Shatner says he was acting.
O’Heir continued that series star “William Shatner himself wasnt okay with this.
Nor was his character.
Jim O’Heir and William Shatner.Harmony Gerber/Getty; Santiago Felipe/Getty
“He kept scanning me up and down, his floppy smile transformed.
Whatever it was, it definitely made me uncomfortable.”
Theres a real difference.
William Shatner and James Spader on ‘Boston Legal’.Craig Sjodin/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
I hope he knows that.”
TheDavid E. Kelley-created legal procedural that premiered in 2004 was a spinoff of the popular seriesThe Practice.
Crane shared many of Shatner’s own idiosyncrasies the slightly out-of-touch joviality, the blustering self-importance.
Other actors who’ve worked with Shatner have opened up about their less-than-positive experience of him in the past.
TakeicalledShatner a “cantankerous old man” in 2022, remembering him as “self-involved.
He enjoyed being the center of attention.
He wanted everyone to kowtow to him.”
He and costarRettawould work five seasons on that show before being promoted from recurring characters to main cast.
