Anna Daniels
In an interview with Collider, Pegg confirmed that the cast was just as close behind the scenes as in front of the cameras. Karl Urban, who played Dr. McCoy, has backed up Pegg’s account, telling GQ in 2019, “you’re working for so long with a group of people and you become like a family.” According to Pegg, they still email and check in with each other, but usually about things other than a potential Star Trek sequel.
It’s that closeness that’s causing some of the reluctance among the cast to reunite on screen. Pegg told Collider that they were all knocked out by the death of co-star Anton Yelchin, who played navigator Pavel Chekhov. Yelchin died in a freak accident on June 19, 2016, aged just 27. In the interview, Pegg said, “Losing Anton Yelchin the way we did was a real blow. And I think it slightly took the wind out of our sails in terms of our enthusiasm to do another one, just because we’re now missing one of our family. He would be conspicuous by his absence.”
Fans hoping to see Pegg’s Scotty in Noah Hawley’s upcoming, very mysterious Star Trek project also got some bad news. Pegg said it “has been mentioned,” but he hasn’t heard anything more. “I’m as in the dark as everyone else,” he said.
Written by: Looper
