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Simon Pegg to Play Scotty

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the take-ship-go-to-mum's-kill-phil-sorry dept.

In response to yesterday's casting news about Chris Pine possibly taking the captain's chair for the new Star Trek movie, apparently Simon Pegg will be playing the role of Scotty. Simon Pegg is known for his role as Shaun in Shaun of the Dead and more recently for his leading role in Hot Fuzz. "Pegg joins Zoe Saldana as Uhura, Anton Yelchin as Chekov, John Cho as Sulu and Zachary Quinto as Spock in the film which reportedly, and logically, 'chronicles the early days of the Enterprise crew.' Leonard Nimoy will also put in an appearance, while Eric Bana signed up this week as the movie's villain, Nero."

5 of 233 comments (clear)

  1. Re:let it die by jgarra23 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I heard they cancelled Enterprise when Mr. Bakula started calling his tricorder "Ziggy"

  2. Re:And Korean Sulu by porcupine8 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You think that's bad? I hear Zachary Quinto is from Earth. Pssh.

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  3. Re:English Scotty??? by soundonsound · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Brothers and sisters are natural enemies! Like Englishmen and Scots! Or Welshmen and Scots! Or Japanese and Scots! Or Scots and other Scots! Damned Scots! They ruined Scotland!"

    -"You Scots sure are a contentious people."

    "You just made an enemy for life!"

  4. Re:English Scotty??? by Bill,+Shooter+of+Bul · · Score: 5, Funny
    I do believe a one Albert Gore is Vulcan, is he not?

    Lets see:
    1. Vulcan Attributes
    2. Enjoys Science - Check
    3. Emotionless robot - Double Check
    4. Uses Logic to save the earth -Triple Check
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  5. Re:Wrong guy to do Montgomery Scott. by MsGeek · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dude, as a heterosexual female I do not see this as a drawback. Far from it actually.

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