Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, who have penned the script for the upcoming Star Trek movie have revealed that they were intimidated by Leonard Nimoy for the very first time.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times Kurtzman said: "It was incredibly intimidating. By the end it was very emotional too. We told him that we couldn't do it without him.
"We told everything and how he was the key to the movie, that the story doesn't work without him.
"There was a very long silence and he got misty."
Directed by J.J. Abrams, the creator of Lost, the Star Trek franchise goes back to the beginning to the first voyage of the Enterprise with Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto in the roles of Kirk and Spock.
Nimoy came out of retirement to appear in the movie and take on the role of Spock once more.
"He had retired and turned down many offers to return to this character, so this was asking the greatest gunslinger to strap on the pistol one more time."
"His wife told us later that he didn't get out of the chair for several hours [and] that he was overwhelmed by all of it and the decision."
Despite the film having not even been released Paramount have signed up Kurtzman, Orci and Damon Lindelof to pen the sequel.
Star Trek is released 8th May.
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