{"id":21722,"date":"2012-12-03T13:12:27","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T21:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=21722"},"modified":"2012-12-03T13:12:27","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T21:12:27","slug":"takeis-strange-five-0-find","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2012\/12\/takeis-strange-five-0-find\/","title":{"rendered":"Takei’s Strange Five-0 Find"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In preparing for his role on the new Hawaii Five-0<\/em>, George Takei<\/strong> found something a bit creepy.<\/p>\n

Takei will appearing in Five-0<\/em> thirty-seven years after appearing as a cop in the original Hawaii Five-O<\/em> (1975’s Death’s Name is Sam<\/em> episode). In the new episode, airing December 17th, Takei will play Chin Ho Kelly’s (Daniel Dae Kim<\/strong>) Uncle Choi.<\/p>\n

“[Choi’s] doing something illegal, not unlike the character I played in the ’70s,” said Takei.<\/p>\n

Learning how to speak with an authentic Hawaiian accent was part of the job for Takei, but what the actor found in a rented run-down shack used in Choi’s home was not. Takei found “an NRA magazine, a photo of a blond Aryan youth and a portrait of Mr. Adolf Hitler<\/strong>! It was weird!”<\/p>\n

Hawaii Five-0<\/em> airs Monday nights on CBS at 10 PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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