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William Shatner Remembers His Days as Captain Kirk in The Original Series

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By GustavoLeao / 16:45, 6 June 2008 / General Star Trek

Denver Post posted a new interview with Star Trek star William Shatner, in which he revealed that he recently watched the second season TOS episode "A Piece of the Action". Here are few excerpts.

"I haven't seen myself playing Capt. Kirk in a long, long time," he says. "And I watched it now, from my perspective of 40 years later, and I thought, 'You know, that's rather good.' It's a starship captain trying to do the accent, the Noo Yawk accent, trying to play tough, trying to be one of the guys. It's not quite right, but it's what a starship captain would have done - a decent imitation, enough to fool those guys but not the audience."

"The actors were wonderful. And I didn't care about the sets or anything like that or the cheesy spaceship," Shatner says. "I think that's what happens in 'Star Trek.' Your eye goes past all the faults because you're concentrated on the actors and the plot."

More from Shatner on the character of Kirk can be found here.



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RE: Shatner Nails it, as Usual.... | Report this post to moderator
By: msspurlock (Odo's file, contact) @ 12:47:58 on Jun 10, 2008

Hmmm. You could extend that either/or thinking to almost anyone, though. It's like saying an actor always plays good guys, except when he doesn't. Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart come to mind. Certainly Charles Bronson, Michael Douglas and Eastwood have never played anyone but themselves, because they can't. Although Fonda was limited in his abilities, he still had memorable performances. Jimmy Stewart could've played just about anything he wanted to and I'd have paid to see him. It's like Anthony Hopkins. There are people who would pay to see him read a menu, they love him so much.
With the one exception you mention, and one other I can think of, Deniro has just played violent characters, either tortured or at peace with what they were. Not much range there.
Sean Penn simply can't act.
His awards are meaningless. If it weren't for his politics and the social engineering behind the movies he's been in, he'd have never won a single award. Some people like "his work" simply because they agree with the political message.

We'll have to agree to disagree.

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