How do you make him seem placid without just looking blank? With Spock there's very little outward physicality to the role. I made my best effort to connect physically. For the audition itself, I did wear a blue shirt and let my bangs hang down. Quinto: I built an awareness of my interest, almost unwittingly, by talking a lot about Spock in other interviews. WSJ: What was your strategy going into the audition? It made the prospect of getting the part something other than a battle of egos. He could not have been nicer and more supportive. We met before I went into the audition, and he read the scene with me before I went in. work out at the same gym and I had heard from our trainer that Zach had the role. The arc is that they find common ground through great conflict.ĭid you have a strategy for your audition?
But this version is very contentious, with Spock and Kirk not enjoying each other's company at first. My secrecy contract means there's not much I can say. How would you describe your version of the Kirk/Spock dynamic? In that territory it becomes an impersonation. I tried to bring in these qualities, but with this new element of a young man coming into his own - he's a leader who doesn't know he's a leader yet. There's a lot of humor, arrogance and decisiveness. They aren't superheroes, they're men and women trying to achieve something good.Ī lot has been made of the differences you bring to the Kirk character, but what aspects of the original did you keep? Kirk is so iconic because he's the head of this fantastical utopian team. As opposed to "The Dark Knight," which I enjoyed, but was so bleak and didn't speak kindly of humanity. In the late '60s, in a time of unrest, it represented this utopian world. But what I think is so unique about this story is that, unlike other genre movies, "Star Trek" has always represented an incredible amount of optimism.