Wil Wheaton remembers William Shatner being a real jerk on set

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infamous reputation as a “self-centered” “douche” — that according to former co-star George Takei — when he met actor Wil Wheaton on the set of “Star Trek V.”At the time, Wheaton was 16 and playing Wesley Crusher on “Star Trek: The Next Generation” when he found out that the original “Star Trek” cast would be working next door.Wheaton, who co-starred in “Stand by Me” opposite River Phoenix and Corey Feldman as a kid, took weeks to drum up the nerve to introduce himself.

Finally, he saw Shatner surrounded by crew members and decided it was time. Wearing his gray “acting ensign” spacesuit, Wheaton walked over to the legendary curmudgeon famous for playing Capt.

James T. Kirk“It took about eight steps for my confidence to evaporate,” Wheaton, now 49, writes in his upcoming book, “Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir,” out April 12.“‘So you’re the kid on that show?'” Shatner asked.“He seemed annoyed,” Wheaton writes. “My throat and mouth were dry, and my palms were sweating.

My heart pounded in my ears, as I answered, ‘Uh, yes sir. My name’s Wil.'”The teen, put out his hand for Shatner to shake — which he ignored.Shatner then proceeded to mock Wheaton’s costume.“‘What is that, your spacesuit?’ he said, and made a sound that was somewhere between a laugh and a cough,” Wheaton writes.Wheaton says that he actually felt light-headed and didn’t hear Shatner when he asked him a question.“‘I said, What do you do over there?’ he asked,” Wheaton recalls.