leonard nimoy played spock prime in star trek into darkness.
who plays spock prime in star trek into darkness?
leonard nimoy
bullet::::- leonard nimoy as spock prime: nimoy reprises the role of the older spock from the original "star trek" timeline. he was a longtime friend of abrams' parents, but became better acquainted with abrams during filming. although quinto watched some episodes of the show during breaks in filming, nimoy was his main resource in playing spock. abrams and the writers met nimoy at his house; writer roberto orci recalled that the actor gave a who are you guys and what are you up to?' vibe" before being told how important he was to them. he was silent, and nimoy's wife susan bay told the creative team he had remained in his chair after their conversation, emotionally overwhelmed by his decision after turning down many opportunities to revisit the role. had nimoy disliked the script, production would have been delayed for it to be rewritten. nimoy later said, "this is the first and only time i ever had a filmmaker say, 'we cannot make this film without you and we won't make it without you'". he was "genuinely excited" by the script's scope and its detailing of the characters' backstories, saying, "we have dealt with [spock's being half-human, half-vulcan], but never with quite the overview that this script has of the entire history of the character, the growth of the character, the beginnings of the character and the arrival of the character into the "enterprise" crew." abrams commented, "it was surreal to direct him as spock, because what the hell am i doing there? this guy has been doing it for forty years. it's like 'i think spock would...
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in "star trek into darkness", spock prime is described as living on 'new vulcan' while the younger spock remains aboard the "enterprise" struggling with the loss of his homeworld, as well as his relationships with uhura and james t. kirk. spock nearly dies protecting a planet from an active volcano, but kirk breaks the prime directive and saves him. spock prime is contacted by spock on the "enterprise", to find out details on khan. spock prime initially reminds his alternate self that he will not interfere with the events in the alternate timeline. that being said, he then informs spock that khan was a dangerous man, and the greatest threat that the "enterprise" ever faced in his own timeline, and warns that he is likely as dangerous in spock's alternate timeline as well. when asked whether khan was defeated, spock prime answers that he eventually was defeated, but at great cost (referring to the events of ""). when kirk contracts radiation poisoning and dies in front of spock (a transposed parallel of events in the prime timeline where spock dies in front of kirk), an enraged spock attempts to kill khan to avenge kirk before uhura informs him that khan's regenerative blood can revive kirk. nearly a year later, spock remains as kirk's chief science officer and executive officer as the "enterprise" departs on its first five-year mission of deep-space exploration.
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