John Cho spills the beans on what to expect from his character in the next installment of 'Star Trek' movie series.
- Jul 8, 2016
AceShowbiz - Decades after having the first interracial kiss on U.S. TV, "Star Trek" is now getting its first major LGBT character on big screen. %cJohn Cho% who plays Hikaru Sulu, the helmsman of the Starship Enterprise, reveals that his character has a daughter with his same-sex partner in the next movie installment "Star Trek Beyond".
"I liked the approach, which was not to make a big thing out it, which is where I hope we are going as a species, to not politicize one's personal orientations," the actor said as quoted by the Herald Sun. He said the scene was written to honor %cGeorge Takei%, who played Sulu in the original 1960s television series.
Takei was forced to keep his sexuality secret during his early career but he has since become a prominent LGBTQ activist. "If I wanted to work as an actor I had to keep it a secret," he told News Corp last year. "Back then I couldn't marry a white person - that was against the law here, miscegenation. But now I am married to a white dude so we have changed."
Directed by Justin Lin, "Star Trek Beyond" is coming in U.S. on July 22. It stars %cChris Pine%, %cZachary Quinto%, %cSimon Pegg%, %cKarl Urban%, %cZoe Saldana% and the late %cAnton Yelchin%.
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