▁science ▁fiction " ▁compared ▁to ▁her ▁performance ▁as ▁Ri ple y ▁in ▁the ▁Ali en , ▁given ▁some ▁of ▁her ▁personal ▁inse cur ities . ▁During ▁film ing , ▁she ▁wore ▁a ▁bl onde ▁w ig ▁( which ▁she ▁kept ▁after ▁production ) ▁and ▁an ▁en hanced ▁bos om ▁which ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁crew ▁said ▁made ▁We aver ▁a ▁totally ▁new ▁person ality ▁from ▁what ▁they ▁had ▁expected . ▁We aver ▁often ▁left ▁shooting ▁in ▁the ▁uniform ▁and ▁returned ▁to ▁her ▁hotel ▁to ▁adm ire ▁herself , ▁ ▁saying ▁that ▁she ▁" lo ved ▁being ▁a ▁star let ". ▁ ▁Tony ▁Sh al hou b ▁originally ▁aud ition ed ▁for ▁Guy ▁Fle eg man , ▁ ▁Sam ▁Rock well ▁won ▁the ▁role , ▁and ▁Sh al hou b ▁was ▁cast ▁as ▁Fred ▁K wan ▁instead . ▁Sh al hou b ▁and ▁Paris ot ▁worked ▁together ▁to ▁develop ▁the ▁K wan ▁character , ▁lo os ely ▁bas ing ▁him ▁on ▁David ▁Car rad ine ▁as ▁a ▁non - As ian ▁in ▁an ▁Asian ▁role ▁in ▁K ung ▁Fu . ▁There ▁had ▁been ▁an ▁urban ▁legend ▁that ▁Car rad ine ▁had ▁done ▁that ▁show ▁frequently ▁while ▁under ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁dru gs , ▁and ▁while ▁they ▁could ▁not ▁directly ▁carry ▁that ▁" ston er " ▁imp lication ▁into ▁a ▁P G - 1 3 ▁film , ▁Sh al hou b ▁performed ▁the ▁role ▁towards ▁that ▁direction , ▁which ▁Rock well ▁described ▁as ▁a ▁" failed ▁Scient ologist ". ▁Sh al hou b ▁ins isted ▁that