Captain Kirk says he’s open to a return to Star Trek – if the storytelling is stellar.
“It’s an intriguing concept,” stated William Shatner, the legendary captain of the starship Enterprise, chatting with the Canadian Press on a video name whereas selling his new documentary, You Can Name Me Invoice, which arrives Tuesday.
“It’s virtually inconceivable, nevertheless it was an excellent position and so well-written, and if there have been a purpose to be there not simply to make a cameo look, but when there have been a real purpose for the character showing, I would think about it,” stated the 93-year-old actor.
Shatner’s final appearancewas within the 1994 movie Star Trek Generations, and – spoiler alert – he dies.
However Shatner cited a software program firm he promotes that might enable him to play a youthful model of the captain. The corporate, Otoy, focuses on know-how that “takes years off of your face, in order that in a movie you may look 10, 20, 30, 50 years youthful than you might be,” Shatner stated.
Shatner even has a situation the place Kirk is resurrected.
“An organization that desires to freeze my physique and my mind for the long run could be a means of going about it,” he stated. “‘We’ve bought Captain Kirk’s mind frozen right here.’ There’s a situation. ‘Let’s see if we will deliver again a little bit little bit of this, a little bit salt, a little bit pepper. Oh, take a look at that. Right here comes Captain Kirk!’”