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J.J. Abrams Reacts To Death of Star Trek Actor Anton 'Chekov' Yelchin (hollywoodreporter.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the lived-long-and-prospered dept.

On Sunday morning 27-year-old actor Anton Yelchin, who plays Chekov in the new Star Trek movies, was killed in a freak accident with his own car in the driveway of his home in Studio City. "It appears he momentarily exited his car and it rolled backward, causing trauma that led to his death," a police spokesperson told the Hollywood Reporter. This afternoon J. J. Abrams tweeted a picture of a handwritten eulogy addressed to Anton. "You were brilliant. You were kind. You were funny as hell, and supremely talented. And you weren't here nearly long enough. Missing you..." Zachary Quinto, who plays Mr. Spock, also tweeted a link to a picture posted in memorial on Instagram, where he called Yelchin "one of the most open and intellectually curious people I have ever had the pleasure to know... wise beyond his years, and gone before his time..."

Stephen King called him a "crazily talented actor gone too soon," remembering Yelchin from one of his last roles in a 10-episode adaptation of King's "Mr. Mercedes". Yelchin will play a mentally deranged ice cream truck driver who's also an IT worker for a Geek Squad-like company named "Cyber Patrol".

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  1. Really, Anton? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Oh, wait, his Trek name. Okay then. I think he was mexican, anyway.

  2. A tragedy by Opportunist · · Score: 1, Troll

    A very talented actor is gone, and it will not even save us from having to endure that unnecessary reboot of Star Trek. They'll probably just recast and not even bother to explain in any way. Nobody really gives a shit anymore it seems.

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    1. Re:A tragedy by 110010001000 · · Score: 0, Troll

      The only thing that people like JJ Abrams gives a shit about is money.

  3. Re: About time EditorDavid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Can the next poll be "Should EditorDavid" be fired? I'd be interested in the results, myself. EditorDavid would have to honor the poll results, naturally.

  4. The timing is suspicious considering... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    it happened just after he made an anti-Islam comment. The "facts" here are just too unbelievable.

  5. Re:Brilliant by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Troll

    He was brilliant.

    So brilliant he couldn't figure out why his car was equipped with a parking brake.

  6. Re: Brilliant (Family planning would be brilliant) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Wait and see what happens when your army is 20% muslim

    Colour is so over rated as a divisionary point these days