{"id":1280,"date":"2007-10-18T14:51:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-18T14:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/10\/star-trek-xi-casting-round-up\/"},"modified":"2007-10-18T14:51:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-18T14:51:00","slug":"star-trek-xi-casting-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/10\/star-trek-xi-casting-round-up.html","title":{"rendered":"Star Trek XI — casting round-up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Now that all the actors are in place for the main characters in J.J. Abrams\u2019 upcoming Star Trek<\/a><\/i> movie, here is a list of the characters, the actors who created them in 1966 (although Spock was first played by Leonard Nimoy in the unaired 1964 pilot episode, and Chekov was added to the show in 1967), the actors who will play them in the new movie, and the age gaps between them:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. James T. Kirk<\/a><\/b> \u2014 William Shatner, 35 \u2014 Chris Pine, 27 \u2014 8 years\n<\/li>\n
  2. Spock<\/a><\/b> \u2014 Leonard Nimoy, 33\/35 \u2014 Zachary Quinto, 30 \u2014 3\/5 years\n<\/li>\n
  3. Leonard H. \u201cBones\u201d McCoy<\/a><\/b> \u2014 DeForest Kelley, 46 \u2014 Karl Urban, 35 \u2014 11 years\n<\/li>\n
  4. Montgomery \u201cScotty\u201d Scott<\/a><\/b> \u2014 James Doohan, 46 \u2014 Simon Pegg, 38 \u2014 8 years\n<\/li>\n
  5. Uhura<\/a><\/b> \u2014 Nichelle Nichols, 33 \u2014 Zoe Saldana, 29 \u2014 4 years\n<\/li>\n
  6. Hikaru Sulu<\/a><\/b> \u2014 George Takei, 29 \u2014 John Cho, 35 \u2014 -6 years\n<\/li>\n
  7. Pavel A. Chekov<\/a><\/b> \u2014 Walter Koenig, 31 \u2014 Anton Yelchin, 18 \u2014 13 years<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If any other original-series characters are added to the cast, such as Janice Rand or Christine Chapel, I will add them here.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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