I was under the impression that Walter Koenig (ST’s original Chekov) and George Takei (Sulu) were pretty good friends. Indeed, I looked online and saw that Koenig stood as best man for Takei just a couple years ago.
I heard Koenig speak at a Q&A at a convention this weekend, and when sharing his relationship with the various cast members… of course he said what has become fairly well known the past few years (Shatner had a big ego and was pretty douchey to the “lesser” cast, Nimoy was a very professional and impressive actor to watch/work with)…
Then he said what I (and those around me) heard as “I hope to never speak to George [Takei] again.” with a tone of sadness and completion.
Does anyone know if the two had a blowout of some sort?
No chance he was being funny and you missed the turn? (E.g., he’d just spent three days on stage with Takei, and…)
I once said something very much like that to a convention crowd, which generated an extended laugh. The next day, someone from the crowd asked me how I could say that about ____ - clearly having missed the humorous intent.
Any search brings up lots of Shatner cites but nothing about this. The Takei wedding was in 2008. Andrew Koenig’s death was in 2010. I wonder if there was some perceived snub from that time.
That’s interesting. Because in the 2011 interview I saw, Takei said they were closer than this. He said that Keonig was his closest friend among the cast and that they spoke regularly on the phone and got together for dinner on a regular basis. Takei also talked about how he and his husband had celebrated New Year’s Day together with Koenig and his wife.
It may just be that this is two different perspectives. But the relationship Koenig described in 2014 seems more distant than the one Takei described in 2011.
The comment that Takei was difficult is based on what? He was a neighbor of mine growing up. I’d be curious to know what he was like in a professional setting. As a neighbor he was charming, witty, pleasant, and had the weirdest laugh you’ve ever heard.
It actually kind of bothers me that someone would find him “difficult”, which just goes to show that can’t really know your neighbors I guess. Or that you can’t rely on childhood memories. Or something.
That’s interesting. Because in the 2011 interview I saw, Takei said they were closer than this. He said that Keonig was his closest friend among the cast and that they spoke regularly on the phone and got together for dinner on a regular basis. Takei also talked about how he and his husband had celebrated New Year’s Day together with Koenig and his wife.
It may just be that this is two different perspectives. But the relationship Koenig described in 2014 seems more distant than the one Takei described in 2011.
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Maybe they are just busy and getting together for dinner occasionally IS relatively close. I couldn’t tell you how many years ago I had dinner with my best friend. If I saw someone once a year I might refer to it as “regularly.”