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Casting Rumor : Actress Rachel Nichols Cast in New Star Trek Movie

By GustavoLeao / 15:43, 1 November 2007 / Feature Films

According to FreezeDriedMovies, 27 year-old actress Rachel Nichols, currently starring in the parking garage thriller P2, has been cast in J.J. Abrams upcoming Star Trek prequel movie.

No info on which role Nichols has been cast, but according to online speculation, it could be Janice Rand (played in The Original Series by Grace Lee Whitney), Number One (Pike's first officer, played by Majel Barrett in The Cage), Chapel (also played by Barrett) or maybe even a Romulan or a love interest for Kirk

Nichols worked before with Abrams on Alias.

This information is preliminary, of course, and entirely rumor.

The original report can be found here.

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Hot stuff and future star | Report this post to moderator
By: garym (Odo's file, contact) @ 04:47:24 on Nov 05, 2007

Good - we need another hot chick in there. The ladies have six guys to look at.

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diora baird joins the cast! | Report this post to moderator
By: starspy (Odo's file, contact) @ 03:50:26 on Nov 03, 2007

she may star in the new BARBARELLA remake, but she's definitely going to be in the new STAR TREK movie. perhaps her perfect body painted blue and seduces the young james t. kirk?

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RE: Lust Is Blind | Report this post to moderator
By: c.p. (Odo's file, contact) @ 13:08:28 on Nov 02, 2007

Well, I don't think being pretty necessarily makes you shallow. Let's hope Abrams looked for attractive people who fit their roles and could act.

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Lust Is Blind | Report this post to moderator
By: c.p. (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:55:17 on Nov 02, 2007

Unlike with some of the young men being cast, I don't hear any of you straight guys comlaining she's too young and pretty for a part in the movie. ;)

I think she's beautiful and would make a great Rand.

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RE: Lust Is Blind by the quickening @ 12:40:30 on Nov 02
RE: Lust Is Blind by TRexx @ 12:23:26 on Nov 02
RE: Lust Is Blind by c.p. @ 13:12:33 on Nov 02
RE: Lust Is Blind by TRexx @ 15:25:06 on Nov 02
RE: Lust Is Blind by Miroslav @ 08:41:33 on Nov 02
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"Can I cook, or can't I?" | Report this post to moderator
By: cdydatzigs (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:54:23 on Nov 02, 2007

Carol Marcus perhaps. Hmmmmm?

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RE: "Can I cook, or can't I?" by The TREKMAN!!!!! @ 15:45:13 on Nov 02
RE: "Can I cook, or can't I?" by OV-101 @ 13:36:44 on Nov 02

She'd be cute with pointy ears | Report this post to moderator
By: sb2004 (Odo's file, contact) @ 22:34:00 on Nov 01, 2007

I think she'd make a hot Romulan.

Al

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RE: She'd be cute with pointy ears by peter0302 @ 07:55:42 on Nov 02
RE: She'd be cute with pointy ears by Terry212 @ 04:51:01 on Nov 02
RE: She'd be cute with pointy ears by Vash_066 @ 03:31:07 on Nov 02

Carol Marcus? | Report this post to moderator
By: onlytrekkieinCT (Odo's file, contact) @ 21:34:01 on Nov 01, 2007

I've been reading the forums for years now. This is my first post, so don't chew my head off please!

I believe it was in "Where No Man Has Gone Before" that a blonde love interest of Kirk's at the Academy was mentioned. And I don't recall if it was Nick Meyer or not who said that Carol Marcus was supposed to be that blonde. AND Spock knows Carol Marcus (transporter scene after the Genesis cave).

I've been thinking for a while that Carol should be in the movie, even if Kirk's role is limited. So I thought, why not let this be my first post.

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RE: Carol Marcus? by John Calvin @ 06:38:52 on Nov 02
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If She's playing Rand I do hope they.... | Report this post to moderator
By: GreatCzarsGhost (Odo's file, contact) @ 19:22:58 on Nov 01, 2007

If she is playing Yeoman Rand I do dearly hope they get the hair right. The little partial cone shaped weave on the top of her head is second only to Princes Leia's Cinnamon rolls in the anneals of Sci Fi chick hair doos.

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By: captainkoloth (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 17:08:09 on Nov 01, 2007

I normally go for brunettes, but dang.

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Hot stuff and future star | Report this post to moderator By: garym (Odo's file, contact) @ 04:47:24 on Nov 05, 2007

diora baird joins the cast! | Report this post to moderator By: starspy (Odo's file, contact) @ 03:50:26 on Nov 03, 2007

RE: Lust Is Blind | Report this post to moderator By: c.p. (Odo's file, contact) @ 13:08:28 on Nov 02, 2007

Lust Is Blind | Report this post to moderator By: c.p. (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:55:17 on Nov 02, 2007

&quot;Can I cook, or can't I?&quot; | Report this post to moderator By: cdydatzigs (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:54:23 on Nov 02, 2007

She'd be cute with pointy ears | Report this post to moderator By: sb2004 (Odo's file, contact) @ 22:34:00 on Nov 01, 2007

Carol Marcus? | Report this post to moderator By: onlytrekkieinCT (Odo's file, contact) @ 21:34:01 on Nov 01, 2007

If She's playing Rand I do hope they.... | Report this post to moderator By: GreatCzarsGhost (Odo's file, contact) @ 19:22:58 on Nov 01, 2007

Hubba hubba | Report this post to moderator By: captainkoloth (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 17:08:09 on Nov 01, 2007

Hot stuff and future star | Report this post to moderator
By: garym (Odo's file, contact) @ 04:47:24 on Nov 05, 2007

diora baird joins the cast! | Report this post to moderator
By: starspy (Odo's file, contact) @ 03:50:26 on Nov 03, 2007

RE: Lust Is Blind | Report this post to moderator
By: c.p. (Odo's file, contact) @ 13:08:28 on Nov 02, 2007

Lust Is Blind | Report this post to moderator
By: c.p. (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:55:17 on Nov 02, 2007

"Can I cook, or can't I?" | Report this post to moderator
By: cdydatzigs (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:54:23 on Nov 02, 2007

She'd be cute with pointy ears | Report this post to moderator
By: sb2004 (Odo's file, contact) @ 22:34:00 on Nov 01, 2007

Carol Marcus? | Report this post to moderator
By: onlytrekkieinCT (Odo's file, contact) @ 21:34:01 on Nov 01, 2007

If She's playing Rand I do hope they.... | Report this post to moderator
By: GreatCzarsGhost (Odo's file, contact) @ 19:22:58 on Nov 01, 2007

Hubba hubba | Report this post to moderator
By: captainkoloth (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 17:08:09 on Nov 01, 2007