Ben Watts and Tom Schierlitz shoot Star Trek actor Chris Pine for June issue of GQ and Pine opens up about his role as a Trekkie god and his work [craft]. Here are some excerpts from the interview:
On not being much of a Trekkie: I was a Star Wars kid. The kitsch factor in the original Star Trek series is high, but the show manages to take on these huge questions about race, sex, and war. I have a great appreciation for what Mr. Shatner did with the part. There’s a gravity to it, but he’s having fun.
On being interested in diverse roles and concerns about being typecast forever because of his looks: I did a movie called Smokin’ Aces, and the casting director didn’t want to see me for the role of a neo-Nazi hit man. But it didn’t bum me out. I had to prove I could do it.
On Lindsay Lohan’s media circus when they co-starred in Just My Luck [in 2006]: She was making a lot of money and attracting a lot of attention from the paparazzi. It put in stark relief that I don’t want that kind of life.
Ben Watts
To read the full article and see pix by photographers Ben Watts and Tom Schierlitz, visit GQ.com. Star Trek is in theaters now and run out to see it, it’s EXCELLENT.
