Interview with the Two Spocks
As I’m sure you have already heard, JJ Abrams has cast Zachary Quinto (Sylar) as young Spock in the upcoming Star Trek prequel. He and Leonard Nimoy both talked to USA Today’s Celeb Watch with Will Keck about the new Star Trek movie, coming to theaters on Christmas Day, 2008.
In November, he will check out of Heroes to beam aboard Trek’s 85-day shoot. He says 11 stages have been built on the Paramount lot, and two weeks will be spent shooting in Iceland.
“I really identify with Spock’s struggle,” he says. “We’re going back to a time before anything (Nimoy did in the original series) was established. These characters are in a completely different stage of their lives.”
After he turns in his Spock ears, Quinto hopes to live long and prosper on the series that made him a star. “If I could be on Heroes for the next 10 years, I would absolutely do that. But when something like this (movie) comes along, and you step away from one thing to do another thing, you never know what the future holds.”
I think this is marvelous casting on JJ’s part. Now we just have to see who he will come up with for Kirk?
Above: Nimoy and Quinto at the 2007 Comic-Con International.
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January 22nd, 2008 at 8:30 am
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