Many wondered why William "Kirk" Shatner wasn't asked to cameo in the upcoming J.J. Abrams' version of Star Trek. Abrams made a statement last week as to why the decision was made to exclude Shatner:

 "It was very tricky. We actually had written a scene with him in it that was a flashback kind of thing, but the truth is, it didn't quite feel right. The bigger thing was that he was very vocal that he didn't want to do a cameo. We tried desperately to put him in the movie, but he was making it very clear that he wanted the movie to focus on him significantly, which, frankly, he deserves. The truth is, the story that we were telling required a certain adherence to the Trek canon and consistency of storytelling. It's funny -- a lot of the people who were proclaiming that he must be in this movie were the same people saying it must adhere to canon. Well, his character died on screen. Maybe a smarter group of filmmakers could have figured out how to resolve that."

Now, with that being said, William Shatner has responded to the statement in the following video:

So, according to Captain James T. Kirk himself, no one ever asked him. Interesting. I guess the point is still the same, though, William Shatner wouldn't have wanted a cameo, but if this version of Star Trek  does as well as expected and a sequel is drafted, getting Shatner involved would be an almost guaranteed success.