we are talking to george takei, and i want to get into "star trek" a bit. jean rotenbury, the producer - i believe you said he wanted a multicultural cast. how did it happen, and how did you get there? >> gene wanted to use "star trek" as a metaphor about so many things about our times then and today. she said the starship "enterprise" was a metaphor for starship earth, and it was about coming together, working as a team. we were all contributing our unique vantage point or history or talent to the workings of that team to meet the common college that we have. so he - it was very intentional to cast the way he did. the captain was a north american, played by a canadian. the european representation was by scotty, scotland, played by an irish canadian - another canned aidan, and -- canadian, who efl were representing africa, and i represented asia, and mccoy represented the south of the u.s. >> how did you get the job? >> my agent called. rather in the common normal way in hollywood. i went to a meeting with a man named gene rottenbury - i didn't know him fro

. >> and actor george takei talks about his former secret life and all of the acting he did off the big screen. it seemed like a normal adoption >> do you think this family has a lot of secrets? >> it's like there's an open book as far as the family goes. >> (son - off screen) i fully believe that i was adopted by strangers. (vo) until one day ... >> (son - off screen) i found out everything i thought i knew, was a lie. (vo) al jazeera america presents open secret >> i'm phil torezz, coming up next on techknow. >> hike! >> america's favorite sport is under fire. >> now, that impact simulated 100 g's of acceleration in your brain. >> it's the opponent no player can see. >> so the system is showing real-time impact. >> can science prevent concussions? >> i did my job and just had to sacrifice my brain to do it. >> we are going to go to breaking news in birmingham alabama has been evacuated because of a threat. >> whelwhelm ofwell many of us e at thtakei. tonight on talk to al jazeera he sits down with john siegenthaler to share stories about what it's like growing up a young gay man. >> f

. >> actor george takei knows that he your attention. he has his star power to to learn a few lessons about social media. >> well you are not just on facebook and twitter, but you have a program on-line called takei's take, is that right? >> that is right. >> i saw one of them you are talking about google glass but you have all sorts of things that you discuss on that program. >> i do that in partnership with aarp. and the membership of aarp are now made up of a lot of star trek fans. we wanted to make sure that the demographics widen. star trek's children are now fast approaching aarp age and they have grandchildren. we play to that large audience. but, the star trek generation as visionary as they are, aren't quite into social media as their grandchildren are or their children are. and so, with that my hosting of this show called takei's take we can talk about google glass or as we discovered, on-line dating is not something that just the young people are into. because aarp members are now getting divorced, or widowed and are longevity

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>> george takei. he's done one of these with you. and he designed a tie for tie the knot. and this is a part of it? >> i have a foundation, we talked about before. all of the bow ties that me and my husband have created, all the proceeds go to marriage equality. and we have a new line that's out right now. and our first pop-up shop in l.a., in the beverly center. >> the bow tie is back. >> back and better than ever. it stresses me out when i have to tie it. but i think it's afun addition to any male wardrobe. >> i tried it. he brought them last time. and i tried it. >> no. >> just shuts it down right away. classic george. >> once a month i try it. and once a month i fail miserably. i'm getting closer. >> you have to just dive in to the bow tie waters. it's such an elegant statement. thank you. thank you. and for a great cause. now, you have proathletes designing them. >> yeah. i know. >> it's great. off of her tattoo. the sleeve, as the kids call it. >> you're so hip. >> i'm so hip. >> so hip. so funny. you have to check out that funny or die, the first gay bachelor. and "