70s Trek: Star Trek In The 1970s

This week co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto talk about the actor who played the Captain of the Enterprise, William Shatner, on this episode of 70s Trek. His portrayal of the unflappable, heroic captain has become iconic.  While playing Kirk wasn't difficult for Shatner, working after the show went off the air was. Early Life. William Shatner grew up in Montreal, Canada and knew early on he wanted to be an actor.  After college, he worked extensively on Broadway and in early television.  During his early career, Bill Shatner was considered to be on the same career trajectory as Robert Redford. Star Trek When Star Trek's first captain, Jeffrey Hunter, decided not to return for the second pilot, Gene Roddenberry asked William Shatner to step in as the new skipper of the Enterprise. When the show was picked up and went into production, Shatner remembers that it didn't feel like work.  Instead, he considered the feeling that the cast and crew shared as being family. After Trek Shatner went through a lot around t