It’s been a while since Hollywood had a bona fide homegrown movie star: they tend to come from places like Missouri or Kentucky, not Studio City. But here’s Chris Pine, 28 years old, native to “the Valley,” and soon to be seen on-screen as the new Captain Kirk in director J. J. Abrams’s young-guns reboot of the original Star Trek.
Chris Pine

Pine didn’t slip effortlessly into William Shatner’s double-knits. “There have been, like, three auditions in my life where I feel like I’m in a Saturday Night Live skit. One was for Avatar”—James Cameron’s upcoming science-fiction epic—“which was probably the worst audition I ever gave. Another was for 10,000 bc, where I was just, like, on my haunches pretending to be in a loincloth in Burbank.” Pine laughs. “Then the other one was Star Trek. It was all this jargon talk of torpedoes and photons,” which, needless to say, didn’t quite trip off the tongue. Fortunately, he got a second chance seven months later and nailed it.

Pine, who graduated from U.C. Berkeley, comes from two generations of actors: his father, Robert Pine, has 200-odd television shows to his credit; his grandmother is B-movie actress Anne Gwynne, who was often seen in horror films. Chris Pine isn’t jaded, but neither is he naïve. “I know where I come from and what I want and why I got into [show business]. I know the reality of it. I just hope that I have longevity in my career.” – source

The May 2009 issue is out now featuring Gisele Bündchen on the cover. I’m going to try and get the magazine myself but, for anyone who get’s scans I’d love if you would donate them.

Juita had the chance to meet Chris on April 9th outside of the C4TV studio.

“Chris was in Auckland yesterday (April 9th) do do Star Trek press and the premiere. While Zachary, Chris and John Cho were in at work shooting some interview footage in the C4TV studio I was able to get a pic with a couple of the guys and I have attached the one of Chris – who, btw, was really nice. “

She also mentioned that:

“great interview, they were really funny and clowning around”

Referring to the interview Chris, Zach and John Cho recorded earlier. You can view the original photo here.

I’ve posted captures of the 18 minute video below as well as captures from yesterday’s video I posted of Chris on “E!’s Lyon’s Den”. Zach and Chris are so much fun in this interview, definitely one of my favorites so far.

Thanks to Luciana for the heads up! 😉

Chris Pine tells KALEEM AFTAB that his new take on James T. Kirk owes more – the sacrilege! – to old Star Wars than vintage Star Trek

This year, Chris Pine is being asked to boldly go where no man has gone before, or perhaps should ever even dare to go: the 28-year-old has been given the astronomical task of filling William Shatner’s space boots in Lost creator J.J. Abrams’ reworking of Star Trek.

Pine plays Captain James T. Kirk and as with most remakes, the world expects him to pale in comparison.

The role is the equivalent of a warp drive for the Los Angeles-born actor. His biggest parts to date have been playing Lindsay Lohan’s love interest in the 2006 romantic comedy Just My Luck and starring as Bill Pullman’s errant son in the film Bottle Shock, based on the true story of a blind wine-tasting between Californian and French wines in 1976 in which the American vintages had the audacity to win.

When I jest that he recognizes that European wine is actually better than American, Pine retorts: “If you want to fight we can.”

He is not a man you’d pick a fight with. Standing just over 6ft tall, he has lines stacked like building blocks on his abdomen. He’s every inch the action hero with more than a hint of his parents, veteran actors Robert Pine and Gwynne Gilford, about him.

Indeed, there are a couple of scenes in Bottle Shock where Pine’s character Jim can be seen in a boxing ring playfully sparring with his winemaking father, Bo. His James T. Kirk can also be seen picking a fight in a bar. And both films have a father-son theme – Pine plays the second Captain Kirk, the first was Captain George Kirk who apparently went down with his Starship.

IMPORTANT! Recently I’ve noticed my videos I’ve recorded and uploaded myself exclusively for the site on youtube and all I’d like to say is I don’t mind at all, really, all I ask is if you can at least give me original credit source. As goes for the images I post too. I enjoy not having to tag them anymore so I hope people can respect that and will allow me source credit when using my videos or the photos I post. Thanks!

Anyhow onto the screen captures! 😀

Gallery Link Star Trek (2009) > Sneak Peek Clip #2 ( Disease and Danger )

Gallery Link Web Videos > 04/08/2009 – Australian Today

Gallery Link Web Videos > 04/07/2009 – Australian Today Tonight

Gallery Link 04/07/2009 – Chris mocks Zach’s Spock magazine cover at Sydney premiere

EDIT: Added Phreadz Video Interview captures too! 🙂

Gallery Link Web Videos > Phreadz – Stunt Guys

Gallery Link Web Videos > Phreadz – My Eyebrows