Trekmovie caught up with Weller on the red carpet of the RoboCop 25th Anniversary event for the Dallas International Film Festival (DIFF) and asked the sci-fi veteran about his role in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek sequel. When asked whether he would be donning prosthetics to play some sort of alien, the actor replied..
“No. do I look like an alien to you? No man. Let me put it this way. I have my own ship"
Weller then produced a picture of his seven-month-old baby boy sitting in the Captain’s chair on the bridge of a starship. Apparently it was hard to make out too much from it, but it looked very similar to the bridge of the Enterprise - which at least implies it is a Federation vessel. But looking back at what was already revealed about Weller's character (
“it’s a substantial role and… Peter is playing a C.E.O.”), a C.E.O. with his own ship does seem strange for the
Star Trek universe. I'm a bit behind on my
Trek canon and have no idea if this sounds like an already established character, but Trekmovie have a few very interesting theories so click the link below to check em out.
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