IGN Movies got a chance to chat with Star Trek actor Karl Urban yesterday about what he'd like to see happen in Star Trek 2.
We asked Urban, who plays Dr. Leonard McCoy in the rebooted film series, if he'd like to see the sequel go further in exploring the relationship between Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and "Bones" since the first film focused more on forging the bond between Kirk and Spock. "The structure wasn't really the traditional triumvirate that you've seen on the television show. It was really more a movie about establishing everybody. I certainly hope that [screenwriters] Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman and J.J. [Abrams, the first film's director] continue to strengthen and evolve those characters into those directions."
Urban continued: "I would love to play scenes being essentially Kirk's moral compass or point of conscience. The way McCoy was written he really sort of verbalized the war going on in Kirk's conscience, and I certainly would love to see more arguments of passion versus logic with Spock because they're always fun. So it's going to be really interesting to see what they come up with."
He added, "I think the challenge is to come up with the most important mission, the mission that literally tears these people apart. The mission that is the definitive Trek mission. We have to come up with something akin to a Dark Knight or The Empire Strikes Back. Something like that."
Thanks to IGN for the info and interview.