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The film was shot on location in California, and rather than rely on computer-generated images, elaborate battle scenes were shot using actual pyrotechnics, including real napalm explosives.
"That's scary stuff," confesses the six-foot-one actor. "There was one scene where they were firing AK47-wattage shells about five feet away from us. It was pretty gnarly, but at the same time, we found a whole lot of truth doing that kind of stuff. I mean, soldiers are scared."
Rollerball, the extreme sports fest directed by action guru John McTiernan (Die Hard, Predator), involves some pretty scary stunts as well, and while Klein was game for some, he left the death-defying moves to the professionals.
"There were some stunts I did. But I'm not going to take the credit for all of it. The credit goes to four young French Canadian skaters who do underground freestyle skating and skate movies."
While generally panned by critics, the futuristic thriller has scored at the box office. "[Special effects coordinator] John Sullivan and John McTiernan are perfectionists," says Klein of the filmmakers. "John McTiernan is a man of control who will fight to the death to make his movie. And I think we won, and I'm very, very proud of that movie."