Star Trek: The Original Series
Summary
The half - hundred friendly relationship betweenStar Trek : The Original Seriesicons William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy stop with a tragic falling out . Close for many years , the twoStar Trekactors had much in coarse . Born four days aside in March 1931 , from like backgrounds , they both dreamed of acting and shin to soft - and at last great - achiever . number together in belated 1965 on the solidifying of the second ( and successful)Star Trekpilot , “ Where No Man Has operate Before , ” they then embarked on a journeying to establish a importantly successful franchise that would traverse universes and amulti - 10 brotherly bondthat would sadly end with an unresolved rift .
Shatner and Nimoy had previously worked togetheronThe Man From U.N.C.L.E. , season 1 , installment 9 , “ The Project Strigas Affair . ” However , inLeonard , My Fifty - Year Friendship With A Remarkable Manco - written by William Shatner and David Fisher , Shatner doubts that either remembered doing so upon their reunion on theStar Trekset . Despiteinitial gibbosity in their early relationship , Nimoy and Shatner became ally overStar Trek’sthree - class , three - season , seventy - nine - episode outpouring . Their connection deepened through veritable sports fan conventions and a run of six movies to a fifty - year friendship that resound that of their respectiveStar Trekcharacters , Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) and Mr. Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) .
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Why William Shatner’s 50-Year Friendship With Leonard Nimoy Ended
InBoldly Go : Reflections On A Life Of Awe And WonderbyWilliam Shatner and Joshua Brandon , Shanter recounts that the twelvemonth before Nimoy ’s demise weredifficult for their friendship . During the 2012 filming of theStar TrekdocumentaryThe Captains , footage of Shatner during a formula appearance also captured Nimoy on stage without his consent . “ Backstage , Leonard was miff , ” Shatner break , adding , “ Anything with Leonard would have been incidental , and we were n’t going to utilise it . [ … ] I had no intention of trying to hook Leonard into the picture . ” Despite attempts to address and heal the breach , Nimoy and Shatner were no longer on verbalize terms .
Unfortunately , the worker could not achieve closure . InBoldly Go , Shatner speculates that Nimoy ’s illness , a progressive lung condition have breathing difficulties , may have also contribute to a dull withdrawal from family and friend . Sadly , aresolution to their shattered friendshipwould at long last not be bump . After reprising his role as Spock in J.J. Abrams ’ rebooted Kelvin - verseStar Trek , Leonard Nimoy passed awayfrom continuing clogging pulmonary disorder ( COPD ) on February 27 , 2015 .
To criticism at the fourth dimension , Shatner did not take care Nimoy ’s funeral , opting to maintain a Polemonium caeruleum obligation , believing that his choice was what Nimoy , Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae - minded himself , would have want .
Shatner Regrets His Falling Out With Nimoy
The loss of his friendship with Leonard Nimoy and their unfitness to reconcile deeply affected William Shatner . InLeonard , a Quran detailing and celebrate their long - held friendship , he writes , " One of my bully regrets is that Leonard and I were not as stuffy as we had been during those last few year of his lifetime , " subsequently adding that “ [ … ] it is heartrending , heartbreaking . It is something I will inquire about , and regret , forever . ”Some final comfort came from Leonard Nimoy ’s family unit , as Shatner writes about inBoldly Go , when Nimoy ’s daughter , Julie , reached out to share thatLeonard Nimoy had loved him .
One of my greatest regrets is that Leonard and I were not as confining as we had been during those last few twelvemonth of his life .
It ’s a sad and unsatisfactory end to the Shatner - Nimoy friendly relationship , who authentically care about each other for many years despite their last breakup . Though the brotherly bond between their on - screen case come through them , the world of William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy ’s friendly relationship is , in the end , less epic . Despite their distance , however , the heartfelt sentiments of their friendship endured . Since Leonard Nimoy died in 2015 , William Shatner hasfondly remembered his cobalt - starand cordially reminisce about their multiplication together overa life of meaningful experience .
Star Trek : The Original Seriesis available to pelt on Paramount+ .
Leonard : My Fifty - Year Friendship With A Remarkable Man , by William Shatner and David Fisher , andBoldly Go : Reflections On A Life Of Awe And Wonderby William Shatner and Joshua Brandon are available from most playscript retailers .
