The name of William Shatner and George Takei will always be associated with ‘Star Trek’, a franchise marked by cordiality and the good intentions of the message it tries to convey to viewers. However, the relationship between the two actors is far from good and now Shatner has exploded against Takei.
Shatner’s Crack
The actor is in full campaign to promote his memoirs’Boldly Go, Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder‘ and in an interview with The Times, he has harshly criticized his former co-star, pointing out that he believes that the complaints that Takei has made him are making “to get publicity“and to continue stubborn in something that happened 60 years ago”it’s like a disease“, adding the following:
George has never stopped dirtying my name. These people are bitter and resentful. I have run out of patience with them. Why give credit to people consumed by envy and hate?
To better understand his statements, we must go back to 2015, since it was then that Takei stated that “It’s hard to work with someone who doesn’t play as a team“And What Shatner”he likes to have the camera on him all the time“. A controversy that has been revived several times over the years and now Shatner has said enough. In fact, has been even more resounding in a Twitter message:
I find it sad that a handful of daytime actors who were on set maybe 20-30 days a year in total have spent over 50 years creating fantasies to get noticed in the press. Why the actors of other series in which I participated did not have the same problems? I guess I stupidly allowed them to do it. Never more.
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