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Superman had Jor-El. Batman has Wayne Manor. And now Hiro Nakamura has Captain Sulu.
Figuring all great Heroes need to have come from somewhere, the hit NBC series has tapped Star Trek icon George Takei to play the father of Hiro Nakamura, the plucky Japanese office worker who happens to be able to bend the space-time continuum.
"This is absolutely brilliant," Masi Oka, who plays Hiro, told TV Guide. "I just hope I get to say, 'Dad! Sulu is my hero, not you!' The sci-fi fans would love it!"
Figuring all great Heroes need to have come from somewhere, the hit NBC series has tapped Star Trek icon George Takei to play the father of Hiro Nakamura, the plucky Japanese office worker who happens to be able to bend the space-time continuum.
"This is absolutely brilliant," Masi Oka, who plays Hiro, told TV Guide. "I just hope I get to say, 'Dad! Sulu is my hero, not you!' The sci-fi fans would love it!"
