The writers of the new Star Trek have just revealed that in an early draft of the film’s script, the series’ original Captain Kirk, William Shatner, was to make a cameo!
“We did write a Shatner scene,” writer Roberto Orci explains. “And we were ultimately split internally. We didn’t want it to be a gimmick; we wanted to really bring him back in the right way.”
Orci’s writing partner, Alex Kurtzman, reveals the set up:
“Elder Spock tells young Spock, ‘I couldn’t tell you the truth about what’s happening, because if I had, I would have robbed you of the benefit of realizing the greatness that you and Kirk will achieve together ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ and the amazing friendship that you’ll have. You had to discover that for yourself, and I couldn’t get in the way of that.’
And in our original version, younger Spock says, ‘I’m still not sold.’ Elder Spock said, ‘Well, don’t take my word for it,’ and he handed him a little disc ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ a DVD, really ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ that projected a hologram, and then he walked away. And the hologram was of Kirk. It would’ve been Shatner.
It was a ‘happy birthday’ message [with Kirk saying], ‘This is the last time I’m going to be able to wish you happy birthday, so I want to tell you how much you’ve meant to me and how amazing it was that we had all these adventures together.'”
So what was the problem???
Oh, only that Shatner’s character kicked the the bucket in 1994’s Star Trek: Generations!!
Even though the hologram would have pre-dated Captain Kirk’s death, Orci found the storyline too unbelievable. “Because Kirk died in the movies ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ he died in canon ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ it was very hard to come up with a way to bring him back in the movie that didn’t feel contrived,” Orci revealed.
Do U wish they kept Shatner’s cameo in the script???
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