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Simon Pegg expose he was initially gall by how director J.J. Abrams offered him the role of Scotty in the 2009Star Trek . For several years , thefilm side of theStar Trekfranchiseremained dormant after 2002’sStar Trek Nemesis . Eventually , however , Paramount brought Abrams on to recreate the property in a new film with a brand fresh shape . Pegg was be sick asMontgomery " Scotty " Scott , the USS Enterprise ’s chief technologist . Abrams ' firstStar Trekfocused on how the bunch of the Enterprise fare to be in its own timeline that was neighboring , but ultimately separate from that of the original series . Pegg was joined by fellow stars Chris Pine ( James T. Kirk ) , Zachary Quinto ( Spock ) , Karl Urban ( Bones ) , Zoe Saldana ( Uhura ) , John Cho ( Sulu ) , and the late Anton Yelchin ( Chekov ) .
This casting went on to star in two other " Kelvin timeline " films , 2013’sStar Trek Into Darknessand 2016’sStar Trek Beyond . Abrams only direct the former , with Justin Lin taking over for the third instalment . Pegg also had a hand in writingStar Trek Beyond , which was positively received by fan and critic . However , it disappointed at the box role , and since then , the future of the enfranchisement has remained in limbo .
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Pegg reflected on his time in theStar Trekfranchise as part ofVanity Fair ’s telecasting serial where wiz break down their careers . When it add up to how he mark the role of Scotty , Pegg say with a laugh that he was , at first , gall by how Abrams extend him the use . " I begin off an airplane , a flying from New York back to London , and open my earphone , and there was an email from J.J. , and it order , ' Do you want to play Scotty ? ' " Pegg suppose . He stay on with this :
And I was almost irritate by that . The pertinacity of it irked me . Because you ca n’t just throw the ball into my court like that and expect me to smash it back . I require some time to think about it . But of course , three or four days subsequently , I was like ' Yes , of class ! ' But it just matte like such a , like he was just pass me this massive opportunity , and I wanted dinner and a movie .
For some metre now , lover have wondered if the reboot cast will recall for aStar Trek 4.There have been legion developments over the year , but they have all accrue apart before they could get very far . The most recent seemed to fall out last November , whenFargo ’s Noah Hawley was hired to pen and lineal aStar Trekfilm . rooter straightaway assumed Hawley would be work on the fourth Kelvin picture , but both Pegg andHawley cast incertitude on thatnot long after .
For the prison term being , it stay to be seen if Pegg and the rest of his castmates will render for a 4th risky venture on the enterprisingness . At the same time , Star Trekcontinues to flourish on television set , its original sensitive , through show on CBS All Access . Pegg has indicate the cast is interested in return , but only time will say if they actually will .
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Source : Vanity Fair
