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Faran Tahir on Star Trek (2009), writers, Cpt Robau |
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Written by Derek Kessler on
Thursday, 05 June 2008
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 With Iron Man all the rage these days (forget about Sex and the City for a moment, forever, please), Faran Tahir is still out doing promotions for the mega-hit Marvel blockbuster. And, of course, because he’s playing a character in Star Trek (2009) – one Captain Robau – the interviewers can’t seem to resist asking questions about the movie (which is still 336 days away).
First up is an interview with UGO, where Tahir addressed how he thinks JJ Abrams is going to help bring Star Trek to a new generation:
 JJ (Abrams) I think is a perfect choice to bring back Star Trek because he understands the genre. I think the greatest thing he’s doing is he knows there’s a spirit that’s essential to any Star Trek story and he adheres to that. And he also understands there’s a generation that didn’t grow up with Star Trek. There hasn’t been a movie in a long time. The TV shows are now gone. So there’s a whole new, young crop of people who only know Star Trek as something that was in the past or something that their older brother or uncle or mother or father watched, and that’s their introduction to it. And he has freshened it up enough that I think this generation will also get to own it, in a way. Which is great, because I think on a very philosophical level, to me, it’s a great way to make connections between generations. |
Tahir later on was interviewed by Comic Book Resources. The extensive discussion covered Iron Man (which is up for a sequel), Star Trek, and Lost, spending a good deal of time on ST09. As we’ve already learned, Captain Robau is in command of a ship we haven’t yet seen in Star Trek, and he’s a heroic character, which Tahir said, “was a great change of gears for me, doing Iron Man and then somebody a little different like a good guy.”
Any discussion of Star Trek would not be complete without addressing fandom, something that has been a big deal with this reimagining of Trek that Abrams is pioneering. Comic Book Resources asked, “Do you think that the hardcore Star Trek fans will be happy with the film?”
| I do. I think because it keeps the spirit of Star Trek alive and yet has something new to offer. You know, you piece information together to give characters history or future in this case. [Abrams] has straddled both of those things, the conformations and the challenges at the same time and I think he’s done a very smart job. |
This is not the first time that Faran Tahir has worked with the writers of Star Trek, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman; in 2001 he guest-starred in the fourth episode of JJ Abrams’ Alias.
| They really are great writers. They really understand how to pull you into it. They know how to see that audience in the dark room and take them to a whole other reality. And that’s what I like about the script. This Star Trek will do that and you won’t have that separation of fantasy and reality. You will be transported there and energized right onto the deck of the ship. So it’s very well done. |
[via: UGO and Comic Book Resources]
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