The Twilight Zone featured some incredible actors over the years, from Robert Redford to Buster Keaton to Gladys Cooper. Since so many icons appeared in the series, TV Line recently ranked the “10 Best Acting Performances” on the show.
William Shatner, famous for his roles in Star Trek and Boston Legal, appeared in two episodes of The Twilight Zone. His 1963 episode titled “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” made the list of best performances.
This classic episode was based on a short story by Richard Matheson, who wrote I Am Legend. In it, Shatner plays a passenger on a flight who notices a creature trying to sabotage the plane.
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As the opening narration states, “Mr. Wilson has just been discharged from a sanatorium where he spent the last six months recovering from a nervous breakdown, the onset of which took place on an evening not dissimilar to this one, on an airliner very much like the one in which Mr. Wilson is about to be flown home—the difference being that, on that evening half a year ago, Mr. Wilson's flight was terminated by the onslaught of his mental breakdown.”
Although Wilson keeps seeing a gremlin out the window, whenever others look outside, the creature hides, making it seem like he is seeing things. He is given a sedative, but after pretending to swallow it, he spits it out. Then he steals a gun from a sleeping police officer. After opening an emergency exit window, he shoots the creature, who falls off the wing of the plane. Although he has saved the plane, once it lands, he is taken away on a gurney in a straitjacket.
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In an interview with Yahoo Entertainment, Shatner revealed the reason he thinks so many people love the episode to this day. "One of my daughters has a phobia of flying," he said. "When we go on family trips, she sits beside me … and I'm explaining [what 's happening] to her. So there are people who are fearful of flying when there's no reason. In all the flying I've done, I may have had a lightning strike or there was a loud bang, but nothing approaching the 'I'm gonna die here' feeling. So I think that's what the show fastened onto — our fear of flying."
This episode of The Twilight Zone was so popular that it was remade during the 2019 reboot series. In it, Adam Scott played the lead role.
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