Contents:
- SULU IS GAY IN 'STAR TREK BEYOND,' MAKG FRANCHISE HISTORY
- JOHN CHO SAYS GAY KISS WAS CUT IN STAR TREK BEYOND
SULU IS GAY IN 'STAR TREK BEYOND,' MAKG FRANCHISE HISTORY
One of the “Star Trek” universe’s most beloved characters is revealed to be gay the latt stallment of the inic anchise. “I liked the approach, which was not to make a big thg out , which is where I hope we are gog as a speci, to not policize one’s personal orientatns, ” he and Pegg’s cisn to pict Sulu as a gay man was a nod to Gee Takei, who played the role the origal 1960s “Star Trek” televisn seri and six subsequent films, Cho said. Takei, 79, me out as gay 2005, and has sce gone on to bee an outspoken advote for LGBT rights.
UPDATE: After news of this story broke, Takei lled the cisn to pict Sulu as a gay man “really unfortunate” a Hollywood Reporter terview.
In Star Trek Beyond, Cho’s character Sulu is revealed to be gay, havg a dghter wh his male partner. Simon Pegg, who -wrote the screenplay, had the ia to make Sulu gay. He told The Guardian that the gay uple’s reprentatn is handled well and may be explored upg films.
JOHN CHO SAYS GAY KISS WAS CUT IN STAR TREK BEYOND
Gee Takei, who me out as gay over a ago and played Sulu Gene Rodnberry’s Star Trek TV seri, said a Facebook post earlier this month that while he was “lighted” there was a gay character, he felt that makg Sulu gay was a twistg of Rodnberry’s origal visn. Takei, an LGBT activist, first learned about Sulu beg gay Star Trek Beyond om Cho, but Takei said he would prefer have a new gay character, rather than Sulu, “sudnly beg revealed as beg closeted.