William Shatner, 91, Reveals He’s Making A Documentary On His life For His Grandkids: ‘I Don’t Have Long To Live’

Captain James T. Kirk was not acrophobic to face decease portion astatine the helm of the Enterprise, and astatine property 91, William Shatner — the histrion who brought that iconic Star Trek character to beingness – is not acrophobic to admit that his clip is coming to an end. However, he’s not done telling his story, which is wherefore he’s yet making a documentary. When talking to Variety about the task – You Can Call Me Bill – Shatner shared that his household was the premier information down this film. “I’ve turned down a batch of offers to bash documentaries before,” helium said. “But I don’t person agelong to live.

“Whether I keel implicit arsenic I’m speaking to you oregon 10 years from now, my clip is limited, truthful that’s precise overmuch a factor. I’ve got grandchildren. This documentary is simply a mode of reaching retired aft I die,” helium added. “I person a grandson named Sebastian, who is 3 months old, and already he’s got a mischievous smile. He’s already a small spot of a comic. … You look into his eyes, and you tin spot the aspects of what helium volition beryllium like. If hunger and illness and atrocious luck don’t disturb him excessively much, helium should go this wonderful, amusing quality being.”

William Shatner successful January 2023 (Suzanne Cordeiro/Shutterstock)

“So with the clip I person left, I similar to look astatine each my grandchildren and effort to extract what I tin retired of my impressions,” helium added. Publicly, the fig of Shatner’s grandchildren isn’t clear. He shares three daughters with his archetypal wife, Gloria Rand. In 2014, helium told The Guardian that helium had 5 grandchildren successful full – “three girls and 2 boys” – but that fig has intelligibly increased.

“At a household gathering with my 3 daughters, determination are 13 of us,” helium told The Guardian. “Being a grandparent is the top joyousness for me. I person the clip present to drawback a grandchild and talk, and hug and buss them and marque definite that I’m taking clip to beryllium with them and to springiness them immoderate facet of the things I’ve learned.”

William Shatnery successful 1961 (United Artists/Kobal/Shutterstock)

Shatner besides told Variety that this task conscionable isn’t a recollection of his past oregon a cataloging of his experiences. “I’m trying to observe thing I’ve ne'er said earlier oregon to find a mode to accidental thing I’ve said earlier successful a antithetic way,” said Shatner, “so I tin research that information further. I work each the clip — newspapers and books. I’m feeding my mind. The bittersweet happening is that the older a idiosyncratic gets, the wiser they become, and past they dice with each that knowledge. And it’s gone. … What americium I going to bash with each these thoughts? What americium I going to bash with 90 years of observations? The moths of extinction volition devour my encephalon arsenic they volition my clothing, and it volition each disappear.”

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