Walter Koenig said “I think it was a travesty! And you’ll forgive me for this harangue, I thought it was a travesty the way they killed Captain Kirk. It was so incidental: ‘Oh, by the way, you’re dead.; He should have died heroically, I mean really heroically. He deserves it! And Mr. Shatner brought a great deal to that part. He was incredibly good-looking, he was a damn good actor,. totally committed to what he was doing. Don’t talk to me about overreacting, that’s crap. What are you looking for? You’re looking for a ventriloquist, somebody whose lips don’t move? You’re looking for somebody who imbues the character, who embraces the situation, who gives us all, who exposes who he is. And Bill Shatner brought that to the part every time... I’m tired of hearing-I go off and I apologize, I’m tired of hearing about bad acting, overacting, I think that’s bull.”
I love how earnestly Shatner plays the line again. He really cares, there’s not a joke, not some quip he’s making in retrospect, he really, really cares about Kirk. Perhaps more than any of us including himself, ever realised.
Walter Koenig said “I think it was a travesty! And you’ll forgive me for this harangue, I thought it was a travesty the way they killed Captain Kirk. It was so incidental: ‘Oh, by the way, you’re dead.; He should have died heroically, I mean really heroically. He deserves it! And Mr. Shatner brought a great deal to that part. He was incredibly good-looking, he was a damn good actor,. totally committed to what he was doing. Don’t talk to me about overreacting, that’s crap. What are you looking for? You’re looking for a ventriloquist, somebody whose lips don’t move? You’re looking for somebody who imbues the character, who embraces the situation, who gives us all, who exposes who he is. And Bill Shatner brought that to the part every time... I’m tired of hearing-I go off and I apologize, I’m tired of hearing about bad acting, overacting, I think that’s bull.”
Thank you for this...I am in total agreement!
Surprised not a single clap from the audience when they played the dying scene from the film. Some kind of show editing going on there.
I love how earnestly Shatner plays the line again. He really cares, there’s not a joke, not some quip he’s making in retrospect, he really, really cares about Kirk. Perhaps more than any of us including himself, ever realised.