{"id":5400,"date":"2009-02-07T05:13:20","date_gmt":"2009-02-07T04:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.slipserver.com\/wordpress\/2009\/02\/greenwood-talks-star-trek-xi\/"},"modified":"2009-08-22T08:13:56","modified_gmt":"2009-08-22T15:13:56","slug":"greenwood-talks-star-trek-xi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2009\/02\/greenwood-talks-star-trek-xi\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenwood Talks ‘Star Trek XI’"},"content":{"rendered":"

From how Greenwood got involved in ‘Star Trek XI,’ to what he thinks the movie will do for the franchise. The Star Trek<\/i> franchise will regain dignity and vitality with the reboot, according to Bruce Greenwood<\/font>, Star Trek XI’s<\/i> Captain Christopher Pike.<\/p>\n

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As reported by the Official Star Trek Magazine<\/a>, Greenwood’s involvement in Star Trek XI<\/i> came courtesy of a phone call from Director J.J. Abrams<\/font>. “Hey, I think you might be right for this,” Abrams told Greenwood. “Would you like to come in and read the script?” <\/p>\n

“I said I was in Toronto and couldn’t he send me a copy of it?,” said Greenwood. “He said, ‘Oh no, but when you come back to L.A., we can lock you in a room with a guy standing outside the door and you can read it then.’ So that’s what I did. I came home a couple of weeks later and sat in a locked room and read it. I worked out a few questions for J.J., then we had a conversation and the next thing I knew, I was being fitted for a space suit!”<\/p>\n

Part of playing Pike meant studying Jeffrey Hunter’s<\/font> portrayal of the Captain. “People feel so strongly about every tiny little aspect of it [Hunter’s portrayal,] so regardless of what I choose to do, I thought I’d better know what other people’s frame of reference is,” explained Greenwood.<\/p>\n

Greenwood feels that the rebooted Star Trek<\/i> will attract audiences. “Remember the difference in the Bond films when Daniel Craig assumed the role, suddenly the franchise was redignified and given a tremendous shot of not just truth and believability, but vitality on a deeper level. Bond seems complete and you can see his broken parts as well. Daniel Craig is a wonderful actor,” said Greenwood. “The ‘Star Trek’ script is written to play to the strengths of an actor who has those qualities, and Chris Pine is that guy. He’s a wonderful actor and a great guy to boot. That’s one of the things that’s really going to help move it into people’s consciousness in a way that they can really embrace it.”<\/p>\n

Once Star Trek XI<\/i> releases, Greenwood may try a convention. “I’ve never done that,” he said. “I’ve never done the Comic Con thing. That’s something I’m completely unfamiliar with. I’ll definitely go and have a look and see what that’s all about.” <\/p>\n

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