From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: sdlitvin@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: Shatner sick of Star Trek feuds
Wickeddoll wrote:
> Anim8rFSK wrote:
>> In article ,
>> Wickeddoll wrote:
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>>> Anim8rFSK wrote:
>>>> Wickeddoll wrote:
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>>>>> Travoltron wrote:
>>>>>> http://blogs.chron.com/celebritybuzz/2009/11/shatner_sick
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>>>>>> Shatner sick of Star Trek feuds
>>>>>>
>>>>>> William Shatner has given up trying to make peace with his
>>>>>> "bitter" former Star Trek co-stars - insisting "nothing seems to
>>>>>> work."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The 78-year-old, who shot to fame as Captain Kirk on the original
>>>>>> 1960s show, admits his memories of the series have been marred by
>>>>>> bitter feuds with former castmates.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Shatner admitted he was hurt after former co-star George Takei
>>>>>> failed to invite him to his wedding to longtime partner Brad
>>>>>> Altman last year. Meanwhile, Shatner reached a gentleman's
>>>>>> agreement with Leonard Nimoy never to talk Trek in order to
>>>>>> salvage their friendship.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But the star insists most of his efforts to mend relationships
>>>>>> have been in vain, and he's finished trying to be friends with his
>>>>>> former colleagues.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> He tells the New York Post, "I've asked them (my co-stars)
>>>>>> numerous times to see if I can assuage their bitterness. I don't
>>>>>> know what their problem is, quite frankly, so I've given up on
>>>>>> trying to make it better. I don't like any ill-feelings, and if
>>>>>> there was something I could do to correct it I would. But nothing
>>>>>> seems to work."
>>>>> On this I totally agree with him - they're being ridiculous. If
>>>>> they don't care for his company, fine, but STFU with the whining!
>>>> Well, it's worse than that; by all accounts he had them all over for
>>>> (IIRC) Thanksgiving the year before they all started publishing
>>>> their books blasting him. He say the last time he saw Nichelle
>>>> before her book came out was then, and she was hugging him and
>>>> saying she loved him, and BLAM. So his company was apparently fine
>>>> until the book tours required otherwise.
>>>>
>>> Nice - well, I have absolutely no intention of buying any of that
>>> trash. I think it's libelous, and if Shat really wanted to nail
>>> them on at least some of it, he probably could. Nimoy is the only
>>> one with any real class. I don't remember his ever complaining, and
>>> if there were any conflicts, I really doubt he'd try to sell them.
>>> Has he?
>>
>> Not that I know of. There were a lot of standard issue rumors in the
>> press of conflict between Nimoy and The Shat during the show, same as
>> there are when any second billed actor 'breaks out' in a show; another
>> example would be The Man from U.N.C.L.E. But either they were never
>> true or they got over it, since Nimoy and The Shat are BFFs.
>>
>
> Yes - what I don't get is why any of the others would think we'd want to
> see them trash each other? For the most part, we love them all. Even
> if I hated Shat, which I never did - just didn't care for him for a
> while, I don't want to read someone's bitter comments about him. Leaves
> a worm in my stomach, and makes me uncomfortable.
Maybe the fame has just gone to their heads. They think Shatner
upstaged them? What kind of "stage" would they have had without Star Trek?
It's remarkable how this happens with actors. Before "Lost," Evangeline
Lilly was a nobody whose only speaking role on TV was a LiveLinks
commercial. Now she's a diva who has threatened to quit the show
because she's "bored" with it.
--
Steven L.
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