Comments on: Crowe Seems Unaware Of The Star Trek Villain Rumors

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TrekLog » Blog Archive » Trek XI - Newsflash — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:58:30 +0000

[...] Was ist eigentlich seit der letzten Convention alles passiert? Eigentlich viel (was Meldungen des Trek Movie Report angeht) und zugleich doch recht wenig! Zunächst einmal hat sich das Casting-Karussell ein wenig weitergedreht. Nicht Sydney Poitier, sondern eine junge Dame namens Zoe Saldana wurde für die Rolle des Kommunikationsoffiziers der Enterprise, Nyota Uhura, hochoffiziell gecastet und unter Vertrag genommen. Somit sind schon 3 Mitglieder der Originalcharaktere gecastet worden: Spock, Chekov und Uhura! Als nächstes wird wohl der Chefingenieur Scotty gecastet werden, denn Berichten zufolge wird derzeit nach einem Darsteller gesucht! Daniel Dae Kim aus Lost (hat auch schon bei Star Trek: Voyager Gastauftritte gehabt) gilt ebenso als heißer Kandidat für die Rolle des Navigators Hikaru Sulu, aber wir Leser wissen ja, dass es dahingehend gleich mehrere Bewerbungen zu geben scheint. Der neue Spock-Darsteller Zachary Quinto bereitet sich hingegen ganz speziell auf seine Rolle vor. Anstelle des intensiven Studiums alte Star Trek-Episoden versucht er, sich mit der Person hinter Spock, Leonard Nimoy, zu beschäftigen. Somit verbringen die beiden sehr viel Zeit miteinander und laden sich gegenseitig zum Essen ein, wenngleich die Mythologie, d.h. die vulkanisch-romulanischen Ursprünge, dennoch in Quintos Interesse zu liegen scheint. Über die Plot-Details zu Star Trek XI hatte ich jüngst schon einen Kommentar abgegeben, und laut Quinto handelt es sich bei Trek XI um ein Projekt, dass weitere Fortsetzungen wahrscheinlich macht… damit bestätigt er auch den Wunsch des Autorenteams Orci und Kurtzman, die sich beide ebenso Fortsetzungen erhoffen würden. Zuguterletzt kann man noch sagen, dass nebenbei Russell Crowe kurzzeitig als Bösewicht im Gespräch war (was jedoch Hinweise auf das gesuchte Kaliber des gesuchten Darstellers gibt) und dass das uralte Jennifer Garner Gerücht im Zusammenhang mit einer Liebesaffäre Spock’s wieder aufgetaucht ist. Übrigens muss es sich bei dieser Liebesaffäre keinesfalls um ein Produkt des Pon Farr handeln, denn der neue Spock wird wesentlich emotionaler sein und damit wohl an Nimoy’s Darstellung aus dem ersten Pilotfilm The Cage anknüpfen. Trek ist also in aller Munde und wir haben dahingehend wohl noch spannende Zeiten vor uns… [...]

By: Sunny

Sunny — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:53:43 +0000

Crowe never signs for a film until he’s read the script and talked to the director. So.. my take on his comment ” Apparently…. I haven’t read anything yet” is that he’s waiting to see the script. If he doesn’t like it, he won’t do it. He’s quite busy right now anyway, working on Body Of Lies and early in the new year, Nottingham.

By: The Master

The Master — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:56:36 +0000

How about Richard Dean Anderson as an evil andorian? or Michael Shanks as a mad scientist.

By: snake

snake — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:29:15 +0000

re 29 – oopps forgot about Eddie Murphys near casting in Trek IV too……Think he was THE biggest star in HW at the time…

Wonder if it would have worked..or if itd have been another Superman III?

Edward James Olmos was Leonard Nimoy’s original choice for the role of Kruge

and they wanted Jude Law for Shinzon in Nemesis

By: snake

snake — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:06:16 +0000

32 – dont tell me if can post on this website or not fella..who the f**k you think you are

my ‘hardly A list’ comment wasnt meant as diss on Montoban or any of those actors. It was just stating a fact that theres never been any A list superstar actor in a trek movie b4. A list as in Cruise or Connery or Brando or Eastwood etc

yes they were all tremedous in their roles and are truly great actors…with Montoban obviously standing head and pectorals above the rest…(an ‘A list star’ in Star Trek/Sci Fi terms..)

although I have to say regarding Star Dreck Insurrection – even Pacino as Ru’afo and De Niro as Adm. Dougherty wouldve have a job on druming up much interest that episodic film…

By: Timothy Proctor

Timothy Proctor — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:47:55 +0000

#29

Hardly A-List yes, but a solid group of actors none the less. That is what star trek has done well with it’s villians and supporting roles. It has sought and found solid talent over fame. I remembdr Abrahams performance in AMADEUS, in which he was fabuloso. Very Very good. And I mean Chris Plummer, the SOUND OF MUSIC guy, who cares if he isn’t A-list. I thought he was pretty damn good in Star Trek VI. And If you want to down on Ricardo then I don’t won’t to see you posting on this website. Ricardo is Kahn. Even without the benefit of seeing the original episode, I knew that only Ricarod Montalbon could be Kahn.

Etc., etc.

By: Shatner_Fan_2000

Shatner_Fan_2000 — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:32:24 +0000

I recall that Nick Meyer originally wanted Jack Palance for Chancellor Gorkon! This was right after the old guy won an Oscar, and he was asking too high a price. I’d have loved to have seen that, though! One of the screen’s all-time great tough guys, playing the leader of the Klingons!

By: snake

snake — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:30:54 +0000

How come theres been no news, speculation or comments etc regarding Hanks? He’s supposed to be like a MASSIVE trek fan and came close to playing Cochrane in FC:

(from imdb)
“According to Patrick Stewart (Captain Picard), he is a huge Trekkie and the first time the two met, Star Trek was the only thing he wanted to talk about. Hanks was actually the original choice to play Zefram Cochrane in Star Trek: First Contact (1996), and desperately wanted to play the role, but had to back out due to his earlier commitment to That Thing You Do! (1996).”

Surely Hanks would be the no 1 choice for Pike….(not a villian though)

By: snake

snake — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:30:28 +0000

remember Trek V when they wanted Sean Connery as Sybok..and ended up with…Larry Luckenbill?

Connerys name inspired the planet ‘Ska-Ka-Ree’ though…(in the making of Trek V either Bennet or Shatner says they used Connerys name sped up) Connery had signed for Indy 3 instead. …I wonder how close he was to doing Trek V?…..It was after all – just after the biggest Trek film..

The only ‘name’ actors to have appeared as villians etc in the movies:

Richardo Montoban (had to be him anyway)
Chris Llyod
Christopher Plumer
Christian Slater (cameo only)
David Warner
Malcolm McDowell
F Murry Abraham.

Hardy A list……

Could all change with this though for Pike and the villian…gotta be at least B names for those due to the money, Abrams and the chanch for a big name Trek fan to live out their fantasy and be in the original..(sort of)

By: trektacular

trektacular — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:11:45 +0000

I like how pissed off Crowe looks until a sociopathic looking Bale whispers ‘klingon klingon’ to which Crowe kind of breaks up. pretty funny