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World Service,03 Dec 2022,49 mins

George Takei on his career and heritage

The Arts Hour

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George Takei, best known as the original Mr Sulu from Star Trek, joins Nikki Bedi to talk about the forthcoming London stage production of Allegiance; a musical telling the story of Japanese Americans – including his own family - imprisoned by America during the Second World War. They’re joined by critic Catherine Bray to discuss Ryan Coogler’s film Black Panther Wakanda Forever and Nicholas Stoller’s LGBTQIA+ romcom Bros, about 2 men falling in love in New York. They also hear from Luca Guadagnino about his award winning film Bones And All (a teen cannibal romance story). (Photo: George Takei. Credit: Luke Fontana)

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