Tag: George Takei

George Takei, the out gay actor best known for originally playing Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek, will soon appear in The Terror: Infamy, the second of AMC‘s horror anthology series. The series will depict a dark period of history that Takei himself lived through: the internment of Japanese-American citizens into 68 concentration camps across the U.S. during World War II. Takei will play Yamato-San, a community elder and former fishing captain who must stay strong as the community faces a...

The Star Trek icon has denied accusations that he took advantage of Scott R. Brunton back in 1981. Scott R. Brunton, a former model and actor, has accused George Takei of sexually harassing him when he first started out in Hollywood, back in 1981. He made the accusations during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, claiming he met Takei – who was 43/44-years-old at the time – at Greg’s Blue Dot Bar, which led to the two exchanging numbers. Brunton – who...

On February 19th of 1942, two months and twelve days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, 112,000 Japanese Americans were relocated to internment camps all across the U.S.A.  Among them was a five year old George Takei and his family.  They remained in the camp for three years until they were released at the end of World War II.  20 years later, Takei skyrocketed to fame after being cast as Lieutenant Sulu in Star Trek.  But what many people...