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Karl Urban Confirmed as the New Leonard "Bones" McCoy

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By GustavoLeao / 06:58, 17 October 2007 / Star Trek: Nemesis

According to IESB and AICN, actor Karl Urban (Lord of the Rings, Pathfinder) will play the new Leonard "Bones" McCoy in J.J. Abrams upcoming Star Trek prequel movie.

According to AICN sources, Urban as "Bones" is "pretty much a done deal".

The role was played by the late DeForest Kelley in the TOS series and movies.
 
Star Trek writer Roberto Orci told Trek Movie Report that McCoy has a substantial part in the film. Just about all of the TOS characters are now accounted and cast. 

UPDATE : According to StarTrek.com and The Hollywood Reporter Karl Urban has signed a deal to play McCoy.

The original report can be found here and here.



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RE: Gotta admit, he looks good... | Report this post to moderator
By: Wanderer01 (Odo's file, contact) @ 10:50:45 on Oct 17, 2007 | Edit History (1)

I think he does look the part. Take away the action hero muscles and he seems to have a slightly gangly look, a la Kelley; what's more, his facial structure sort of resembles Kelley's. Odd to find a character actor face full of asymmetries and angles on a "hunk."

Who knows about the accent, but McCoy really didn't use one all that often: when you think of the McCoy sound, I think you're hearing more Kelley's distinctive inflection than a Southern twang.

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OK.....man...... | Report this post to moderator
By: Beamer (Odo's file, contact) @ 13:53:54 on Oct 17, 2007 | Edit History (1)

You go away for an afternoon and the romper room goes bonkers over an off-handed remark about established geographic linguistics!

On a serious note, if you're still filling your pants on Urban's accent, here is a double hitter for you!!

Reasons why a low budget can make the difference.

It will give you a glimpse at what he can do with "aggressive Sci-fi grunt-based "americanized" speech."

And the second hit is watching Walter have to fulfill his contract in showing up. He must have killed his agent after this one was over.

(And to answer the obvious first question for those that don't know, it was a "never-picked-up" pilot from a few years ago..hmmm...wonder why?)

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RE: Gotta admit, he looks good... | Report this post to moderator
By: cdydatzigs (Odo's file, contact) @ 10:43:39 on Oct 17, 2007

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The only problem is: What the heck is an Australian/New Zealander-tinged Georgia accent gonna sound like??? Makes me cringe just thinking of the possibilities...

Most Anglo-based actors and actresses (UK, Australian, New Zelandar, etc.) can imitate an American accent FAR better than American actors can fake theirs... southern accents especially.

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"If a sixth Star Trek television series is ever realized, it will be set in the new universe." -- cdydatzigs, June 15, 2009.

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RE: Gotta admit, he looks good... | Report this post to moderator
By: Beamer (Odo's file, contact) @ 08:12:30 on Oct 17, 2007 | Edit History (4)

Kenneth Branagh
Hugh Jackman
Russell Crowe
Hugh Laurie (the doctor from House)
Eric Bana

Just to name a few...

The job description of a well-paid, Hollywood-class motion picture actor is that he can do what he is hired to do. In this case, it's to sound like McCoy.

I think the casting director and Abrams didn't say, "Well, he sounds horrible, but let's cast him anyway."

And as an aside: Do you know WHERE the southern accent originates? It's a bastardized English accent washed through many generations in America. From a diction P.O.V., it is MUCH easier for an British/Australian person to "nail" a southern accent than a northern-born U.S. citizen.

If you want to know more, go to this link and listen to him clip his own accent for the sake of studio promotion.

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RE: Gotta admit, he looks good... by Terry212 @ 12:30:31 on Oct 17
    RE: Gotta admit, he looks good... by Beamer @ 13:44:24 on Oct 17
       RE: Gotta admit, he looks good... by Terry212 @ 04:45:09 on Oct 19
RE: Gotta admit, he looks good... by Davy Pavel Chekov-Jones @ 09:48:33 on Oct 17
    RE: Gotta admit, he looks good... by Locutus @ 10:29:36 on Oct 17
       RE: Gotta admit, he looks good... by Terry212 @ 12:41:13 on Oct 17
          RE: Gotta admit, he looks good... by Beamer @ 13:46:56 on Oct 17
             RE: Gotta admit, he looks good... by Terry212 @ 04:54:45 on Oct 19
RE: Gotta admit, he looks good... by Yesterday's Lemmiwinks @ 08:56:47 on Oct 17
    Not Dick, Diction! by Jean-Luc @ 09:27:47 on Oct 17
       RE: Not Dick, Diction! by Yesterday's Lemmiwinks @ 10:05:37 on Oct 17
          RE: Not Dick, Diction! by c.p. @ 10:28:15 on Oct 17
             I Really Don't Know by Jean-Luc @ 10:35:29 on Oct 17
                RE: I Really Don't Know by c.p. @ 10:51:20 on Oct 17
                   RE: I Really Don't Know by keltic1701 @ 02:10:10 on Oct 18
                      RE: I Really Don't Know by Terry212 @ 05:16:27 on Oct 19
                      RE: I Really Don't Know by c.p. @ 08:17:52 on Oct 18
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