Damon Talks Trek XI
By Kellvin Chavez on December 11, 2006
‘Patrick’ over at
SCI-FI
Wire alerted us that Matt Damon told them that he's open to assuming
the role of Capt. James T. Kirk in the proposed 11th Star Trek movie, but denied
previous rumors that he is already in line for the iconic role, which was originated
by William Shatner.
"If the script was good, I'd do it," Damon
said in an interview while promoting his latest film, The Good Shepherd. "But,
yeah, I heard that [rumor]. I think J.J. Abrams or somebody said that at press
junket or something, and it got picked up [by the media and Star Trek fans]."
If Damon were to win the role of Kirk, he would become the first actor to play
the character since Shatner played him in the original 1960s Trek and its subsequent
spinoff movies.
Abrams, who co-created ABC's hit SF series Lost, is set to co-write and produce
Star
Trek XI and may direct it as well. Abrams previously directed Mission:
Impossible III.
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