Simon Pegg to play Scotty in new 'Star Trek' movie
Or so Sci Fi Wire is reporting this morning.
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posted by MBI (Fri Oct 12 07, 12:25PM)
I don't even like Star Trek and that made me happy.
posted by MaryAnn (Fri Oct 12 07, 3:03PM)
I love Pegg and I love Scotty, and now they'll be together. *sigh*
posted by Clayj (Fri Oct 12 07, 3:40PM)
But can he do a Scottish accent?
posted by bonnie-ann black (Fri Oct 12 07, 4:33PM)
he probably can do a scottish accent (at least as well as jimmy doohan did)... but it *does* lead me to wonder -- are there no young scottish actors who could do this role? i mean, i *love* simon pegg but i'm just saying is all....
posted by Clayj (Fri Oct 12 07, 5:12PM)
Bonnie-Ann, my point exactly. I am forced to wonder if they're going with Pegg simply because J.J. Abrams, the director, has worked with Pegg before (Mission: Impossible III) and he likes working with the same actors.
Personally, I think this whole Star Trek prequel thing is unnecessary and I am not planning to go see it when it's released.
posted by MaryAnn (Fri Oct 12 07, 7:08PM)
I dunno, but he can do at least one killer imitation: of Michael Caine. That suggests he's got a good ear.
Anyway, Jimmy Doohan wasn't Scottish, either.
posted by bats :[ (Sun Oct 14 07, 2:03PM)
Now I hope the franchise can be revitalized for another 20-30 years, so Simon can really shine as Fat Scotty...
posted by Cthulhu (Sun Oct 14 07, 2:14PM)
He did a passable scottish accent in an episode of Spaced, the sitcom that "launched" him, Edgar Wright, Nick Frost & co here in the UK...
I also believe it's some form of "Peggist" payback for Ewan's english accent in the Star Wars prequels...lol!
:-)
posted by MaryAnn (Sun Oct 14 07, 6:37PM)
After Pegg's film *Run, Fat Boy, Run* comes out later this month, Pegg's fans will have a rejoinder for that: He's not fat, he's just unfit.
posted by Rykker (Tue Oct 16 07, 6:35PM)
I had pretty much given up hope that there would ever be another Star Trek... anything...
Having Pegg in the cast bodes well, methinks.