Timothy Olyphant Lost Captain Kirk Role in ‘Star Trek’ Trilogy, Says J.J. Abrams Told Him: ‘I Found a Guy, Younger, Who’s Really Good’ Zack Sharf Thu, August 10, 2023 at 10:42 PM UTC ...

Timothy Olyphant will be forever linked to his role as Raylan Givens in Justified, but for a moment there, he could have played one of the most iconic characters of all time, Captain Kirk, if it ...

Timothy Olyphant has made a career playing famous lawman roles, though some are better than others. Olyphant began his rise to stardom in the late 90s with standout roles in Scream 2 and Go, before ...

Timothy Olyphant says he lost the role of Captain Kirk in J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" movies to Chris Pine because the director wanted someone younger.

Timothy Olyphant has no hard feelings toward Chris Pine. But Olyphant said as the audition process went on, it seemed they wanted “somebody younger” for the part. “Somewhere along the line ...

Timothy Olyphant Lost Captain Kirk Role in ‘Star Trek’ Trilogy, Says J.J. Abrams Told Him: ‘I Found a Guy, Younger, Who’s Really Good’ ...

There's about a 13-year age gap between Timothy Olyphant and Chris Pine, and as the actor said, J.J. Abrams wanted someone younger. Ultimately he went with Pine, who went on to become a hot star ...

They say an Olyphant never forgets. That’s why Timothy Olyphant is willing to talk about losing out on the role of Captain Kirk for J.J. Abrams‘ Star Trek movies. The Justified actor, 55, said ...

Timothy Olyphant revealed he auditioned for the role of Captain Kirk in ... [Abrams] was having a hard time finding somebody younger,” Olyphant said. “And somewhere along the line, J.J. called ...

Timothy Olyphant appeared on the most recent episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast and looked back at his failed audition for J.J. Abrams’ 2009 “Star Trek” revival (via ...

Actor Timothy Olyphant has been reflecting on losing the role of Captain Kirk to Chris Pine and revealed it seemed the film franchise was looking for 'somebody younger' for the part.