In article <47dc43a6$0$14354$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>, "Wouter
Valentijn" wrote:
> Anybody wrote:
>> In article <13tnu21ekunpte7@
corp.supernews.com>, "Steven L."
>>
earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>>> (not quite so) Fat Sam wrote:
>>>> Steven L. wrote:
>>>>> Excerpts from an interview with Simon Pegg, who plays Scotty in the
>>>>> upcoming Trek XI:
>>>>>
>>>>> "I have to go back next week for a couple of effects shots but
>>>>> otherwise I'm done. Eric's [Bana] only just started". he said about
>>>>> the production.
>>>>> Pegg says the new Star Trek prequel is a very serious
>>>>> science-fiction movie. "It's not at all ironic. It's not a jokey
>>>>> take on the original series. It's a faithful and loving instalment
>>>>> in the ongoing mythology of the show".
>>>>>
>>>>> Pegg reveals that there will be sequels to the new movie featuring
>>>>> the new cast.
>>>>>
>>>>> "I was slightly worried about tying myself into a franchise for
>>>>> nine years. It was obviously something to think about, but J.J
>>>>> said, "If the worst thing that happens is we get to hang out every
>>>>> three years and have great fun, what's the problem?" I thought
>>>>> that was a great argument".
>>>>
>>>> Plus, having played a major part in any trek story, he'll find
>>>> himself comfortably sat in the first class compartment of the gravy
>>>> train for life. There will always be Star Trek conventions for him
>>>> to attend and get paid handsomely for doing so.
>>>> I'd say that's an even better argument.
>>>
>>> Not if he wants to avoid being typecast as a Star Trek actor, which
>>> is what will happen if he is stuck with the franchise for nine whole
>>> years. James Doohan was never able to avoid being typecast as
>>> "Scotty" and couldn't find work elsewhere after TOS was canceled.
>>>
>>> Shatner and Nimoy managed to find other plum assignments (Mission:
>>> Impossible, T. J. Hooker, etc.). The rest of the regular TOS cast
>>> weren't as lucky. They never escaped their TOS typecasting.
>>
>> Semi-true. "Scotty" did a couple of other roles and so has "Ulhura"
>> and "Sulu", but not many ... then again very few actors get multiple
>> big roles, especially the "non-stars" of a show.
Some of those roles will of course come from before they were in Star
Trek, and some will be were they played themselves rather than an
actual character (eg. George Takei on an episode of Psych that played
here recently).
