Actor Timothy Olyphant almost performed the enduring position of Captain Kirk within the 2009 Star Trek reboot from J.J. Abrams, however it did not work out as a result of he was too previous.
Talking to Josh Horowitz on the Comfortable Unhappy Confused podcast, Olyphant mentioned he went to the audition years in the past, attempting out for Dr. Leonard McCoy AKA Bones. Nonetheless, Abrams already gave the position to Karl City, so Olyphant tried out for Kirk as a substitute.
“Someplace in there, I used to be auditioning for Doc or one thing, he’s like, ‘I already bought a man for Doc, so I don’t want you for that. However I don’t have a Kirk,'” Olyphant recalled, as reported by IGN.
Olyphant went on to say Abrams may need provided him the position, however “they needed any individual youthful.”
“He was having a tough time discovering any individual youthful, and someplace alongside the road, J.J. known as and mentioned, ‘I discovered a man, youthful, who’s actually good,'” he mentioned.
That turned out to be Chris Pine, who would play Kirk within the 2009 reboot and its sequels Into Darkness and Past. He’s 13 years youthful than Olyphant.
Olyphant mentioned he later met Pine and is a “big fan of him each on and off display.” “What a very good man. I actually like his work. He’s a kind of guys who makes it look easy and simple,” Olyphant mentioned of Pine.
Olyphant may need missed out on starring within the Star Trek collection, however he seems within the Star Wars TV collection The Mandalorian as Cobb Vanth.
The position of Kirk is not the one main half that Olyphant auditioned for and did not get. He additionally tried out for Iron Man, however the half in the end went to Robert Downey Jr.
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