William Shatner expressed dissatisfaction with how he performed Captain Kirk’s death in Star Trek Generations, but he gets his shot at a do-over.
Summary
- William Shatner re-does Captain Kirk’s death scene on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- Shatner celebrates his 93rd birthday and promotes his documentary, William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill.
- Shatner’s new performance of Kirk’s death is hilarious.
William Shatner finally gets to re-do his performance of Captain James T. Kirk’s death in Star Trek Generations. Star Trek‘s original Captain of the USS Enterprise was famously killed off at the end of the first movie starring the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1994. Shatner has expressed dissatisfaction with how he said Kirk’s final words, “Oh my!”, but he got another chance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
William Shatner was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to promote his new autobiographical documentary, William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill, and to celebrate his 93rd birthday. At the end of their interview segment, Kimmel offers Shatner the chance to perform Captain Kirk’s Star Trek Generations death scene, and Bill hilariously delivers the performance of a lifetime. Check out the clip below:
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Why William Shatner Is Unhappy With Kirk’s Death In Star Trek Generations
Shatner “didn’t quite get” what he wanted in his performance
William Shatner wanted Captain Kirk to die in Star Trek Generations the way the intrepid space hero lived – with curiosity. In an interview with Screen Rant, Mr. Shatner explained that he “didn’t quite get” the nuance he was aiming for with Kirk’s last words, “Oh my!”:
I never quite hit it. I never quite got that nuance that I was looking for. I had another couple of takes, but they they didn’t understand what I was doing.
In William Shatner’s mind, Captain Kirk would have met the great unknown of death with the same awe and wonder that he faced the countless new life forms and new civilizations he encountered as Captain of the Enterprise. Shatner feels the take of “Oh my!” that is in Star Trek Generations is more fearful than he would have liked. Star Trek never resurrected William Shatner’s Captain Kirk, but at least the 93-year-old screen legend got to have one more shot at performing Kirk’s death on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Star Trek Generations is available to stream on Max.
Source: Jimmy Kimmel Live!
