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George Takei Talks About William Shatner Not Being in the New Star Trek Movie

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By GustavoLeao / 00:25, 30 January 2008 / Star Trek: Nemesis

The latest issue of Starburst Magazine, out in the UK, features an extensive interview with TOS actor George Takei and claims that he will cameo in the new Star Trek movie, a rumor denied by Takei's business manager and partner (story). Here are few more excerpts of the article.

Regarding the fact that William Shatner will not appear in the new prequel movie, Takei said "He's expressed his disappointment, because he's a very competitive guy."

"Kirk's death was visibly seen on film" Takei said "Science fiction is wonderful, but to be credible, there has to be some verities. With Spock, he's got a lot of special Science fiction things. We did one movie, The Wrath of Khan - where Spock dies - but we followed it up with a movie titled The Search for Spock. You can't finish a movie like that saying "Well, we didnt find him !" So Spock is a very special character, Kirk is a humanoid and Bill Shatner has to accept that."

To read the full article, get the new issue of Starburst Magazine at your local newsstand.



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By: StillKirok (Odo's file, contact) @ 10:16:06 on Jan 30, 2008

Actually, there is something that proves that they never wanted Shatner in this movie. He's not in the movie.

They claimed that they were working on it, yet never talked script with him. They claimed that they desperately wanted him in the film, but never made a phonecall to him after that claim.

They didn't even have the balls to call him to tell him he wasn't in the movie. He had to find out through Nimoy.

While Shatner did want a bigger part, he was never offered the smaller one.

The bottom line is that Abrams has taken a lot of heat over this dumb decision, which has been the biggest topic of this movie. Shatner's exclusion has been overall viewed as negative.

So the Abrams Apologists may be buying the excuse, but they are the ones that accept anything he says anyway.

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RE: Uh ohhhhh! here it comes by DIGINON @ 13:57:09 on Jan 30
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