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By GustavoLeao / 23:56, 9 September 2007 / Feature Films
National Ledger just posted an exclusive interview with Star Trek star William Shatner, in which he talks about J.J. Abrams upcoming Star Trek movie and also his prequel Trek novel The Academy Collision Course. Here are few excerpts from the article.
Asked if he will be joining the cast of the soon-to-shoot Abrams' film, Shatner said "I'm not. They haven't invited me to do it,". The actor figures the movie forces have solved the problem of dealing with the aging version of his iconic character, James T. Kirk, by having a "dead Kirk." As for who'll play young, alive Kirk, "It seems they're looking for an unknown, so I have no idea. I don't have a finger on that pulse. I've barely got a finger on my own pulse," Shatner said. "I feel sort of like a wallflower. I'll watch the dance from the wings."
Regarding The Academy Collision Course, Shatner's October-release Star Trek prequel book, he said "It's the story of young Kirk and Spock and the forces that molded them. I used the Darfur situation for what generates the excitement. A conflict in which there are child soldiers -- and Kirk and Spock are not much older than those child soldiers."
Shatner's take on young Kirk and Spock days at Starfleet Academy will get out to the public way ahead of the film, which starts production in November and have a similar premise. "It's a coincidence," he says. "In this book, the publisher is putting a fronticepiece saying that this is the artist's unique vision."
The full interview is here.
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"The actor figures the movie forces have solved the problem of dealing with the aging version of his iconic character, James T. Kirk, by having a 'dead Kirk.'"
Cmdr. Murdock: "Lieutenant, how would you handle this?"
Lt. Pervis: "We could try ignoring it, sir."
Patience, Bill. The "movie forces" have had a dead Kirk since 1994.
And now for something completely different...
Actor Malcolm McDowell, who played homicidalsonofabitch Soran in Generations, will host a special tribute to William Shatner at the Jules Verne Adventure Film Festival, where Shat will be presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award. December 9th, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Catch Biography "William Shatner" on A&E this Saturday, Sept. 15 at 8am/7C.
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