trekcore:spockslash:artfilmfan:from “For the Love of Spock” (George Takei talking ab
trekcore:spockslash: artfilmfan: from “For the Love of Spock” (George Takei talking about the time when they wanted to cut him and Nichols/Uhura out of Star Trek and Nimoy was having none of it) He also used his clout to fight for equal pay for Nichelle Nichols. Gene Roddenberry called him “the conscience of Star Trek.” Reason #1701 why I love Leonard George is speaking of TAS, when they were going to only have Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scott and Majel Barrett for all the female parts. He refused to sign on unless George and Nichelle were hired. Later, during his Wrath of Khan contract negotiations, he made part of his contract a favorable settlement for the Fab Four who had sued over residuals and were being stonewalled by Paramount. De Kelley, whose only income was the Trek films for the last 20 years of his career, was worried he’d have his salary drastically cut after the box office failure of TFF. On the first day of negotiations for TUC he was shocked to be offered his asking price without argument. Because Leonard was the decision maker. -- source link