Timothy Olyphantis boldly going into detail about losing the role of Captain Kirk toChris PineforJ.J.
And just a lovely, lovely audition process," Olyphant explained.
(The role of Dr. Leonard McCoy would go toKarl Urban.)
Timothy Olyphant; Chris Pine in ‘Star Trek Beyond’.Michael Kovac/WireImage; Everett Collection
Alas, it turned out Olyphant got some Kirk competition.
(Reps for Abrams representatives didn’t immediately respond to request for comment Thursday.)
I love that guy.
He’s a good dude."
Just really adored him.
What a good guy.
I really like his work.
He’s one of those guys who makes it look simple and easy."
He only has positive memories from his time auditioning with Abrams too.
“That led to a series of conversations and I was very flattered.
Lots of emails exchanged between the two of us,” he said at the time.
“Ultimately I think we both were aware that it just didn’t make sense.
It was a mutual thing.”
