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The originalStar Trek The series made its debut 56 years ago, but a certain tension of the whole is still being recovered today. In a new interview withUnited States today,,William Shatner Talk abouthisStar Trek co-stars And the fact that some of them have found it difficult to work, including a recently deceased actor. The 91 -year -old actor, who hasA new personal test book Going out, deflected the blame for the situation, saying: "I think it's the problem, not me."

Read the rest to see what Shatner had to say about his co-stars and to find out more about where he is with some of them all these years later.

Read this then:Will Smith made things "very difficult" for this co-star: "I lost everything".

Over the years, someStar Trek The co-stars expressed that they found that Shatner was self-centered.James Doohan, who played Scotty, said about the actor in 1998 (via boston.com), "I like Captain Kirk, but I don't like Bill. He is so unsure that everything he can think is himself."

Addressing the television academy in 2019,Walter Koenig, who played Pavel Chekov,said that shriveled was "fun" on the original series, but added ", of course, each blow was installed so that it was in the foreground. He simply blocked it in this way, and as I already said, the directors went with. " Koenig added: "But he was civil. Never had the impression that he wanted to be one of the supporting players. He liked to hang around withLeonard Nimoy andDeforest Kelley. ""

In particular, Shatner had a quarrel of several decades with a Hikaru Sulu actorGeorge Takei. They have been exchanging hard words in the press for years. In 2015,Takei said The New York Times, "It is difficult to work with someone who is not a team player. The rest of the actors all understand what makes a scene work - it is everyone who contributes to it. But Bill is an actor Wonderful, and he knows it, and he likes to have the camera on him all the time. "AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

In hisUnited States today interview,Shatner was asked about the delayNichelle Nichols, who played Nyota Uhura, telling him that some co-stars found her difficult. He said it was a "total shock".

When asked if he came to a different achievement after thinking about this comment, Shatner replied: "I have no idea what they are talking about, which can mean that they are detrimental or I am So completely useless of the reactions of people that I 'I live in my little world. And I don't know what it is. I try every day to discover it. It's so weird that I stopped talking Or think about it. Because I think it's the problem, not me. It's a very good attitude to have in life. Isn't it? "

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Leonard Nimoy, who played Spock on the series, also had a rocky relationship with Shatner, butThey were sometimes close, unlike the actor of Kirk and his other co-stars. They would not have spoken for a while before his death in 2015.

Asked about their "rift" byUnited States today, Shatner said, "No rift. Just a separation. I never understood it. I continued to try to take him in him, sending him messages. When you really fall, you don't want to see anyone . Maybe that was everything. And he died, and I thought, "What happened?" Then I thought: "Well, it's still me, I suppose. "But his daughter (Julie [Nimoy]) came to see me and said to me, "He loved you. The universe sends me messages that whatever happens, he loved me as I liked. Like a brother. He was my brother. We have shared a life. ""

Shatner also spoke specifically about Takei, includingThe actor calling a "guinea pig" After travelingJeff Bezos'Space flight.

"Why would George Takei put this in public?" Said Shatner. "After I got out of space - this experience, he said about global warming - he said:" Oh, they probably used it because he was the oldest guy who would go up. "He was so mean. Again, there is no reason. And I don't give a cup of tea what is his opinion. But it's a guy who is not doing well."

Part of the quarrel of Shatner and Takei has to do with Shatner saying that he was not invited to Takei's wedding in 2008, and Takei saying he was.

"It's absolutely confusing for us because, in fact, we invited Bill and we did not hear about him," said TakeiEntertainment tonight (Going through People ). "But it was not surprising because it is true in his story. He never answered an invitation. Whenever there was something happy to celebrate with us ... He's not is never presented. "