By GustavoLeao / 14:16, 20 September 2010 / Star Trek: Nemesis

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Collider.com posted a new and extensive interview with Star Trek star William Shatner and here are excerpts.

Are you  hopeful that something is going to work out for the next Star Trek film, now that you've been in touch with J. J. Abrams and his people?

William: I've become a buddy of J. J., but I don't know if they can solve the problem of how you put the body I'm in now with the Kirk that we remember from 40 years ago.

Did you see echoes of your own performances as Kirk, in what Chris Pine did?

William: I appreciated his performance. I didn't see what some people have written about, but I'm not that observant.

Any interest in working with the new technologies, like were used in Avatar?

William: Absolutely. Avatar is a watershed movie. We'll always refer to Lawrence of Arabia in the same way. We'll always look at Avatar and say, "That's about as good as it gets." It's an enormous advance, in every way, shape and form, of movie making.

The full interview is here.