The new Spock, Zachary Quinto (until now best known as Sylar on TV's Heroes), points out, "I was the first one cast in the movie." That gave him the chance to get to know Boston-born Leonard Nimoy — who reprises his role in this film as a much older version of the beloved Vulcan — and seek his input in the months leading up to the shoot. Still, sharing the screen with his predecessor proved challenging.
And Nimoy, now 78, doesn't see anything wrong with that. "I think it's appropriate when the old-timer walks on the set that everybody be intimidated. I used to be a kid on the set, and I was intimidated. Why shouldn't they be?"
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