▁takes . ▁ ▁Ric ardo ▁Mont al b án ▁as ▁Khan ▁No on ien ▁Singh , ▁a ▁gen et ically ▁en hanced ▁super human ▁who ▁had ▁used ▁his ▁strength ▁and ▁intellect ▁to ▁briefly ▁rule ▁much ▁of ▁Earth ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s . ▁Mont al b án ▁said ▁that ▁he ▁believed ▁all ▁good ▁villa ins ▁do ▁villa in ous ▁things , ▁but ▁think ▁that ▁they ▁are ▁acting ▁for ▁the ▁" right " ▁reasons ; ▁in ▁this ▁way , ▁Khan ▁uses ▁his ▁anger ▁at ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁his ▁wife ▁to ▁justify ▁his ▁purs uit ▁of ▁Kirk . ▁Con tr ary ▁to ▁spec ulation ▁that ▁Mont al b án ▁used ▁a ▁prost h etic ▁ch est , ▁no ▁artificial ▁devices ▁were ▁added ▁to ▁Mont al b án ' s ▁mus cular ▁phys ique . ▁Mont al b án ▁enjoyed ▁making ▁the ▁film , ▁so ▁much ▁so ▁that ▁he ▁played ▁the ▁role ▁for ▁much ▁less ▁than ▁was ▁offered ▁him , ▁and ▁counted ▁the ▁role ▁as ▁a ▁career ▁highlight . ▁His ▁major ▁compla int ▁was ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁never ▁face - to - face ▁with ▁Sh at ner ▁for ▁a ▁scene . ▁" I ▁had ▁to ▁do ▁my ▁lines ▁with ▁the ▁script ▁girl , ▁who , ▁as ▁you ▁might ▁imagine , ▁sound ed ▁nothing ▁like ▁Bill ▁[ S hat ner ], " ▁he ▁explained . ▁Ben nett ▁noted ▁that ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁close ▁to ▁getting ▁the ▁green - light ▁when ▁it ▁occurred ▁to ▁the ▁produ cers ▁that ▁no ▁one ▁had ▁asked ▁Mont al b