It has now emerged that, in the new film, Sulu actor John Cho filmed a gay kiss that has since been chopped from the final cut of Justin Lin’s sci-fi adventure.
The openly gay Takei, however, expressed his concern with the addition to Star Trek Beyond stating: “Unfortunately, it’s a twisting of Gene [Roddenberry]’s creation, to which he put in so much thought.
The actor also revealed he had some initial concerns about how Takei might respond to the tweak of the character.
It was recently announced that Star Trek character Hikaru Sulu will be gay in the franchise’s third outing as a mark of respect to George Takei, the actor who played Gene Roddenberry’s creation in the original series.