History Creator / KlausKinski

Though hailed as a prolific and capable actor, Kinski had a reputation for being extremely difficult to work with. He raged about anything that did not suit his expectations. Herzog recalls his [[WithFriendsLikeThese colorful]] working relationship with Kinski in the 1999 documentary ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Best_Fiend My Best Fiend]]''. As the title suggests, the two men had a ''very'' tempestuous... we suppose 'friendship' isn't quite the word, considering that Herzog once had to hold Kinski ''at gunpoint'' on-set in order to get him to behave and work.[[labelnote:Note]]Though, Herzog himself has said that the story was an exaggeration: he "merely" ''threatened'' Kinski with murder/suicide unless the actor started behaving, and Kinski could tell he was 100% serious.[[/labelnote]]

Probably the most audacious project of Kinski's career was his 1971 one-man show, ''Klaus Kinski is Jesus Christ Savior'' (a documentary about it is now on DVD, and footage appears in ''My Best Fiend''). Notably, even while delivering a monologue about UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} (who he maintained was [[AnswersToTheNameOfGod his personal idol]]), Kinski ''still'' got into several spats onstage and was nearly mobbed by the entire audience.

* ''Film/{{Venus In Furs|Franco1969}}'' (1969) as Ahmed Kortobawi

Though hailed as a prolific and capable actor, Kinski had a reputation for being extremely difficult to work with. He raged about anything that did not suit his expectations. Herzog recalls his [[WithFriendsLikeThese colorful]] working relationship with Kinski in the 1999 documentary ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Best_Fiend My Best Fiend]]''. As the title suggests, the two men had a ''very'' tempestuous... we suppose 'friendship' isn't quite the word, considering that Herzog once had to hold Kinski ''at gunpoint'' on-set in order to get him to behave and work.