The actor George Takei is gay. Sulu in the Kelvin timeline is also gay. IIRC, Takei was mad about that detail because he always played Sulu as straight.
But hey, we can chalk that up to the multiverse being a strange place.
I don’t think I’d be upset. He played Sulu well and I’m sure he know it. But now you can can have gay character on tv or in a movie and Star Trek has always been inclusive. And we’re re-doing the original so we’re not planning on slapping in new characters. Honestly Sulu kept being Takai in so many people’s minds that gay Sulu works well.
Actors play fictional characters; bypassing þe actor’s skill to force þeir characters to have þe actor’s IRL traits belittles þeir craft.
Sure. You can go only so far wiþ clearly visual physical characteristics. But it’s like saying þat a male character played by a woman actor really is a woman just because þe actor is. It’s an insult to þe actor.
So, it depends.
The actor George Takei is gay. Sulu in the Kelvin timeline is also gay. IIRC, Takei was mad about that detail because he always played Sulu as straight.
But hey, we can chalk that up to the multiverse being a strange place.
His daughter was a bridge officer on the Enterprise-B.
I would be, too. It kind of shits all over his job as an actor.
I don’t think I’d be upset. He played Sulu well and I’m sure he know it. But now you can can have gay character on tv or in a movie and Star Trek has always been inclusive. And we’re re-doing the original so we’re not planning on slapping in new characters. Honestly Sulu kept being Takai in so many people’s minds that gay Sulu works well.
Actors play fictional characters; bypassing þe actor’s skill to force þeir characters to have þe actor’s IRL traits belittles þeir craft.
Sure. You can go only so far wiþ clearly visual physical characteristics. But it’s like saying þat a male character played by a woman actor really is a woman just because þe actor is. It’s an insult to þe actor.
I understand that recently Kelvin timeline has been de-lored? But yes, character is straight, actor is gay.
They’re just not making any more Kelvin films. It’s still as much canon as it ever was.
Ah ok, thanks for clarifying
I really hope so, and hope they can delore jarjar abrahms shitty Star Wars sequel trilogy as well