2y ago

Timothy Olyphant Reveals Why He Didn’t Get The Role Of James T. Kirk In ‘Star Trek’ Films

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TL;DR he was too old.
- gah that sucks. He would have been aweomse.
- It's 338 words...
  
  Yes, but CM400 explained it in 1/100 of the words.
I like Chris Pine's Kirk, but I can imagine Mr. Olyphant as Kirk in the Kelvin films and doing a great job at it. I get that the Kelvin films Kirk was set when he was closer to Mr. Pine's age. Still, I can't help but wonder what a Timothy Olyphant Kirk might have been like.
I think he’s awesome, very likable, especially in Justified. Raylan Givens is a great character.
- He was great in Deadwood and The Mandalorian as well.
  
  Mr. Olyphant was great as Cobb Vanth in The Mandalorian. Vanth standing in the entrance to the bar in the Mandalorian armor is such an amazing moment. It's burned in my brain.
- Been watching it for the first time. Its been a lot of fun. Huge fan of Olyphant.
  
  The new one is pretty good, Justified: Cuty Primeval, but the original was great. Walton Goggins was an excellent villain.
I think he would have done great.
- This comment manages to violate Rules 1, 4, and 6, all in one go.
- Yeah, he has a mild ressemblance to 1960s William Shatter around the eyes.
If Abrams would have offered I bet Olyphant would have been great as Pike, for sure.
Is it because he was too good an actor?
- Which main cast actors in those movies do you feel aren’t particularly talented?
  
  Chris ~~Pratt~~ ~~Hemsworth~~ Pine is very skilled at being as generic as possible, Zach Quinto is very good at being melodramatic as fuck, but otherwise couldn't act his way out of a paper bag, Karl Urban can act when he wants to... but he was too busy chewing scenery trying to mimic DeForest Kelley's mannerisms in these movies to do any... everyone else was just kind of... there.

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