Attacking with all the pent-up rage of a Vulcan hopped up on Romulan ale, William Shatner blasts his fellow “Star Trek” cast mates in his new memoir “Shatner Rules” – and even rips his most devoted fans a “new one”.
The now-bloated Capt. James T. Kirk impotently goes where he has gone many times before – and confides that he considers his acting after “Star Trek” like “TJ Hooker” to be far more important than thesping work aboard the Enterprise – both on TV and in the movies.
He knocks his co-stars, particularly George “Sulu” Takei, who has repeatedly accused Shatner of having a big ego and been slamming him for four decades.
Shatner also admits that other crew members – Walter Koenig, James Doohan and Nichelle Nichols – all detest their old Captain, and he blames the Trekkies for that.
At “Star Trek” conventions, his co-stars were persuaded by fans that they all deserved their own TV shows, but scene-stealing Shatner had ruined their chances by keeping the spotlight on himself – so the story goes…
In the book, Shatner fires back: “There is a hierarchy in show business, which I did not invent. The stars get preferential treatment. The people who are paid less, based on billing, get less attention.”
The celebrity curmudgeon also reveals that when Trekkies approach him and say things like: “He’s dead, Jim” he has a ready reply.
“I have a thing I yell back nowadays… and it goes, ‘f— you!’”
But boisterous Bill, 80, still remains on good terms with Leonard “Mr. Spock” Nimoy.
And he hopes to reconcile with his other cast mates because “We’re all going to die soon.”
