![]() Nyota Uhura) and director Justin Lin for a frank roundtable discussion about the legacy of “Star Trek,” representation and optimism.įrom Alton Sterling and Philando Castile’s deaths, to the killings in Orlando, Nice, Turkey, Dallas and Baton Rouge, it can seem as if the world is on fire. We sat down with Cho, Zoe Saldana (who plays Lt. Hikaru Sulu - played by George Takei in the classic series and by John Cho in the new cycle of movies that began with J.J. “Beyond” advances that inclusion further with the revelation that helmsman Lt. ![]() Kirk) would be nowhere without women and people of color leading the way. That means something to us.For 50 years, Gene Roddenberry’s “Star Trek” has been doing two things: enthralling audiences around the world with a vision of a future in which humanity has put aside its petty differences, and taking to the cosmos to show how that future is possible only through diversity.Īs has been made clear over the course of six television series and 12 movies - the 13th, “Star Trek Beyond,” hits theaters Thursday night - Starfleet and its captains (most notably James T. “For people who never met him, he hasn’t gone away and won’t go away. I found myself heartened by that when I watched the movie. ![]() “To see him onscreen being so great, so alive, it gave me hope that he will be around forever, in some way. Pegg ultimately found the film a fitting tribute to Yelchin, whose role won't be recast in the already-announced fourth Star Trek. I would be lying if I said any of us have truly come to terms with it. “It’s been very difficult to process for us all. The idea of banging a drum, saying 'Come see this movie,' seemed an impossible task,” says Pegg. “We were devastated, bereft beyond any idea. The emotional cast called an emergency meeting to discuss whether they would even talk about the film publicly. “That was a way we could at least acknowledge the awfulness of what happened.” “It's a beautiful shot of Anton, looking relaxed, like he didn’t know the camera was on him,” says Pegg. ![]() Yelchin’s sudden death was a devastating shock to the tight-knit cast, coming weeks before director Justin Lin finished editing the film. Lin added a poignant image of Yelchin to a scene where Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) toasts absent friends. I was grateful to have somewhere to put that.” “It’s not easy to lose someone so dear as Leonard. “They were certainly authentic expressions of my sadness,” says Quinto. ![]()
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