When Gene was confronted directly by Bill and Leonard, he clearly stated the show was about Capt. Kirk. It was never envisioned to be an ensemble style TV show that people are familiar with today. The so-called feuds and blame game began after the show was off the air, during the height of the Trek Conventions for PR purposes - nothing sells faster than controversy.
All this talk about a how Bill Shatner blocked the supporting actors has been greatly exaggerated and is mostly fiction. The original series was conceived by G. Roddenberry to be about the adventures of Capt. Kirk and his Star Ship emulating to a great degree the adventures of Horatio Hornblower. There was competition between Bill and Leonard Nimoy for stories focusing on their characters and Nimoy was given some latitude due to the growing popularity of Spock.
@bostonbean80 Shatner was a prima donna and blocked Takei's advancement on the show at every opportunity. Takei's a superior actor. Eloquent and intelligent.
While eloquent and intelligent as ever, old queen Takei today seems quite a bit wiser.
dKumfi 1 month ago
I'm a huge George fan but his prediction of "TNG will fail and they should do the USS Excelsior instead" didn't exactly pan out...
BabaBabaBooey 9 months ago
When Gene was confronted directly by Bill and Leonard, he clearly stated the show was about Capt. Kirk. It was never envisioned to be an ensemble style TV show that people are familiar with today. The so-called feuds and blame game began after the show was off the air, during the height of the Trek Conventions for PR purposes - nothing sells faster than controversy.
brenbaroque 1 year ago
All this talk about a how Bill Shatner blocked the supporting actors has been greatly exaggerated and is mostly fiction. The original series was conceived by G. Roddenberry to be about the adventures of Capt. Kirk and his Star Ship emulating to a great degree the adventures of Horatio Hornblower. There was competition between Bill and Leonard Nimoy for stories focusing on their characters and Nimoy was given some latitude due to the growing popularity of Spock.
brenbaroque 1 year ago
notice George didn't mention Shatner. This feud goes way back.
bostonbean80 1 year ago
@bostonbean80 Shatner was a prima donna and blocked Takei's advancement on the show at every opportunity. Takei's a superior actor. Eloquent and intelligent.
erroneousapostrophe 1 year ago
Great interview, cheers for uploading this :)
MontyPropps 3 years ago 2
Absolutly Amazing!!! you really should have shopped this to 1 of the networks, he covered every fasset
bman111800 3 years ago