Why did Nimoy portray Saavik as colder than in II?

[CoveTom]

It's doubly ironic that the Saavik expy in STVI, Valeris, is stated to be fully Vulcan but she's got far more in common with Alley's Saavik than with the Curtis interpretation.

I suspect that is largely the result of Nicholas Meyer being the director of both Alley's Saavik in TWOK and Cattrall's Valeris in TUC. He seemed to prefer having the Vulcan characters show hints of emotion without really becoming emotional, whereas Nimoy seemed to prefer the totally cold, emotionless approach.

The funny thing is that Nimoy the actor never played Spock as cold and emotionless. In fact, he once actually told Nick Meyer "I never played Spock as a man with no emotion. I played him as a man with deep emotions he was constantly struggling to keep in check." Or something to that effect.

Ultimately, it comes down to just two different directors. And I really don't have a problem with either interpretation of Saavik. However, if Kirstie Alley wasn't going to return and Nimoy was going to interpret the character completely differently, I think they should have just gone with a completely different character.

 

[mb22]

He seemed to prefer having the Vulcan characters show hints of emotion without really becoming emotional, whereas Nimoy seemed to prefer the totally cold, emotionless approach.

Sarek in TSFS shows great sign of emotional stress when he confronts Kirk over Spock's apparently untransfered katra.

 

[T'Girl]

Jeff Hunter totally Kirstie-Alleyed the role of Chris Pike.

And Jesus too.

 

[Green Shirt]

On the upside, the term Kirstie-Alleying can now be applied to any actor who bails on a role for no good reason.

David Caruso really Kirstie Alleyed NYPD Blue for that awesome movie career.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Jeff Hunter totally Kirstie-Alleyed the role of Chris Pike.

And Jesus too.

I didn't realize that Hunter passed on a sequel to King of Kings.

 

[Armored Saint]

Ultimately, it comes down to just two different directors. And I really don't have a problem with either interpretation of Saavik. However, if Kirstie Alley wasn't going to return and Nimoy was going to interpret the character completely differently, I think they should have just gone with a completely different character.

But they needed someone to pair with David, so creating a character whould have been odd.

 

[2takesfrakes]

Seeing that whomever went with David onto the planet was going to survive anyway, it really should've been Uhura down there with him, instead, when you think about it. She could've transferred off of the ENTERPRISE when the trainees left and would've gotten something to do, other than given one token scene with some no-name that wasn't all that interesting, to begin with ...