Did anyone already post this interview by Quinto?
Forgive me for changing the subject, but looking at your now iconic eyebrows, I’d be remiss if I didn’t ask how filming the third installment of Star Trek is going. You’re on a break here from shooting in Vancouver, but those Spock brows are still intense.
Yeah, I know. I used to be much more self-conscious about that. I used to wear glasses if I was going out or doing press, but now I just sort of let it go. Now that Leonard Nimoy isn’t with us anymore, I feel like carrying the torch fully for the role is important.
Tell me about your relationship with Leonard. You met at ComicCon in 2007, and he was immediately inspired and handpicked you to be the next Spock?
Yeah, I mean director JJ Abrams was a little concerned, obviously, with honoring the history of the franchise, and because Leonard was involved in the first movie, he participated in the process. To my knowledge, I was the only person who auditioned for the role.
Then your friendship with Nimoy evolved...
It was something where he saw some of my work and thought that I was a good pick. Then we met, and our relationship took on a life of its own and we became close. I became close with his wife and his family. Losing him has been really hard, but also in a way beautiful. To be with someone, to experience someone at the end of his life, and to have that life be so well lived and fulfilled, he really left this earth just surrounded by love. I’m not afraid of exploring stuff like death and what life adds up to in the end, so he was a shining example of how to do it right. I feel now like my connection with him is just on a deeper level. It’s much more spiritual.
Does Leonard’s being gone affect how you play Spock?
I have felt very embraced by fans, and people seem to be on board with what I’m bringing to the role. Some of my favorite moments in this film for Spock are some of the quietest and most intimate ones. In the big, huge landscape of action, of fighting, there’s some real depth in these quieter moments that I’m looking forward to bringing to this process, so that’s cool.
http://hamptons-magazine.com/zachary-quinto-talks-star-trek-oliver-stone-and-hitman-movie
Thoughts about the last bit?
To be honest it says nothing in particular because he has quiet/more intimate moments in the first two movies too, still it's interesting. I tend to consider that kind of moments (yes, including the scenes with uhura) more in tune with the original character and a younger version of nimoy's spock (with a bit more dramatic baggage to carry) than the moments where he fights and is in rage (tho I don't dismiss those as 'ooc' because I actually see them as an interesting take on his vulcan side)
I wonder if Spock gets injured and thus ZQ is referring to that..but then I remember that JJ is still involved and somehow I doubt ZQ would post that picture over instagram (and lastly John Cho the vulcan blood) if that can possibly hint an important part of the plot. So I try to not read too much into it. It's fun to speculate
