Shatner is even getting hell from some of his fellow sci-fi and fantasy actors.
It's a challenge many science fiction and fantasy actors face, and one that isn't getting easier for Clarke, even in this third season.
Both the song and video also prominently feature someone who knows a thing or two about Weimar fantasy: the actor Alan Cumming, who won a Tony for his portrayal of the M.C. in "Cabaret" back in 1998.
Ricardo Montalban dies at 88; 'Fantasy Island' actor.
One of his short stories, "Dear John Wayne", describes a fantasy affair the actor had with a Navajo film extra.
"I imagined in my fantasy that every actor took that path, once they fell in love with the profession," she says.
This tangled sci-fi fantasy has the actor battling with himself in dual roles as identical, alternate selves (one good, the other power mad) from alternate universes fighting for supremacy (Holden).
But there are sublime touches, too: foreplay that takes place to a soundtrack of the We Need to Talk About Kevin audiobook; a Stewart Lee-ish fantasy tryst with actor Anne Hathaway ; and several choice one-liners.
In "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee," an outlandish fantasy of the actor's glamorous life from Walt Disney's "Pinocchio," she found the perfect offbeat number to complement this tale of punctured show-business expectations.
Richard Meyers, author of The World of Fantasy Films, said actor Rebar was impatient and uncooperative with the extensive makeup sessions required for the effects, and thus did not wear all of the facial appliances Baker designed.
I constantly have spy or actor fantasies, I love multiple personalities.
