The Merchandise GuideAnnual 1975
The Merchandise Guide |
Martin Landau -
Commander JOHN KOENIG |
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| Landau: It's a pleasure to be portraying you in this series of Space 1999 films. How about telling me something about your- self. Koenig: Well, I'm an American, like you. I'm an astrophysicist, and I've been a pilot and an astro- naut in my time. For the record, I was born in 1959, so I can remem- ber the first flights to the moon from my schoolboy days. Landau: You're a New Yorker by your accent. I'm pretty good at accents. I've got the feel for them, if you know what I mean. Matter of fact, I'm from Brooklyn myself. I guess accents are kind of impor- tant for an all-round actor . . . Koenig: The way I heard it, you didn't start out in life with the stage in mind. Me, I was into aeronautics even before I was at college! Landau: I've always been creative. And I always had an interest in the theatre. But first my career was in art. After studies, I became a staff cartoonist and illustrator on the New York Daily News. I still draw a lot. Sometimes in the blank spaces during rehearsal. Koenig: Well, I've done some drawing myself. Technical stuff. I had a hand in the design of Moon- base Alpha itself . . . which may be the reason I got so tied up with the project that they finally persuaded me to become the Commander. Tell me--how did you first come to swap your pencils for a stick of grease-paint? Landau: Restlessness. I figured that if I stayed an artist, I'd be doing the same job until I retired. So one day, right on the spur of the moment, I decided to pack it all in and act! I took drama |
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