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December 10, 2002

In the latest series of Nemesis related interviews, Trekweb has posted their interview with Brent Spiner. Note, Nemesis spoilers are included. Below is a snippet:

”So, what did you think of my movie,” jests the comedic Brent Spiner, poking fun at the egocentrism of playing not only Lieutenant Commander Data and another Doctor Soong prototype in the new STAR TREK NEMESIS, but co-writing the story as well. “Next time I’m going to play Picard!”

Jokes aside, the aging actor dons gold make up for what could be his last stint as STAR TREK’s Pinocchio, a character who over time developed a distinctiveness from the Spock role he filled on ST:TNG. Writing the story with screenwriter John Logan meant a lot of responsibility, not just to the film, but to this beloved character.

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“We lost a scene that I enjoyed doing… it was the most difficult thing we did in the whole film, [which] was a motion control scene with Data and B-4,” he reveals. “It was a whole pantomime sequence with Data teaching B-4, sort of, little behavioral things. We walked into a lounge together, said hello to people, sat down at a table, showed [B-4] how to use a knife and fork. It was a really fun sequence that worked like gangbusters. They would watch the playback of it and the whole crew would laugh every time and I thought, ‘this scene is going to work so well,’ and it’s not in the movie!”

Another scene that has been talked about furiously by everyone from Patrick Stewart to John Logan, Spiner also felt deserved to make the final cut.

“There was a scene that Patrick and I did that was a really nice scene that was after the wedding where Data goes to Picard’s quarters and they talk about friendship, really, and the nature of ‘if I were to leave, I would miss you, etc.’ And it kind of echoed the end of the movie and it was a really nice scene. But they really felt when they were cutting the movie that we needed to get on with the story, so we’ve unfortunately lost that.”

To read more, click on the link below:

http://talk.trekweb.com/articles/2002/12/10/1039498686.html

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