![]() Nimoy fought to keep the studio from adding subtitles to the whales' communication with an alien probe. In Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home the crew travels back to 1986 to save humpback whales from extinction. In return, he got to direct both that film and the fourth movie in the series. Nimoy agreed to be resurrected in the third movie. But Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was an enormous success. He agreed to do the second Star Trek movie only if Spock was killed off. At the time, Nimoy was appearing in serious plays on Broadway. "Leonard had said he was tired of putting those ears on and he didn't want to do it anymore."ĭesperate, last-minute negotiations got Nimoy back onboard the Enterprise. "There was no Spock character in it," Wise said. ![]() Its director, Robert Wise, told NPR in 2001 he was shocked when he first read the script. In 1979, the first Star Trek movie came out. In 1975, he wrote a book called I Am Not Spock. ![]() How?īut Nimoy's relationship to his character was ambivalent. ![]() Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title I Am Not Spock Author Leonard Nimoy ![]()
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