The Surprising Controversy Behind The New Gay "Star Trek" Character

BuzzFeed - Out actor George Takei, who originally played Lt. Sulu, called the creative decision "really unfortunate," prompting strong responses from screenwriter and actor Simon Pegg and out actor Zachary Quinto. For the first time in the franchise's 50-year history, Star Trek is featuring a major openly LGBT character: John Cho's character Lt. Hikaru Sulu has a husband and young daughter in Star Trek Beyond, BuzzFeed News has confirmed. Paramount Pictures "I liked the approach, which was not to make a big thing out it," Cho told Australia's Herald Sun while in Sydney for Beyond's world premiere on July 7. "[It] is where I hope we are going as a species, to not politicize one's personal orientations," he added. Brendon Thorne / Getty Images The original actor who played Sulu, George Takei, famously came out in 2005. But in an interview on Thursday with The Hollywood Reporter, Takei said he thought the decision