Captain Kirk is actor William Shatner‘s most recognizable and iconic role played throughout his seven-decade career. In StarTrek, he starred alongside Nichelle Nichols, who played Lieutenant Uhura, and the pair shared one of the greatest moments in television history: one of the first interracial kisses aired on American television. The episode was titled “Plato’s Stepchildren,” but in a recent interview, Shatner explained how the kiss almost didn’t happen.
The network didn’t want it
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