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Chris Pine Says He Modeled His Young Kirk After Harrison Ford

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By GustavoLeao / 22:36, 10 March 2008 / Star Trek: Nemesis

IGN posted a new interview with Star Trek star Chris Pine, who plays the new James T. Kirk in the upcoming Trek movie prequel. Here are few excerpts.

Pine says that in seeking inspiration for his Kirk, he has not looked to William Shatner's Captain Kirk, but to Harrison Ford's Han Solo and Indiana Jones.

When asked who he would like his incarnation of young Kirk to most resemble, Pine responded, "I would definitely say Harrison Ford in either Indiana Jones or Star Wars. What Harrison Ford is so great at doing is bringing that quality to his characters that if they could be anywhere else in the world they would be there, but he is not, he just is in the middle of s*** and he has to figure out a way of dealing with it so that he can go back to doing whatever the hell he was doing before the film started.

"I've always loved that quality about him in Star Wars, this sense of absolute grumpy manner; the accidental hero. Not to say that I modeled my version of James T Kirk on anything in particular but I think I definitely have wanted to bring that kind of Harrison Ford humour to Kirk."

The original article is here.

You can watch Harrison Ford back in action as Indiana Jones in the trailer of the upcoming sequel Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull at YouTube.



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RE: All together now...let's misinterpret! | Report this post to moderator
By: Terry212 (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 11:59:28 on Mar 11, 2008

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Yes. Yes. Exactly. It's always been there in Shatner's Kirk. I love that Pine has picked up on that. If he had just said that Shatner's portrayal was ALSO a major influence on his performance he'd be entirely in the clear, I think. Instead he leaves the reader open to conclude the opposite is the case.

Isn't there a line in The Voyage Home where Kirk mutters under his breath, "Always the hard way..." I love that line because it's a subtle recognition of the audacity of the pickles he and his crew find themselves in over and over again. It's almost like he leaves the movie for just a second an acknowledges how ridiculous the situation is.

Growing up, my Mom would complain when I had Trek on the TV at the dinner table saying, "Oh, they're always in trouble." Meyer was sly at putting that exasperation into Kirk's character. "Once again we've saved civilization as we know it," is the way Kirk sums up the Enterprise's last mission. This is a reluctant hero and they always make the best ones.



Wow, great examples.

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