George Takei’s dream dinner party would exclude one Star Trek cast member, but he doesn’t say who
"George Takei" by Gage Skidmore is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Star Trek actor and activist George Takei has given an interview in The Guardian in which he throws shade at an unknown Star Trek cast member.
The Guardian publishes a weekly column called “The Q&A”, in which celebrities answer a series of quick-fire questions. Recent guests to the column include Dame Julie Andrews, tennis star Andy Murray, and Gloria Estefan. In Saturday’s column, Takei fielded questions about his greatest fear, the most expensive thing he ever bought, and his most unappealing habit.
Some of his answers ventured into the world of Star Trek. When asked what his superpower would be, he answered, “Gene Roddenberry, who created Star Trek, said that the strength of the Starship Enterprise was its diverse team working in concert. I would like to have the superpower to bring that kind of society to ours today.” But he also said, when asked about who would be invited to his dream dinner party, “My colleagues from Star Trek, with one exception.” The quick-fire style of the interview offered no elaboration.
Possibly the most emotional Q&A was when Takei was asked who he would most like to say sorry to, and he answered: his father. Referring to when his family was forced into Japanese American internment camps when he was a child, Takei said, “As a teenager I told my father, ‘You led us into the camp like sheep to a slaughter.’ I knew I had hurt him, this man that I loved so much. That’s haunted me all my life.”
The interview ended on an inspirational note though, as Takei explained that the most important lesson life has taught him is “to keep on reaching”.
George Takei’s graphic novel about his childhood in an internment camp is called They Called Us Enemy. It’s out now, published by IDW, and available on Amazon as well as other retailers worldwide.
