Matt Damon as Captain Kirk?

[Picard_delta_5]

...especially from Kirk.

i'm gonna have to second that... the cast of the new voyages could really use some acting lessons...

[Geekyfanboy]

According to IESB Matt Damon, the actor whose name has been the only serious contender for the part of a young James T. Kirk, and the one actor that has the support of the original Kirk, William Shatner, is in the dark about the possibility of him being the young Starfleet officer.

We do know that J.J. Abrams, STAR TREK: XI’s producer and possible director, is interested in casting the Oscar-winning Damon as a young Kirk. We had also reported earlier that J.J. already sought support from William Shatner and that Shatner gave his blessing for Damon to play his legendary character.

While on a press junket IESB had the chance to ask Matt if there was any truth to the rumor that J.J. Abrams has approached him to play James T. Kirk in the upcoming Star Trek movie? The star was quick to say he hadn’t heard anything about it and that his publicist even went to far to say that Abrams was joking when he said he would choose Matt to play Kirk and it’s nothing serious.

Regardless if Matt and his publicist are being candid or just keeping the excitement boiling, we still say that if Abrams is going to shot a young series with Kirk and Spock, then Damon has to be his number one pick for Kirk, and we all know that where Damon is, Affleck can’t be far behind as the iconic Mr. Spock.



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[Rico]

I'm still thinking another more unknown actor would be a better choice.  That will help keep the movie costs down too.

[Poodyglitz]

Maybe this whole thing is a Jimmy Kimmel prank. We'll hear that Matt Damon is out of the running and at the end credits of the movie, something like this appears:

"Apologies to Matt Damon, but we ran out of time."

Isn't Damon a little old to be playing Kirk? Maybe they could get one of the CW Network kids to play Kirk and Spock. Maybe even The Naked Brothers. :-)