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* [[Enforced Method Acting]]: During the scene where Kirk tricks Khan by using the Prefix Code to lower ''Reliant's'' shields, [[William Shatner]] kept delivering the line "Here it comes" in a sing-songy, mocking manner. Meyer felt that Kirk would NOT do this, as that's pretty blatantly telegraphing your intentions to your enemy. In the end, Meyer hit on a plan -- he had Shatner do several takes of the line. On the last take, Shatner, finally sick of the multiple attempts, thought to just phone it in and delivered a blank, emotionless reading of the line, hoping that Meyer would get the hint and move on. [[Springtime for Hitler|Meyer indeed moved on after that take -- that was the exact reading he wanted for the line, and that take was the one included in the finished cut.]] In fact, Meyer often used this tactic when dealing with Shatner.
* [[Executive Meddling]] (According to Meyer, lawyers decided who got credited, and paid, for the screenplay. [http://trekmovie.com/2007/07/14/interview-with-nicholas-meyer/ "I just wrote it and they put somebody's name on it."]) <ref>The full story- before Nick Meyer was hired as director, there had been five different previous drafts of the script (four written by Jack B Sowards, one by Samuel Peeples) -- all with considerably different plots and all unsatisfactory. The special effects company needed to have a proper screenplay for the film within twelve days or the movie basically wouldn't happen, so Meyer volunteered to write a definitive screenplay within twelve days which would combine all the best aspects of the previous drafts. Upon being told they wouldn't even be able to organize a screenwriter's credit for him in twelve days, Meyer decided to do it anyway and try to organize a deal later. In the end he actually did complete the screenplay within twelve days but ended up going uncredited and unpaid for it, with Sowards getting the sole credit.</ref>
** Judson Scott (Joachim) doesn't appear at all in the credits, due to an overzealous agent trying to get him star billing without his knowledge. 
* [[Fake Nationality]]: Carrying over from [[Star Trek: The Original Series|"Space Seed"]], Mexican Ricardo Montalban as Khan Noonien ''Singh''.
** If one knows the dialogue when Spock and Saavik speak Vulcan, one can see that they are speaking English and it has been overdubbed. 
* [[Promoted Fanboy|Promoted Fangirl]]: Kirstie Alley was a big-time fan of the original series who was extremely excited to be able to play a role alongside Leonard Nimoy. Apparently, she was quite apt at the Vulcan characterization which helped to land her the role. 
* [[Unintentional Period Piece]]: In the director's commentary, Nicholas Meyer paraphrases Orson Scott Card's claim that all works are a product of their time, when it's pointed out how Khan's followers look like the entourage of a hair metal group.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: {{spoiler|Spock's}} [[Heroic Sacrifice]] was originally placed at the middle of the movie, in an attempt to mimic the ''[[Psycho]]'' gambit. When they wisely decided to make it the emotional climax of the film instead, Peter Preston's sacrifice was put in its place instead. Similarly, the whole ordeal was practically spoiled before the movie began filming because it was what lured him back to the franchise. The Kobayashi Maru sequence was intended as a way to throw off expectations.

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