Previous Criticism From ‘Star Trek’ Solid 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.

Chatting with 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 tasks.

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 observe. Don’t you suppose that’s somewhat bizarre? It’s like a illness,” he mentioned of the criticism. “I started to grasp that they had been doing it for publicity.”

George Takei was merely the most recent. The actor, who performed Sulu within the exhibits, claimed Shatner’s 2021 journey on Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket was accomplished to have a “guinea pig” to evaluate the influence of area on an “unfit” man.

“George [Takei] has by no means stopped blackening my identify” Shatner mentioned. “These persons 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 lively on Twitter, has but to reply.