E! - Quinto and Nimoy talk Old School and New Trek

April 18, 2008

 

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: ST09 Cast, track back

Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto at Grand Slam Sci-Fi Summit speak about Spock's arc, old school fans, new fans, set designs and more.
 

E!: What was it like seeing a younger version of yourself?

 Nimoy: It was great. The first thing they asked me to do was look at some film on Zachary, which I did, and I immediately saw the resemblance and that made a lot of sense, but much more important was that I understood very quickly that he's a very good actor and also a very smart actor, and he understands the character and has a sense of how to approach it and how to do it, and I think the character is in great hands. I feel terrific about passing the torch.
 

 E!: Will the old school fans love this movie?

 Nimoy: I was thinking about this question about where Star Trek is now on the way over here, and I remembered that 10 years ago in 1998 their was a Star Trek movie called Insurrection and it occurred to me that this movie is the resurrection of Star Trek. I mean that very sincerely. I think that Star Trek has kind of drifted along and maybe meandered and lost its way some what over the last few years, and I think this picture is going to put it back on track. I think it's going to revive interest in the entire franchise, the Star Trek story, the Star Trek idea, and I think above all its going to be a very exciting movie. There is a great pull of talent coming together to make this film. JJ Abrams is a very, very talented and creative director, great writers, exciting script and on a gigantic scale. I've been in the business 58 years, and I have never worked on a film of this size. And the great talent I see in Abrams is he's able to see that very, very large vision and shoot it very, very well, but at the same time is able to deal very intimately with the moments between the people in the film.