Beam me up, J.J.? Not so quick. Timothy Olyphant informed the Glad Unhappy Confused podcast he was in consideration to play Captain Kirk within the 2009 “Star Trek” reboot from J.J. Abrams, however he misplaced the function to Chris Pine. As Olyphant informed it, he auditioned for the function of McCoy, which in the end went to Karl City, however the director informed him, “I’ve already acquired a man for Doc, so I do not want you for that, however I haven’t got a Kirk.” Based on Olyphant, although, “they needed any person youthful,” and though Abrams was “having a tough time” discovering somebody the appropriate age, he finally discovered Pine. “Someplace alongside the road, J.J. known as and stated, ‘I discovered a man youthful who’s actually good,” Olyphant recalled. He was 40 when “Star Trek” got here out, whereas Pine was 28. Apparently, Abrams simply wasn’t feeling the vibe of “to oldly go the place no man has gone earlier than.”