{"id":71710,"date":"2025-10-18T18:35:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T21:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/the-only-star-trek-movie-william-shatner-has-ever-seen\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T18:35:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T21:35:21","slug":"the-only-star-trek-movie-william-shatner-has-ever-seen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/the-only-star-trek-movie-william-shatner-has-ever-seen\/","title":{"rendered":"The only ‘Star Trek’ movie William Shatner has ever seen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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William Shatner<\/a> might have appeared in many, many films and TV shows, but there\u2019s still one role, decades on, that defines his career: Captain Kirk of Star Trek<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s understandable given he appeared in all three seasons of the Original Series<\/em>, 21\/22 episodes of the Animated Series<\/em> and the original seven films. He also wrote several books about his experiences during and after the show, as well as several novels set in the universe and the TekWars<\/em> books, so it\u2019s safe to say he was invested.<\/p>\n

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Otherwise, he\u2019s been an actor in the likes of TJ Hooker<\/em>, Miss Congeniality<\/em> and Columbo<\/em>, and the man\u2019s even had something of a music career<\/a>, but still, Star Trek<\/em> will always remain the main force of his trajectory and will be what he\u2019s truly remembered for.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Despite the space this franchise has occupied in his life and how much it has accounted for his success, Shatner openly admits that he\u2019s watched virtually none of it. \u201cI have never watched Star Trek<\/em>,\u201d he told People<\/em>, \u201cThere are many episodes I don\u2019t know, there are some movies I don\u2019t know\u201d.<\/p>\n

To be fair to him, that\u2019s a lot of TV and movies to get through, but given he\u2019s 94 years old, he\u2019s certainly had the time to give it a go. But like many other actors, he struggles to watch himself act, confessing, \u201cIt\u2019s all painful because I don\u2019t like the way I look and what I do\u201d. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Most of us struggle to listen to the sound of our own voice or watch ourselves onscreen\u2014well, maybe not so <\/em>many of us anymore, given social media\u2014but for Shatner, it seems to go even deeper. There\u2019s something incredibly sad about his statement, especially given the fact he\u2019s lent his life to a career that is all about what he finds so disheartening.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This attitude seems to speak to the nature of the job, though. It\u2019s one that seems from the outside to be incredibly self-involved and takes some incredible self-confidence, but at the end of the day, even actors are human, subject to the standards, whims and harsh criticisms of the world, probably even more so given their livelihoods depend on it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, there is one movie in the Star Trek<\/em> franchise he has watched, but only out of necessity, noting, \u201cI directed one of the movies, number five, I had to watch that one\u201d. It might be okay for an actor to never watch themselves, but it\u2019s something else entirely for a director to neglect this job, given they have to edit, yet he still didn\u2019t seem overly pleased<\/a> with that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There are those who say Shatner can\u2019t act, as he\u2019s prone to a bit of overacting as Captain Kirk, but I would say, it was the \u201960s, and I can\u2019t say I\u2019ve ever described an acting performance from that era as \u2018subtle\u2019. And given the fact the man sustained not only his career in the franchise but beyond, it goes without saying that he has something going for him.<\/p>\n

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