William Shatner as Alexander the Great (1963)
This is the pilot of a TV series that was never made. A couple of years later, Shatner will get the main role in Star Trek. Gene Roddenberry was a huge admirer of Alexander. The rest is history. :)
Note: this pilot does NOT have Hephaestion. I can't even imagine how much more accidental(?) homoeroticism there would have been if they had given Shatner's Alexander his Hephaestion! Well… I guess he eventually got him, right? Just in a different series :D
#william shatner#alexander the great#1960s#james t. kirk#star trek tos#star trek the original series#posting this on Shatner and Kirk's birthday#I guess it's the right day#anyway this pilot is so funny because there are so many things we associate to Kirk#but that's also just Shatner being Shatner LMAO#also the random shirtless scenes#I wonder if this is where Roddenberry got the idea of a shaved Kirk suddenly loosing his shirt lol#oh and I guess now we know how the “hug” between Kirk and Spock would have been in front of the Klingons#it still looks like he's going to kiss everyone when he grabs their shoulders tbh lol