William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy's relationship may have started on the wrong foot, but the two remained close for nearly their entire lives. When Nimoy died in February 2015, the two hadn't spoken in five years, Shatner revealed in his 2016 book, "Leonard" (via New York Post). The reason had nothing to do with their old rivalry but everything to do with their characters. At least that's what Shatner thinks.
When Nimoy refused to partake in Shatner's 2011 documentary "The Captains," Shatner filmed him without permission and featured him in it anyway, according to The Post. And that's why Shatner believes Nimoy cut ties with him. "It is something I will wonder about and regret forever," said Shatner in "Leonard" (via the Daily Mail). Shatner tried to reconcile with Nimoy by sending him a letter shortly before his death. "I have had a deep love for you Leonard — for your character, our morality, your sense of justice, your artistic bent," Shatner wrote. "You're the friend that I have known the longest and the deepest."
But his friend seemingly wanted to hear none of it and never responded. Shatner told The Guardian in May 2021 he is still unsure why Nimoy stopped talking to him. "He was my dearest friend. We talked about all kinds of things in the darkness of the limousine, about divorce and children. But something happened, I don't know what, it was so bizarre," he said.
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