McGillion looks good, but he's too old for this movie.
Some Confirmed Details On The Casting For ST film
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How about James McAvoy as Scotty and Halle Berry as Uhura?
I presume that, by this, you mean "why the American part?"
If it were up to me, and if I were actually trying to recast this part, I'd get an actual AFRICAN actress to play the role. I'd also get an actual Scottish guy to play Scotty, an actual Russian to play Chekov... the only ethnic type whose background is not consistent with his ethnicity is Sulu, whose asian ethnicity is unrelated to his San Francisoan upbringing.
As much as I loved James Doohan growing up, I realized years later that his scottish accent was really quite bad. Not as bad as Walter Koenig's russian accent, but still pretty awful.
Uhura never had an Africanized-english "lilt" (which is at least partially a blending of dutch and english, though with plenty of native african as well). But I'd certainly appreciate her having one, and I could see it very much as being "in-character."
It seemed like in her first major scene (was it the Man Trap, or Charlie X where she was flirting with Spock on the bridge?), she almost seemed to have a slight hint of a southern accent.
Casting lists are guidelines. If the right actor is found, they may or may not fit what the casting list says. My casting list of TNG includes Julian Picard, Macha Hernandez and Leslie Crusher.
That being said, if all these people are on the screen at the same time, shouldn't Bones and Scotty be about 7-10 years older than Kirk, and Uhura and Sulu about 7-10 years younger? Spock is a unique case, because he's Vulcan and has a longer life span, so although Kirk and Spock LOOK roughly the same age in TOS, they aren't.
It's not impossible this movie skips around time periods enough that the age ranges make sense.
That being said, if all these people are on the screen at the same time, shouldn't Bones and Scotty be about 7-10 years older than Kirk, and Uhura and Sulu about 7-10 years younger? Spock is a unique case, because he's Vulcan and has a longer life span, so although Kirk and Spock LOOK roughly the same age in TOS, they aren't.
It's not impossible this movie skips around time periods enough that the age ranges make sense.
They may have been then, but obviously are not going to be in this movie. The casting sheet calls for younger actors.
Just how exactly is any of this "confirmed"?
I guess GornPirate considered the source reliable.
I imagine this is accurate, in any event. It looks legit and it lacks any of the "fannish touches" that hoaxes generally exhibit - which is, honestly, more than could be said for the "Enterprise" casting sheet that Christian broke here years ago, and that was real.
I imagine this is accurate, in any event. It looks legit and it lacks any of the "fannish touches" that hoaxes generally exhibit - which is, honestly, more than could be said for the "Enterprise" casting sheet that Christian broke here years ago, and that was real.
not confirmed and i have check another sites and many thing it is a fake or least not accurate.
But it is intresting seeing what actors/actresses people can come up with for crew roles.
Some are right on the money like Paul Mcgillion(Scotty) and for Uhura part actresses like Zoe Saldana, Kerri Washington, Rosario Dawson e.c.c. all are great choises
yes it does but how reliable is this sheet
Your guess is as good as mine - except that if it's different from mine, of course, one of us will turn out to be wrong.
I'm buying this casting sheet at this point. Regardless of whether an actor turns out to be a year or two older or younger than the range stated for his/her character, the intent based on the script they have is clearly to feature a group where the oldest character is in their early 30s and the most important ones are a bit younger than that.
So, anyone know what the source of this supposedly "official" sheet is?
We all know what Harry Knowles is... a rumor-monger (not a slam, just a statement of fact). He hears rumors, he passes 'em along. Sometimes they're true, sometimes they're totally BS. All are worth hearing, but not all are true.
This "casting sheet" smells awfully fishy to me... it'd be awfully easy to fake something like this and make it seem official.
And it would also be awfully easy to put out an official one that's inaccurate... if you're trying to cast one guy, put out a full sheet with lots of phoney requirements.
Heck you could even refer to it by a name like "Blue Harvest."
