Orci confirms it: McCoy is a central role in ST XI

[The Doctor]

http://trekmovie.com/2007/10/08/interview-orci-talks-casting-characters-canon-and-more/

Thanks to PTM at Trek Movie Report, we've got confirmation of what I'd been hoping for since this project was announced: McCoy is in the movie! :thumbsup:

TrekMovie.com: So far you guys have only officially confirmed Kirk, Spock and now Uhura and Chekov. So can you confirm that McCoy is in as well as Scotty and Sulu?

Roberto Orci: I don’t know how you can have Uhura without Bones. So yes it is the original crew.

TrekMovie.com: J.J. [Abrams] has said the film is Spock-centric, but does the young Kirk have as big a role as Quinto’s Spock?

Roberto Orci: Totally! It is Lennon and McCartney. However Spock’s role is key in that we also have Nimoy. Having said that Kirk is Star Trek and he is as essential.

TrekMovie.com: What about Bones? The Kirk/Spock/McCoy ‘troika’ is also quintessential Trek, with McCoy being the counterpoint to Spock and Kirk in the middle.

Roberto Orci: That is a big part of what we are doing. You are correct that their interaction and how they face the impossible is what Trek is about and that is no different in our movie.

No matter what happens now, I'm a happy camper. Orci clearly gets what made TOS so great.

 

[Sharr Khan]

He also said alot of good stuff about the design in the film about how it might be "more faithful then you might expect", and then there was the remark about The Enterprise which gave me goose bumbs!

Can't wait for Dec. 2008!

Sharr

 

[Profhig]

I feel this film could be the greatest event of next year! Some of the things he spoke of brought tears to my eyes! I too got those goosebumps when he mentioned the Enterprise!

 

[CaptainWacky]

Was there doubt that McCoy would be in?

 

[Newt]

Dam right McCoy should be in it. After all he's my favorite character from TOS. Without the McCoy character, the film will have no heart.

 

[seigezunt]

excellent. McCoy is the anchor.

I continue to feel hopeful about this project.

Now if the director is as on-target as the writers seem to be...

 

[The Wormhole]

Honestly, at this point I would have been extremely surprised if McCoy wasn't a part of the movie, pivotal or otherwise.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

Damn it, Jim, I'm in the movie!

 

[The Doctor]

The Wormhole said:
Honestly, at this point I would have been extremely surprised if McCoy wasn't a part of the movie, pivotal or otherwise.

Me too, but it's nice to have confirmation all the same, particularly since Orci makes all the right noises concerning the Kirk-Spock-McCoy triumverate.

 

[Trubinator]

I like the sound of this, but I can't help but feel sadness when I stop to consider that the original actor won't appear in the film.

 

[ancient]

Good news!

 

[Kokomo]

middyseafort said:
Damn it, Jim, I'm in the movie!

Awesome line!

 

[seigezunt]

Trubinator said:
I like the sound of this, but I can't help but feel sadness when I stop to consider that the original actor won't appear in the film.

He is truly missed. A class act.