NEW YORK — USS Enterprise helmsman Hikaru Sulu is portrayed as gay in “Star Trek Beyond,” but George Takei, who originated the role, isn’t pleased. Cho told Australia’s Herald Sun that he liked that the approach doesn’t “make a big thing” out of it. Screenplay writer Simon Pegg and director Justin Lin say they intended to pay homage to Takei as an LGBT activist. A scene in the upcoming film plainly presents Sulu, played by John Cho, with a male spouse raising an infant daughter. Takei instead urged the filmmakers to create a new gay character.

Source: National Post July 08, 2016 21:11 UTC