Jen Garner Ready For Trek…if called

Last March there was a rumor going around that J.J. Abrams was thinking about Jennifer Garner for a role as Spock’s love interest in his new Star Trek movie. Now the "Alias" leading lady tells Rotten Tomatoes that she ‘absolutely’ willing to put on Vulcan ears for Trek, saying  "Anything J.J. asked me to do ever, that’s a clear ‘Don’t even worry, the answer’s yes.’ I owe him." Abrams is known to like to stick with people he knows so it isn’t a crazy idea (although he may have a hard time choosing between Garner and his Felicity star Keri Russell who Abrams thinks would make a great Klingon). In addition to being ready for Trek Garner said she would also be up any J.J. Abrams Alias movie, noting "I think we’d all sign on. I mean, it’s all in his crazy brain." Garner has been keeping in practice. She stars along with Jamie Foxx as an FBI agent (pictured) in the thriller "The Kingdom" opening later this month.

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I suppose Jennifer Garner could play the love interest of Spock. She hasn’t worked with J.J. since Alias.

I’d buy her as Leila Kalomi any day of the week.

Or rent her. However she’s comfortable.

You know, it’s pretty obvious this movie is going to be a Spock movie from beginning to end…
Everyone else, Kirk included, are going to be, more or less, background characters it seems.

Alright, I love Spock…but seriously, TOS is not all about Spocky and his intergalactic love interests. >_> I’m still pissed over the lack of Kirk.
TOS without Shatner and with no good young Kirk actor?

What is the world coming to?

And on a side note…can anyone really see Spock without Kirk? Kirk without Spock…well, it sort of worked. But Spock without Kirk? Poor Spock…

Elektra with pointy ears…….. Sydney with the Vulcan salute, hmmmm. Someone help me with this one. She’s too cute to play a Vulcan. Anyone remember what happened to Kirstie Alley after she played Lt. Saavik. Ah forget it, been a long day.

Too much foreplay with casting. How many does it make so far? Three confirmed? This process just seems to be draggin on and on…….

Don’t get me wrong Anthony, I appreciate any little tidbit. Just waiting like everyone else for news.

Why do some of you guys persist in saying “First”? As I once heard a long time ago, may your next french kiss be from a diseased camel.

472 dtST

OH HELL YES!

She would make a hot Vulcan Babe. She has my vote.

So do you think Jennifer Garner would make a good T’Pring, or is this going to totally delineate?
One things for sure… she’s wasted as Chapel!

“Too much foreplay with casting. ”

Do you know the Foo Fighters song with the lyric “sometimes I think I’m gettin’ stuck between the handshake and the f**k”?

Spock was more popular in the 60s and I, for one, have to go along with the crowd here. Although the interaction with Kirk and McCoy was always important, I don’t mind if there is, as has been rumored, a diminished role for Kirk at all. Call me a troll but I will miss Shatner even less. Let’s move on, people.

#7. pizza hotdog –
Yeah I rememberwhat happened to Kirstie Alley. She was afraid of typecasting as a Vulcan, and turned down the next movie.
Then she got famous with a job on Cheers, and then got Fat. Then she got famous for being Fat, and then even more famous for loosing the Fat.

Not that I don’t appreciate Anthony’s, (and everyones), efforts, but…
I want some REAL casting news. It is coming down to the wire, and we know Nothing!
JJ has some serious security!
At least leak some design studies or something.

Also…I vote that anyone who plays the Idiotic “First” game, be shot out of the airlock, and banned from the site!

And Jennifer Garner would make a great Vulcan, at least appearance-wise. Tall, elegant, with sharp features, she could definitely pull it off. However, the way they seem to be casting the rest of the crew, she might be a bit old at 35.

If JJ wants to give Jennifer Garner a role as a female security guard doing nothing but standing next to the turbolift doors, hell, I say go for it! I’d gladly let that woman kick my ass any day of the week… preferably in stiletto heels… *sigh*

Playing a Vulcan is no easy job. If you ask me, while Kirstie Alley was alright, Robin Curtis was boooooring. Tim Russ played a good Vulcan, as did Joanna Cassidy did a nice job as T’Pol’s mother on Enterprise. Valeris was a very cunning Vulcan of course. Otherwise, a lot of boring characters when compared to the standard bearers or Spock and Sarek (Mark Lenard). I can’t see Jennifer Garner as a Vulcan, although wouldn’t mind if she played a different character, including a human, or an Orion!

I would love to see Gina Gershon as a vulcan!

I’d rather see Keri Russell in the movie. I am so over Jennifer Garner…let somone with some real acting chops do it.

