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In a 2016 interview with The Off Camera Show, two possible parts he was up for became the topic of conversation. The roles were wildly different, with one role being a low-budget darker-than-noir peek into the change from the ’50s Los Angeles to the ’60s psychedelic era. The other was a big-budget science-fiction reboot with all the lens flare glory that J.J. Abrams brings to the table.
The result was a decision that Pine had to make, either join the cast as a deeply troubled character or the cast of an established straightforward legend. He explained in the interview, “J.J., that whole experience, was a tantalizing opportunity … I won’t lie, my ego was heavily involved in that decision. J.J. was really kind, and I really gelled with him, I felt like, in the audition room. But it was a really difficult decision. I took a couple of weeks to figure it out.”
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The “Wonder Woman” actor went on to compare the characters and reveal that he was leaning towards turning down the role of Kirk to choose the more challenging part. “One was a latently homosexual, homicidal, schizophrenic detective. It’s like, ‘That’s the one I want to do.’ And one was, you know, Kirk and ‘Star Trek,’ which I thought was way more straightforward.” Fortunately for us, having a conversation with his sister changed his perception of the role.
