Captain Kirk -- Larger in Real Life

Posted Jan 23rd 2008 11:01AM by TMZ Staff

William Shatner beamed into Long Beach, Calif. for the opening of "Star Trek -- The Tour" last week -- and posed with one of the suits he wore in the series nearly 40 years ago ... while wearing a rhinocerosish leather jacket.

Shatner did not fit into J.J. Abrams new "Star Trek" movie.