

"There must be something else inside George that is festering and makes him so unhappy that he takes it out on me. … Apparently I didn’t let somebody have a close-up," Shatner once said in an interview after allegedly being snubbed an invite to Takei's 2008 wedding, which Takei denies. I don’t know what his original thing about me was. It's so patently obvious there's a psychosis there. Shatner meanwhile has referred to Takei as "jealous" and "a disturbed individual", and once said the character he'd like to play other than Kirk was Sulu "So I wouldn't have to deal with George Takei." He followed that up by "joking" he'd rather Takei have died instead of Leonard Nimoy. In Star Trek lore, he does eventually gain command of the USS Excelsior.ĭane Cook Recalls 'Huge Breakdown' Before His SNL Audition, Talks Louis C.K. He claimed in his autobiography that Shatner altered the script of the fifth Star Trek film - which Shatner directed - to prevent Sulu obtaining the rank of Captain.

Takei has previously blasted Shatner's alleged controlling attitude on the set of the original series, accusing him on many occasions of pulling publicity stunts - including reigniting their feud - and once even referring to him as "a douche." Sulu firing proton torpedo potshots at each other at several points throughout the years.

The decades-long feud between the former Enterprise crewmates is something of Star Trek legend, with Captain Kirk and Mr. Although he's not the fittest specimen of 90 years old, so he'll be a specimen that's unfit!" "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. "He’s a guinea pig, 90 years old and it's important to find out what happens," Takei continued at the opening of "Thoughts of a Colored Man" on Broadway on Wednesday night. So I reminded him, well, Takei doesnt mean. Dwayne Johnson Breaks Down Vin Diesel Feud: We Are 'Philosophically Two Different People' A producer doesnt like to call actors expensive, youre definitely Takei.
