he had interesting qualities about him. his hobby was fencing of all things. initially, the script had me going crazy with a samurai sword, but i told the writer, that s ethnically consistent because i m of japanese ancestry. but when i was a kid, i saw the adventures of robin hood starring errol flynn, and i was enamoured of swashbucklers. and i said, why not put a fencing foil in sulu s hand? and he said, yeah, this is science fiction. why not? and that was one of my most successful episodes. i remember that episode. i mean, you were a very prominent character, and so was lieutenant uhura, the black woman played by michelle nichols, who also had a key role on the starship, also did something which many viewers around the world and listeners will remember, that is, shared a kiss with william
had me going crazy with a samurai sword, but i told the writer, that s ethnically consistent because i m of japanese ancestry. but when i was a kid, i saw the adventures of robin hood starring errol flynn, and i was enamoured of swashbucklers. and i said, why not put a fencing foil in sulu s hand? and he said, yeah, this is science fiction. why not? and that was one of my most successful episodes. i remember that episode. i mean, you were a very prominent character, and so was lieutenant uhura, the black woman played by michelle nichols, who also had a key role on the starship, also did something which many viewers around the world and listeners will remember, that is, shared a kiss with william shatner, captain kirk. now, that, again, broke barriers. indeed, it did. and ijust wonder for you as a cast, all of you as a team,
this is science fiction. why not? and that was one of my most successful episodes. i remember that episode. i mean, you were a very prominent character, and so was lieutenant uhura, the black woman played by michelle nichols, who also had a key role on the starship, also did something which many viewers around the world and listeners will remember, that is, shared a kiss with william shatner, captain kirk. now, that, again, broke barriers. indeed, it did. and ijust wonder for you as a cast, all of you as a team, were you aware that that you were actually doing something that, culturally, was something of an earthquake in the united states of america in the late 1960s? we were very profoundly aware of it. gene roddenberry told us that he is using metaphors placed in the 23rd century to deal with the issues of our times, which was the civil rights movement,