#15

Tim Russ was one of my least favorite Vulcans. He played it much like Jolene Blalock – as though Vulcans were merely irritated all the time and posessed no other character traits.

I’m not a big fan of Robin Curtis, but I think part of the problem was Saavik was supposed to be part Romulan, and that’s how Kirstie played it. When they brought on Curtis, they had her playing it as a straight Vulcan. It kinda messed with the dynamic.

I think Garner could pull it off. She’s a little stiff in some of her roles, which could work to her advantage.

#5

Actually I kinda like the idea of this movie being more “Spock’s story” (assuming that’s even what this movie is about). It’ll be nice to see a Trek movie that breaks from the formula and tries to tell a different kind of story, in a different style.

Besides, look at an episode like Data’s Day. Sure the story was told from Data’s point of view, but he was constantly interacting with the rest of the crew and it made for a pretty damn good episode. I doubt this movie will go THAT far, but even a little of that kind of storytelling would make for a nice change of pace.

And I’m sure being the captain of the Enterprise and Spock’s best friend, Kirk will get a LOT of screentime either way. Don’t worry.

#19 – I agree. A Spock-centric story doesn’t imply no Kirk at all, as everyone seems to be assuming. And I think that putting our favorite Vulcan in the spotlight has the potential to be both refreshing and compelling.

#18

Maybe they did seem a little too irritated at times, but I still thought Russ and Blaylock made for really good Vulcans. Unlike a lot of guest stars who played Vulcans more like stiff androids, those two actually injected some subtle attitude and personality into their roles. There actually seemed to be something going ON under the surface, just as with Nimoy.

It’s just a shame those great characters got wasted on such terrible shows.

If there should be a role for Jennifer Garner (or Keri Russell, or both) in this film, as far as I’m concerned that’s all the more reason to go see it!

#6 “And on a side note…can anyone really see Spock without Kirk?”
So you’ve never seen “The Cage”? You should watch it. I’ve always thought it was rather good.

The rumors have got to the point I think I’ll have to take a break from the excellent trekmovie.com. I’ll have a lie down and catch you later Anthony & co.

#6/#23 — Or “Tholian Web” or “Galileo Seven” — also both fine episodes. And for that matter, I actually enjoyed Unification as well (although I know that’s by no means a consensus…) I for one would be very excited to see a Spock-centric story.

Spock love-interest, though…could be really good or really bad. I don’t see much room for anything in between…

Hmmm, a Spock-centric story, eh? Remember the movie ‘The Rock’ with Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery about ten years ago? That’s it! The new Star Trek movie will simply be titled, THE SPOCK. There you go…….

#25…you never fail to make me laugh…even if you’re not trying. o.o

Spock love interests are usually very good….but I’m worried about Spock’s main love interest not having a main part in Star Trek XI.

Abrams is really taking his time choosing cast members, though. At this rate…the movie will end up being delayed. They haven’t got that much time before filming starts.

If Peter Jackson directed Star Trek….

“Actually I kinda like the idea of this movie being more “Spock’s story” (assuming that’s even what this movie is about). It’ll be nice to see a Trek movie that breaks from the formula and tries to tell a different kind of story, in a different style. ”
19. DavidJ – September 10, 2007

Well, in all honesty, going back and using characters who dominated Trek for 25 years is not exactly breaking formulas!

It’s like a rock band known for producing album after album of 3 minute guitar driven rock songs, suddenly trying to do albums of 10 minute synthesized songs. Then after a drop in sales, going back to the 3 minute guitar songs that made them the most money.
It’s about sticking to formula and what is safe, as opposed to taking new ground.
Thats what the producers are up to with this new film. It’s obvious and everyone understands that. The newer stuff was beginning to flop financially, so they’re going back to what was most popular and giving the audience what is wants.

That doesn’t mean it’s an inherently bad thing either.
The discussion now is whether or not we’ll get a good film out of that or not.
The fun is in speculating how it will be done, not why…because we already now that…

Well if Kirsty Alley could do it, Jen certainly could too.

regarding Vulcan women – did you know that Joanne Balok is in the 3rd Starship Troopers film along with Casper Van Dien reprising his Johnny Rico role?

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0844760/

Apparently its closer in tone to the classic original and not the dreadful 2nd one….should be worth buying when it comes out i think

“:Tim Russ was one of my least favorite Vulcans. He played it much like Jolene Blalock – as though Vulcans were merely irritated all the time..”
-18. Sean – September 10, 2007

I agree 100%

The Vulcans of later years have been portrayed as merely having GOMS, aka Grumpy Old Men Syndrom…

They tried to portray them as merely repressed in an attempt to humanize them…which is just plain dumb considering they’re not suppose to be human!…

Ironically the best and most interesting portrayal of a Vulcan in the later years was Seven of Nine from Voyager….and she wasn’t even a Vulcan!

