Star Trek's William Shatner reveals if he'll return as Kirk for new spin-off
William Shatner has ruled out following in Sir Patrick Stewart's footsteps and starring in his own Star Trek spin-off.
The actor, known for playing iconic character James Kirk, was asked about the possibility of a series of his own, similar to the recently-announced Picard offshoot.
But Shatner told ComicBook.com that he would struggle with the long hours leading a TV show.
"That word, 'resurrect', that's a key word," he said. "Resurrect. You'd have to resurrect me, Shatner, in order to do the daily!
"I don't know what Patrick is doing, doing that. Doing a series is debilitating for a young guy, for a 25-year-old, which I was doing when I was 25 years old. It's a physical wrecker. It's a mental wrecker. And it's a homewrecker, because you're working 14, 18 hours a day.
"And in the last series I did – Boston Legal – I had in rush hour, a two-hour commute... So no, I would not be interested in doing a series, per se."
Stewart recently suggested that the Picard spin-off could run for the next "possibly three years".
"Everything has aged. When the series gets released, you will see things are very different from what they are," he added, teasing what fans can expect.
Michelle Yeoh will also be getting her own spin-off for her character of Captain Philippa Georgiou.
In the meantime, Star Trek: Discovery is available on CBS All Access in the US and on Netflix a day later in the UK.
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