMAGES, PHOTOFEST