XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
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   >>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.   
      
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