“:Tim Russ was one of my least favorite Vulcans. He played it much like Jolene Blalock – as though Vulcans were merely irritated all the time..”
-18. Sean – September 10, 2007

I agree 100%

The Vulcans of later years have been portrayed as merely having GOMS, aka Grumpy Old Men Syndrome…

They tried to portray them as merely repressed in an attempt to humanize them…which is just plain dumb considering they’re not suppose to be human!…

Ironically the best and most interesting portrayal of a Vulcan in the later years was Seven of Nine from Voyager….and she wasn’t even a Vulcan!

Garner is married to Ben Affleck – who’s best mates with Matt Damon – who said he wants in..

maybe this movie will have lots of stars in small roles..

#26 VulcanBabe “You never fail to make me laugh…even if you’re not trying o.o.”

Yes, my whole life I’ve always been able to make women laugh whether I’m trying to, or not…..I don’t know if that’s a blessing or a curse……..wait………your last remark has prompted…………a revelation………uh, oh…………..aw, nuts!
………………………it’s been fun?????

With all the pauses in my last post, I hope everyone appreciates my Shatner impersonation!

Vulcan Sex Slave FTW!!!12345

Neh.
Skip her… She’s not that great an actress…
And she still has to live down both Daredevil and Elektra.

As for Tim Russ and Jolene Blalock… yep, they were lousy vulcans. Part of the problem is that Spock should not be viewed as the way to act… one should look more to Sarek. It’s not about being emotionless… it’s about being in control.

She’s got my vote!

Hailing Aaron R. …

I’ve only just finished my reply to your recent post on the ‘…get a free hand phaser…’ thread from four days ago. I’m sorry you feel that way about my contributions here. You are very entitled to your own personal opinions…and I hope you will revisit the bottom of that topic thread to see how I have addressed them with some more of my own…

And as far as this topic goes…I can definately see Jennifer Garner as an attractive Vulcan…but **splutter*cough**…Spock’s ‘love interest’…? Is this logical for this Movie…?

If Vulcan’s can’t have love interests, where do all the baby Vulcan’s come from? ;)

Whoever thinks Jennifer Garner can’t act needs to quit breathing the radon gas in their parents’ basement & come upstairs. Seriously, she’s one of the few actors who can go from kick-ass to comedy, not to mention that she’s so damn adorable. As for Tim Russ, I thought his take on being a Vulcan was okay until I saw him play an FBI agent. Same expressionless monotone, so apparently that’s just Russ. Blalock was just a hot Vulcan babe but what was up with that reddish-brown hair? Seven of Nine did do pretty good Vulcan as well as skin-tight outfits. She was definetly the standout character from Voyager. I would like to see some of the Trek characters who wore full makeup make cameo appearances like Neelix did in First Contact. For example, Michael Dorn & Roxann Dawson come to mind sans the Klingon getup.

Oh, yeah……psssst. Jensen Ackles as young Kirk. Mark my words.

#39 Dom

…er…don’t the Vulcan ‘storks’ deliver them…?

Because there is an overwhelming fan demand for this…

Ganer was the cat’s meow in Alias. Alias kicked ass. She kicked ass. Bringing her into Trek would kick ass.

That’s a lot of ass kickin’. Hope she shows up in this movie!

If Spock’s ‘stork’ gets shown, doesn’t that mean the film will get an ‘R’ rating? ;)

#27

I see what you mean, but to me telling a story in a different way is as big a change as jumping forward 100 years… and then having yet another movie where the crew is on routine patrol and gets orders from Starfleet to go to sector 123 to stop yet another intergalactic menace and blah blah blah…

THAT’s the kind of formula I’m talking about. Following a character like Spock on a journey over several years would be a very different feel for a Trek movie, and would be a refreshing change I think. Obviously there’ll still be an alien menace to deal with, but hopefully that won’t be the main focus of the story.

I really don’t see them paying for Affleck, Garner, Damon just for cameos. Let’s not turn this into Star Wars.

since when did star wars have film star cameos?

anyway some stars (who are Trek fans) would probably choose to do it for next to nothing just to get in star trek

Wonder if any other Alias actors will be cast? as a few have appeared in some pretty big films…

Ron Rifkin? (LA Confinedial) Victor Garber? (Titanic)

#47

Hmmm…Samuel L Jackson, Jimmy Smitts, Christopher Lee…

yeah but original the Star Wars? – Was only Peter Cushing and Alec Guiness.

Jimmy Smitts? lol