William Shatner has been known as Captain Kirk for over 60 years. He has played the role in several Star Trek television shows and movies, and fans want to know if he will do it again.
The actor released a statement finally answering that question:
In order to put a stop to the rumor mill before it starts producing even more fiction than Star Trek ever did, let me say this:
If someone came up with a meaningful way to bring Captain Kirk back to life, and gave him something genuinely interesting to do that added to the beauty and spirit of Star Trek, I would be delighted to consider it.
But that has never come up.
I love Star Trek just as much as all of you folks do. Kirk has been an extraordinary part of my life, and I would never want to bring him back simply for the sake of bringing him back.
So, until someone comes knocking with an idea worthy of Kirk… I wait. For them. Or for eternity.
Several fans saw that as an opportunity to share their fan fiction with him. To them, he says, “BTW, this👇🏻 is not an open invitations for wanna be writers to submit script ideas to me. That’s not how it works and I don’t accept unsolicited material.”
So unless someone from Paramount comes to him with an idea on how he can be resurrected, Kirk will stay dead unless he is played by Chris Pine or Paul Wesley.
