Kirk

William Shatner Interested in Playing Captain Kirk One More Time

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William Shatner is open to reviving his Star Trek character Captain Kirk for another movie. The 93-year-old actor played the starship commander in three seasons of the original TV show between 1966 and 1969 and six movies before the character was killed off in his seventh movie appearance in 1994’s Star Trek: Generations – but Shatner is adamant … Read more

Timothy Olyphant Almost Played J.J. Abrams’ Captain Kirk

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Chris Pine ended up getting the lead role in the J.J. Abrams Star Trek trilogy. That doesn’t mean there weren’t other strong competitors. Timothy Olyphant recently appeared on the Happy Sad Confused podcast to talk about the auditioning process, and revealed how he almost landed the role of Captain Kirk — and why he thinks he may … Read more