Timothy Olyphant Reveals Why He Didn’t Get The Role Of James T. Kirk In ‘Star Trek’ Films (deadline.com)
from ValueSubtracted@startrek.website to startrek@startrek.website on 11 Aug 2023 01:06
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Holodeck_Moriarty@lemm.ee on 11 Aug 2023 01:24 next collapse

I think he would have done great.

cloudy1999@sh.itjust.works on 11 Aug 2023 01:26 next collapse

Yeah, he has a mild ressemblance to 1960s William Shatter around the eyes.

[deleted] on 11 Aug 2023 01:57 collapse

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CM400@lemmy.world on 11 Aug 2023 01:50 next collapse

TL;DR he was too old.

ieightpi@lemmy.world on 11 Aug 2023 02:54 next collapse

gah that sucks. He would have been aweomse.

ValueSubtracted@startrek.website on 11 Aug 2023 13:02 collapse

It’s 338 words…

teft@startrek.website on 11 Aug 2023 13:17 collapse

Yes, but CM400 explained it in 1/100 of the words.

iBaz@lemmy.world on 11 Aug 2023 02:52 next collapse

I think he’s awesome, very likable, especially in Justified. Raylan Givens is a great character.

ieightpi@lemmy.world on 11 Aug 2023 02:55 next collapse

Been watching it for the first time. Its been a lot of fun. Huge fan of Olyphant.

iBaz@lemmy.world on 11 Aug 2023 02:57 collapse

The new one is pretty good, Justified: Cuty Primeval, but the original was great. Walton Goggins was an excellent villain.

correcthorsedickbatterystaple@kbin.social on 11 Aug 2023 03:10 next collapse

have a hard time determining if Olyphant or Goggins made the show.

why not both?

rifugee@lemmy.world on 11 Aug 2023 04:15 collapse

It was definitely their dynamic that made the show. In fact, I’m pretty sure that Goggins was only supposed to be in a couple of episodes.

ieightpi@lemmy.world on 11 Aug 2023 03:40 collapse

omg yeah hes been great too. im looking forward to getting to the new series

InLikeClint@kbin.social on 11 Aug 2023 05:00 collapse

He was great in Deadwood and The Mandalorian as well.

Nmyownworld@startrek.website on 11 Aug 2023 11:08 collapse

Mr. Olyphant was great as Cobb Vanth in The Mandalorian. Vanth standing in the entrance to the bar in the Mandalorian armor is such an amazing moment. It’s burned in my brain.

VoodooBluz@geddit.social on 11 Aug 2023 12:12 collapse

As soon as I saw him standing in that door, I knew exactly who it was. Helmet and all.

Zorque@kbin.social on 11 Aug 2023 03:09 next collapse

Is it because he was too good an actor?

USSBurritoTruck@startrek.website on 11 Aug 2023 07:57 collapse

Which main cast actors in those movies do you feel aren’t particularly talented?

Zorque@kbin.social on 11 Aug 2023 18:43 collapse

Chris Pratt Hemsworth Pine is very skilled at being as generic as possible, Zach Quinto is very good at being melodramatic as fuck, but otherwise couldn't act his way out of a paper bag, Karl Urban can act when he wants to... but he was too busy chewing scenery trying to mimic DeForest Kelley's mannerisms in these movies to do any... everyone else was just kind of... there.

USSBurritoTruck@startrek.website on 12 Aug 2023 16:57 collapse

I’m not a fan of any of the Kelvin films other than “Beyond”, but not because of the quality of the acting. It is wild to me that you’re willing to disparage the performances of talented and hard working people just to shit some movies you don’t care for. Clown nonsense.

Madison_rogue@kbin.social on 11 Aug 2023 06:31 next collapse

If Abrams would have offered I bet Olyphant would have been great as Pike, for sure.

Nmyownworld@startrek.website on 11 Aug 2023 11:13 collapse

I like Chris Pine’s Kirk, but I can imagine Mr. Olyphant as Kirk in the Kelvin films and doing a great job at it. I get that the Kelvin films Kirk was set when he was closer to Mr. Pine’s age. Still, I can’t help but wonder what a Timothy Olyphant Kirk might have been like.