William Shatner will always be Captain James T. Kirk to generations of Star Trek fans, but his life after the original series ended did not exactly make him a millionaire. Star Trek became a huge pop culture franchise, with movies, spinoffs, conventions and endless fan devotion. But when the original NBC series ended in 1969, it was not quite a fan favorite yet. In fact, Shatner said he lived in his truck after Star Trek wrapped.
During a 2015 interview with Parade, he was asked if that story was true, and he answered, “Yeah.” He explained, “They didn’t pay very well, and I got a divorce at that same time, and I had three children, so it was a little rocky.”