{"id":13457,"date":"2011-12-01T12:19:04","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T20:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=13457"},"modified":"2011-12-01T12:19:40","modified_gmt":"2011-12-01T20:19:40","slug":"hicks-it-was-my-idea-to-kiss-kirk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2011\/12\/hicks-it-was-my-idea-to-kiss-kirk\/","title":{"rendered":"Hicks: It Was My Idea To Kiss Kirk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twenty-five years ago, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home<\/em>, with Catherine Hicks<\/strong> as Dr. Gillian Taylor, was released, and today, the actress recalls her memories of auditioning for and appearing in the movie.<\/p>\n

Hicks wasn’t familiar with Star Trek<\/em> or its history before landing the role of Dr. Taylor. “I think it charmed [Leonard Nimoy<\/strong>] that I was like the character,” she said, “utterly naive of the genre and the history of it.”<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>After auditioning several times for the role, Nimoy wanted Hicks to meet William Shatner<\/strong>. “Leonard wanted to show me to Shatner,” said Hicks. “And he had to go to Bill’s horse ranch in Burbank. And I grew up in Arizona, but I am not a horse person. And I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, if the horse doesn’t like me, Bill will influence Leonard’s decision.’ So I was pretty nervous. Then I remember Bill saying to Leonard, ‘Hell, Leonard, she’s worked with Coppola and Sidney Lumet<\/strong>. She’s worked with better people than we have. Hire her.'”<\/p>\n

Shatner had plenty of advice for director Nimoy, and his desire to be front and center in the film meant that Hicks sometimes had to fight for her own scenes. “[Shatner]’s like a mischievous brother,” she said. “He tried to, maybe, just a little bit, undermine — but always in a playful way — Leonard’s confidence. Like, ‘Are you really going to do the shot that way, Leonard? Really?’ And Leonard would be, ‘What do you mean?’ And I had to fight for a couple of close-ups. I’d say, ‘No, no, no. I’m fighting for my whales. It’s a single shot. Don’t let him be in my shots.’ Bill wanted it to be a two shot. But then Leonard just said, ‘Don’t worry Cat, I know Bill. We go back a long way.’ And Leonard was very supportive and very smart about acting. He’s so calm; he’s such a nice person.”<\/p>\n

The Star Trek<\/em> actors were kind to the newcomer Hicks. “They were so nice to me,” she said. “I had a big part and actors can be threatened or ticked off or envious or resentful, and they were so nice. Nice warm friends, immediately. They didn’t cater to me; they were just dignified and very friendly.”<\/p>\n

Hicks never heard the rumor that Shatner had demanded a love interest in the film, but she ended up providing that bit of romance anyhow. “No, I didn’t know,” she said. “I know it was my idea to kiss him at the end. So I played it as a romance. But, again, I didn’t know any of the history — that Shatner was a playboy. I took it all at face value.<\/p>\n

“I just leaned forward and chose to kiss him and whispered, ‘See you around the galaxy.’ I wanted a little bit of breathiness there.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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