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George Takei’s feud with his formerStar TrekcostarWilliam Shatneris going strong after more than 50 years.
He added, “Although I just did. He’s just a cantankerous old man and I’m going to leave him to his devices. I’m not going to play his game.”
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Takei recalled that Shatner, who played Captain Kirk onStar Trek, was “self-involved” and “enjoyed being the center of attention” when they were costars on NBC sci-fi series from 1966 to 1969.
While answering if he got along with hisStar Trekcostars, Takei alluded to Shatner’s on-set behavior: “Yes. Yes. YES. Except for one, who was a prima donna. But the rest of us shared a great camaraderie.”
He added, “One of the gifts fromStar Trekwas not just longevity but colleagues that became lasting friends. My colleagues were part of myweddingparty in 2008. Walter Koenig, who played Chekov, was my best man. We asked Nichelle [Nichols, communications officer Uhura] to be our matron of honor but she said: ‘I am not a matron! If Walter can be the best man, why can’t I be the best lady?’ So she became the best lady.”
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“I began to understand that they were doing it for publicity,” he explained, perEntertainment Weekly. “Sixty years after some incident they are still on that track. Don’t you think that’s a little weird? It’s like a sickness.”
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Back in October, Takeididn’t pull any puncheswhen he commented on Shatnerbecoming the oldest person to travel to spaceduring a roundtrip withJeff Bezos’s aerospace company Blue Origin to the edge of space.
“He’sboldly going where other people have gone before,” Takei toldPage Sixat the time. “He’s a guinea pig, 90 years old and it’s important to find out what happens.”
“So 90 years old is going to show a great deal more on the wear and tear on the human body, so he’ll be a good specimen to study. Although he’s not the fittest specimen of 90 years old, so he’ll be a specimen that’s unfit!” he added.
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Shatner and Takei havekept up a purported feudover the decades, after they’ve both opened up about butting heads with each other on the set ofStar Trek. But Takei has claimed that there’s no real feud between them.
“It’s not tension, it’s all coming from Bill,” he toldThe New York Times Magazinein 2015. “Whenever he needs a little publicity for a project, he pumps up the so-called controversy between us.”
“It’s difficult working with someone who is not a team player,” Takei added. “The rest of the cast all understand what makes a scene work — it’s everybody contributing to it. But Bill is a wonderful actor, and he knows it, and he likes to have the camera on him all the time.”
source: people.com
