Page Six reports Takei snarkily responding, “He’s boldly going where other people have gone before.”Takei went on to add, “He’s a guinea pig, 90 years old and it’s important to find out what happens.
So 90 years old is going to show a great deal more on the wear and tear on the human body, so he’ll be a good specimen to study.
Although he’s not the fittest specimen of 90 years old, so he’ll be a specimen that’s unfit!”Related: George Takei really wants to send this gay man to spaceTakei and Shatner have exchanged several barbs with one another over the years.
According to Takei, the two men were not close at all during the filming of Star Trek in the 1960s, and no friendship was forged during the filming of subsequent movies.Shatner has.