More Star Trek Casting...

[ellid]

Let's see. So far the cast reportedly stands as follows:

Kirk: Chris Pine.

Spock: Zachary Quinto

Scotty: Simon Pegg

Uhura: Zoe Saldana

Chekov: Anton Yelchin

Sulu: John Cho

No word yet on Chapel or Rand, or if these characters will even be in the movie (my money's on Chapel, not Rand, because of Majel Barrett's importance to the Trek universe, but we shall see). Some of these seem good (Chris Pine has the right square jaw and steely look, and Zoe Saldana is gorgeous even if she's too tall), some make me scratch my head (John Cho of "Harold & Kumar" as Sulu? Simon Pegg of "Hot Fuzz" as SCOTTY? And where oh where is Welshie?), but none have flat-out made me wonder if JJ Abrams is smoking something.

Until now. Behold, the new, updated, relaunched Leonard McCoy....


McCoy: Karl Urban

That's right. Eomer, son of Eomund, later king of Rohan, will play an old country doctor from Georgia.

I have a funny feeling about this....

Comments

[titti]

I'm trying not to expect too much from this. One, JJ Abrams can do it perfectly or horrible. Two, Spock. I love Spock, I've always loved him, much more than Kirk. Now I'm afriad that I'll see Quinto and think Sylar instead of Spock. I'm not a big fan of his. *sigh*

[ellid.livejournal.com]

Exactly. I've been somewhat nervous ever since Abrams was announced as the producer, and this *really* bothers me. I understand that Gary Sinise, who is physically as close to DeForrest Kelley as we're going to get, is the star of a TV show, but was there no one in Hollywood with a genuine Southern accent?