My point... I don't consider this document to be very reliable. The source is indeterminate... the veracity is indeterminate... and the motivation of the person or persons who "leaked" it is indeterminate.
The evident flaws in the document make it seem all the more suspect.
And, while I'm not an agent myself, my understanding of how the process works is that typically, a call is given for a particular type without specifying to the agent or actor the exact identity of the role... the only place that a document like this would be seen would be in internal PPC correspondence, not in anything given to agents. Is that incorrect?
This is just wwwwaaaaaaaaayyyyy too dubious to take at face value at this point. Doesn't make it false... just highly questionable.
We all know what Harry Knowles is... a rumor-monger (not a slam, just a statement of fact). He hears rumors, he passes 'em along. Sometimes they're true, sometimes they're totally BS. All are worth hearing, but not all are true.
This "casting sheet" smells awfully fishy to me... it'd be awfully easy to fake something like this and make it seem official.
And it would also be awfully easy to put out an official one that's inaccurate... if you're trying to cast one guy, put out a full sheet with lots of phoney requirements.
Heck you could even refer to it by a name like "Blue Harvest."
My point... I don't consider this document to be very reliable. The source is indeterminate... the veracity is indeterminate... and the motivation of the person or persons who "leaked" it is indeterminate.
The evident flaws in the document make it seem all the more suspect.
And, while I'm not an agent myself, my understanding of how the process works is that typically, a call is given for a particular type without specifying to the agent or actor the exact identity of the role... the only place that a document like this would be seen would be in internal PPC correspondence, not in anything given to agents. Is that incorrect?
This is just wwwwaaaaaaaaayyyyy too dubious to take at face value at this point. Doesn't make it false... just highly questionable.
There are no "evident flaws" in the document as presented.
one thing people havent taken into count is age scould be totally different in 23th century then now.
Perhaps in future they have slow down ageing so f.e. Scotty and Bones scould be in their 40-45s but physically they look like they are still in their 30s.This could be a reason why they want so young actors/actresses on this sheet
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Perhaps in future they have slow down ageing so f.e. Scotty and Bones scould be in their 40-45s but physically they look like they are still in their 30s.This could be a reason why they want so young actors/actresses on this sheet
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Having Kirk potentially younger than officers who are ranked SIGNIFICALLY lower than he is is DEFINITELY a flaw... unless Sulu, Uhura, etc, were all flunked several times...
We get it... you believe this. But why is that, Dennis? What convinces you that this is legit... I mean, aren't you usually a pretty cynical guy?
It seems like scanty information on which to cast the characters.
Like folks have posted above, actors ages are not character ages. That said, assuming this is the age range of the characters (maybe based on what the desired actor can "pass" as), it just doesn't smell right.
Sure, if Kirk were cast at the young end of his age range, and McCoy and Scotty at the old ends of theirs, those differences would be about right. McCoy also has to have some age on Kirk to make that relationship work, IMO.
I realize there's a "reimagining" going on, but when you start screwing around with the relationship of the ages of the characters it doesn't make sense. My God, their shared experiences and aging became very important over the course of the movies.
Uhura and Sulu older than Kirk? Based on the ages on the list, can anyone seriously imagine the possibility of Sulu being 32 while Kirk is only 23 or even 28 or 29? Changes the entire dynamic.
Like folks have posted above, actors ages are not character ages. That said, assuming this is the age range of the characters (maybe based on what the desired actor can "pass" as), it just doesn't smell right.
Sure, if Kirk were cast at the young end of his age range, and McCoy and Scotty at the old ends of theirs, those differences would be about right. McCoy also has to have some age on Kirk to make that relationship work, IMO.
I realize there's a "reimagining" going on, but when you start screwing around with the relationship of the ages of the characters it doesn't make sense. My God, their shared experiences and aging became very important over the course of the movies.
Uhura and Sulu older than Kirk? Based on the ages on the list, can anyone seriously imagine the possibility of Sulu being 32 while Kirk is only 23 or even 28 or 29? Changes the entire dynamic.