Neither of their contracts offered them residuals from the show, nor did they have any control over the commercial use of their images. Finally, on the last day, Nimoy drove his Buick onto the set and locked the bike inside it.īut soon Shatner began seeing himself side-by-side with Nimoy, in arms against the producers. So one day he hid the bike in the rafters, and another in his trailer. Shatner, who was a runner, didn’t like that with the bike, Nimoy could beat him. The bicycle had been Nimoy’s best bet to get to the cafeteria in time to eat and get back to set during their short breaks. At one time, Shatner started hiding Nimoy’s bicycle. The relationship grew even more contentious as Shatner played little pranks on his co-workers, including Nimoy. You had your ears fixed!” It was John Wayne. One day on set, he and Nimoy were sitting at a table when two large hands landed on Nimoy’s shoulders. Nimoy was the most recognized “Trek” actor. “I hadn’t expected it, and I wasn’t especially thrilled about it,” he admits. “Spock wasn’t simply an alien - he was alienated,” writes Shatner.īut then Shatner noticed something that disturbed him - Spock got the most fan mail. He was caught between two different worlds and two distinct sides of himself, one that was alien and rational, and one that was emotional and human. Nimoy’s principal goal was to create a character with a great internal struggle. “It was gigantic,” Nimoy reportedly said, “because it came from a very minimal place.” Shatner and Nimoy in “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.” Paramount When Bellafonte simply raised his hand in the air, the crowd exploded. Meanwhile, Spock’s minimal movements were inspired by a Harry Belafonte concert Nimoy had attended where the singer had remained motionless for 10 full minutes. For his portrayal, Nimoy was inspired by Michael Rennie’s performance in the 1951 film, “The Day The Earth Stood Still,” a calm, rational alien who arrives to warn Earth against creating an atomic age. Before casting him, Roddenberry had requested actors who looked like Lincoln. Spock was a half-alien, half-human hybrid with straight eyebrows and pointed ears. The producer agreed and gave Shatner the role. “About the only person who smiled in the whole episode was Spock,” he told Roddenberry. Shatner told Roddenberry that he liked the original pilot but it seemed like everyone in it was taking themselves too seriously. Given a second chance, Roddenberry replaced the entire cast except for Nimoy. The pilot was the most expensive ever produced. A sci-fi epic set 300 years in the future, the concept was a long shot. Nimoy and Shatner first met working together on a 1964 episode of “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” The following year, Nimoy was cast in the pilot of a new show created by Gene Roddenberry. (It should be noted, too, that five years of radio silence didn’t stop Shatner from writing a book - where his name is almost as big as Nimoy’s on the cover). Spock of “Star Trek,” their relationship wasn’t always smooth. Which shows you that even though Shatner says he considered Nimoy his best friend, and that the two are forever linked as cultural icons Captain Kirk and first officer Mr. “I thought he was kidding ” Shatner writes in his new book, “Leonard.” “It was such a small thing.” Nimoy shut him out after Shatner filmed him without permission for a documentary he was making about the captains of the Starship Enterprise. When Leonard Nimoy died, he hadn’t spoken to William Shatner in five years.
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