By
GustavoLeao /
17:20, 28 November 2012 /
Star Trek: Nemesis
Sofeminine.co.uk posted a new interview with Star Trek Into Darkness star Chris Pine and here are excerpts.
Star Trek was a worldwide hit. Do you feel pressure for the sequel Star Trek Into Darkness to perform as well?
Yeah of course! It’s a multi-million dollar movie - a lot is riding on it to be a success.
What helps the anxiety is that you have J.J. [Abrams, director] who’s a
great leader, you have a really good team behind you and I really
authentically like the people that I work with.
I’ve grown to have a great affection for them and going to work
tends to be fun. So you deal with the anxiety and then you get there and
it just becomes another gig.
There’s almost so much pressure that it dissipates because you can’t live in that space of ‘Holy sh*t what am going to do?’
We live in a world with internet, where people can say anything -
and people say a lot of awful things - but it has to be water off a
duck’s back. I remember Denzel [Washington] saying that when I worked
with him on Unstoppable.
But it’s not a normal gig...as Captain Kirk you are portraying
one of the most iconic characters in science fiction. Did you realise
the weight of expectation that there would be on you?
I didn’t know much about the series before, but I’ve learned a lot about it since. I try not to think about it.
At the moment I’m filming Jack Ryan and we’re shooting on a Bond
stage - this epic set that’s so beautiful - and you have out-of-body
moments where you think: ‘Just get out of here!’
But I’m just another actor and I got really lucky. You do have
those moments where you can appreciate everything, but if I stayed there
too long, I would be brighter than the sun.
The full interview is
here.
