Justified: City Primeval star Timothy Olyphant was up for the role of Captain Kirk in Star Trek’s Kelvin Timeline, and in a new interview, the actor reflected on losing the role.Back in 2009, J.J. Abrams rebooted Star Trek with a new film starring Chris Pine as Captain James T. Kirk, the role originally played by William Shatner. Pine went on to reprise the role in two sequels, respectively released in 2013 and 2016. More recently, Olyphant spoke about his near-casting for the role in an interview with Josh Horowitz for the Happy Sad Confused podcast, revealing that he probably would’ve been cast if he were about ten years younger.“I went in and auditioned, not for Captain Kirk, but I remember reading with J.J. Abrams, and he’s just a lovely, lovely guy, and [it was] just a lovely audition process,” Olyphant explained, revealing how he’d originally read for Karl Urban’s role. “I was auditioning for Doc, [and Abram was] like, ‘I already got a guy for Doc, so I don’t need you for that. But I don’t have a Kirk.'”Related: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Captain Kirk Actor Calls Him a ‘Cool Nerd’
Justified: City Primeval star Timothy Olyphant was up for the role of Captain Kirk in Star Trek‘s Kelvin Timeline, and in a new interview, the actor reflected on losing the role.
Back in 2009, J.J. Abrams rebooted Star Trek with a new film starring Chris Pine as Captain James T. Kirk, the role originally played by William Shatner. Pine went on to reprise the role in two sequels, respectively released in 2013 and 2016. More recently, Olyphant spoke about his near-casting for the role in an interview with Josh Horowitz for the Happy Sad Confused podcast, revealing that he probably would’ve been cast if he were about ten years younger.
“I went in and auditioned, not for Captain Kirk, but I remember reading with J.J. Abrams, and he’s just a lovely, lovely guy, and [it was] just a lovely audition process,” Olyphant explained, revealing how he’d originally read for Karl Urban’s role. “I was auditioning for Doc, [and Abram was] like, ‘I already got a guy for Doc, so I don’t need you for that. But I don’t have a Kirk.'”
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