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Child Actor Jimmy Bennett Cast in New Star Trek Movie - Minor Spoilers

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By GustavoLeao / 15:30, 29 January 2008 / Star Trek: Nemesis

According to ComingSoon, 11-year-old actor Jimmy Bennett joined the Star Trek movie cast as a very young James T. Kirk.

According to the report, producer/director J.J. Abrams has cast 11-year-old actor (he'll turn 12 on Feb. 9) as a very young James T. Kirk in the Star Trek prequel movie. Bennett has appeared in such films as Hostage, The Amityville Horror, Firewall, Poseidon and Evan Almighty. The older Kirk is played by Chris Pine in the film.

The original report can be found here.

UPDATE : TrekMovie.com has learned that George Samuel Kirk, Jr., Jim Kirk's older brother, will be played by 15-year-old actor Spencer Daniels. TrekMovie.com has learned that the adolescent Kirk boys have a scene together but not with their parents and the film will show various points in the life of Kirk as well as Spock.

The original report can be found at TrekMovie.com



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RE: This may confirm an early interview by Leonard Nimoy... | Report this post to moderator
By: cnathanw (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 22:20:41 on Jan 29, 2008

I think it's obvious that young Kirk and his brother will be touring the construction grounds of the new "Enterprise" ship - inspiring him to command her at some point years later.

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RE: This may confirm an early interview by Leonard Nimoy... | Report this post to moderator
By: GustavoLeao (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 16:40:16 on Jan 29, 2008

Yeah, Commander George Kirk was Captain Robert April's first officer in the novels Final Frontier and Best Destiny. I would love to see elements of that in the movie, it would be cool.

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