George Takei to Guest on 'Will & Grace' Alongside Britney Spears

from StarTrek.com

George Takei recently filmed an episode of Will & Grace, playing himself as a guest on a gay-themed talk show hosted by Jack McFarland on the fictional "Out TV" network. And an action figure of Takei's Star Trek character plays a role.

Takei says, "The character is named George Takei, but he's actually a wonderfully comic creation by the wonderfully inventive writers on Will & Grace."

We had heard last week that the propmaster of W&G was making calls around town trying to find an action figure of Captain Sulu . They succeeded, and Takei tells us that "something interesting" will happen to that action figure. He laughs, "They don't refer to it as an 'action figure,' they refer to it as a 'doll.' But I don't want to say anything else, because I want people to see the show."

Takei's W&G segment will air on NBC Thursday, April 13, and also guest-stars Britney Spears. It is the same episode that received a bit of controversy recently when reports surfaced that Spears would play a Christian conservative sidekick to Jack, one who starts a cooking segment called "Cruci-fixin's." After an uproar from religious groups, NBC made assurances that the offending jokes would not be in the show.