Yet scriptwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, and of course Pine and Quinto who play the duo, succeed brilliantly in this aim and give the movie (and hopefully the ensuing franchise) its heart and soul. The pair are just perfectly cast. Pine looks and sounds nothing like Shatner, but gets right to the essence of Kirk’s character with his combination of rough-shod charm and cocky arrogance. The actor looks like just another product of Hollywood’s bland pretty-boy conveyor belt, but actually proves extremely charismatic and nails the part.

Summer is just about here and so are the leading actors of this seasons hottest movies. Hugh Jackman, Robert Pattinson, Chris Pine, Shia LaBeouf and Christian Bale are amongst the most handsome and talented actors of today that make “The Top Five Hot Leading Actors of Summer 2009 Film Examiner’s List.” But its not just the looks that make these guys so attractive, its more than that. These leading men are not just mere eye candy, they are also talented, savvy, charismatic, funny, charming and intelligent. With such a summer to look forward to with great movies like Star Trek, Terminator Salvation, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, Little Ashes and XMen Origins: Wolverine, it looks to be more than just your average hot summer.

NUMBER 1 CHRIS PINE And finally the number one hot guy of summer in 2009 goes to Star Trek’s very own Chris Pine. Chris not only has the most beautiful piercing blue eyes since Robert Redford but also has a very positive outlook on things. In a recent interview he stated, “I think the most dangerous word in the English language is should. I should have done this. Or I should do that. Should implies responsibility. It connotes demand. Which is just not the case. Life ebbs and flows.” And he also understands perspective. “You don’t have control over your situation. But you have a choice of how you view it.” Sounds like our number 1 guy has got a good head on his shoulders and a good career ahead of him as he has already been slated to possibly star in the “A-Team” that will be directed by Joe Carnahan. Looks like we will be seeing more of Chris in the near future.

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Star Trek’s Chris Pine was looking for a challenge. Then two of them arrived. Making the decision helped him clarify his goals — and changed his career

You’ve been great in ungreat things. Your career has had few opportunities. And then you’re offered two big jobs. Two different jobs. One is suited to your talents and ambitions; it is your vision of yourself. The other will make you gobs of money.

How can a man choose between self-satisfaction and well-being? Between two different versions of success? Two jobs, two women, two investments: It’s always like this. The two elements you most desire, split down different paths.

Chris Pine had a week to decide between the two jobs. And the 28-year-old actor agonized, because, well, the pinnacle of his career to that point had been The Princess Diaries 2. Not even the original! But now two movie studios wanted him: He could take a role as a disgusting, chemically imbalanced detective in the kind of gritty, actor-driven gig he’d dreamed of. Or he could play James T. Kirk in a Star Trek prequel. The character is uncomplicated. William Shatner already claimed it. Pine would be wearing spandex. But man, it’s a big movie. Big and career changing.

And he was afraid of choosing. He often is. We all are, with decisions like this. You look at each choice and weigh the regret of not going for it. Catch yourself the next time you do this: You aren’t looking forward because you’re too busy imagining what it’ll feel like to look backward, wondering what you should have done instead.

“I think the most dangerous word in the English language is should,” Pine says. “I should have done this. Or I should do that. Should implies responsibility. It connotes demand. Which is just not the case. Life ebbs and flows.” But he has still spent his life fighting the word. He can’t always forget it. So when the two jobs were offered, he talked it over with everyone he could, and spent a lot of time by himself, wondering what he should do.

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.
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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.

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.

Chris Pine is learning something about pressure. Pine, who stars as Capt. James T. Kirk in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek and won the male star of tomorrow award, says he knows the movie will be scrutinized no end by Trekkies (or is that Trekkers?).

“I get the feeling there are going to be some people who like it and some people who are going to hate that we’re even doing the movie,” Pine says. “It’s a little nerve racking. I’ve got a resume that’s about an eighth of a page long, so I better not (mess) it up.”

Dennis Quaid could tell Pine a thing or two about the ups and downs of the movie industry. Quaid, who narrates the upcoming animated sci-fi flick Battle for Terra3D and appears in G.I. Joe, collected the statuette for male star of the year.

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