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Star Trek film names Kirk actor

Best Week Ever found this 10/19/2007 on news.bbc.co.uk

Little-known actor Chris Pine has been chosen to play the young Captain Kirk in the new Star Trek movie. Pine had to turn down a role opposite George Clooney in the film White Jazz in order to play Kirk because of a clash of filming schedules. Lord of the Rings actor Karl Urban will play Leonard "Bones" McCoy, the Starship Enterprise's medical officer. The film, which chronicles the early days ...