Captain Kirk says he’s open to a return to Star Trek – if the storytelling is stellar.
“It’s an intriguing concept,” mentioned 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 unimaginable, nevertheless it was an incredible 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’d contemplate it,” mentioned 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 will permit 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 possibly can look 10, 20, 30, 50 years youthful than you might be,” Shatner mentioned.
Shatner even has a situation the place Kirk is resurrected.
“An organization that desires to freeze my physique and my mind for the longer term may be a method of going about it,” he mentioned. “‘We’ve obtained Captain Kirk’s mind frozen right here.’ There’s a situation. ‘Let’s see if we are able to deliver again a bit of little bit of this, a bit of salt, a bit of pepper. Oh, have a look at that. Right here comes Captain Kirk!’”