George Takei

“After a year of imprisonment and impoverishment – because they took everything from us, the government comes down with a loyalty questionnaire demanding loyalty. ”, Takei told the HFPA in an exclusive interview with Brent Simon.

George Takei is best-known around the world as Hikaru Sulu, later Captain Sulu, on the fictional Starship Enterprise in the beloved sci-fi series, Star Trek. The openly gay actor, author, activist, and social media influencer sat down during Pride month with HFPA member Brent Simon for an episode of our podcast series, Golden Globes Around the World to talk about his 2019 New York Times bestselling graphic memoir “They Called Us Enemy” - which recently returned in a deluxe edition with 16 pages of bonus material and has also been translated in additional languages to truly reach around the world The fearless, funny 85-year-old star pulled no punches as he talked about his years behind barbed wire with his family in Japanese American internment camps and reveals how a guest role in the Archie Comics series Riverdale led to his decision to tell his own story in a graphic novel.

After the success of The Terror, its Polar exploration themed historical horror anthology, AMC is unveiling a second season, a new standalone series of ten episodes which will again be produced by Ridley Scott. Titled The Terror: Infamy, the new series is set in Japanese internment camps on the West Coast where Japanese Americans were infamously imprisoned during the Second World War.

“At five years old I was classified as an enemy and threat to national security,” said George Takei during a recent stop by the HFPA Comic-Con lounge, recalling being taken from his home at gunpoint with his family during the forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese-Americans in concentration camps during World War II. “Hysteria swept this country.

Comic-Con 2019 begins tonight and our podcast guest is a veteran of the sci-fi world.  George Takei became known around the world as Sulu, the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) starship's helmsman.