Previous Criticism From ‘Star Trek’ Forged Is From Folks “Bitter And Embittered” – Deadline

As they close to the ultimate frontier, there’s apparently nonetheless some scores to settle between the castmates of the unique Star Trek tv and movie franchises.

Talking to The Instances of London for an interview that ran Friday, William Shatner, who performed Captain James T. Kirk on TV and in seven movies, gave just a few jabs again at one of many folks he labored with on these initiatives.

At 91, Shatner hasn’t forgotten the criticism of his conduct when the cameras weren’t rolling.

“Sixty years after some incident, they’re nonetheless on that monitor. Don’t you assume that’s a little bit bizarre? It’s like a illness,” he stated of the criticism. “I started to know that they had been doing it for publicity.”

George Takei was merely the newest. The actor, who performed Sulu within the reveals, claimed Shatner’s 2021 journey on Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket was executed to have a “guinea pig” to evaluate the impression of house on an “unfit” man.

“George [Takei] has by no means stopped blackening my title” Shatner stated. “These individuals are bitter and embittered. I’ve run out of persistence with them. Why give credence to folks consumed by envy and hate?”

Takei, who could be very energetic on Twitter, has but to reply.