A-HA! JJ Abrams Admits That William Shatner WAS To Be In ‘Star Trek XI’ |
| Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm |
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AMC's SciFi Scanner recently spoke with JJ Abrams, who finally admitted that a scene has been written for William Shatner in his upcoming Star Trek prequel. For months now, Abrams and his team have denied that Shatner would appear in Star Trek XI and in return, Shatner -- who played the iconic role of Captain James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek television series and its subsequent films -- has been very vocal about his disappointment in not being a part of the new film. Abrams said that although a "flashback" scene was scripted for Shatner, Abrams felt that "it didn't quite feel right." Because Shatner had said from the beginning that he did not want merely a cameo in the film, the filmmakers found it difficult to find a suitable part for him. We actually had written a scene with him in it that was a flashback kind of thing, but the truth is, it didn't quite feel right. The bigger thing was that he was very vocal that he didn't want to do a cameo [ Full article ] |
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