XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   From: bogusname@nj.rr.com   
      
   On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:52:22 GMT, Al Smith    
   wrote:   
      
   >>>It's a cold, cold profession, and you need the   
   >>>> skin of an armadillo to survive as an actor. Shatner has armadillo   
   >>>> skin.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Not really if you read some of the accounts of TOS production. Shatner got   
   >> paid several times over what Nimoy made (better agent I guess) and was   
   >> endlessly miffed that Nimoy became the breakout star even though he had   
   >> second billing. It got so tense that Solow and Justman's book said they   
   >> forced the issue when Shatner was demanding to know who the star of the show   
   >> really was and cornered Roddenberry in his office where he had to stop   
   >> having it both ways with both actors and blurted out that Shatner was the   
   >> 'star'. It was fascinating that grown-ups could be so vain and juvenile but   
   >> there it was.   
   >   
   >Shatner was the star, clearly. The whole series was focused on   
   >Kirk. It's sad that he had to have Gene verbally affirm the   
   >obvious. Nemoy got all the attention because his character was   
   >more interesting, but Shatner was the center.   
      
   Well, you spelled *one* Jewish guy's name right.   
      
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