James McAvoy ‘will star in the new Star Trek film’Scots film star James McAvoy will play Scotty in a new Star Trek film, it has been reported.
The 28-year-old from Glasgow has won the role of the Starship Enterprise’s famously dour chief engineer, according to the Scottish Sunday Mirror.
Scotty was played in the iconic TV series by Canadian James Doohan and was immortalised in Captain Kirk’s phrase “Beam Me Up, Scotty”.
McAvoy, star of the Oscar-winning The Last King of Scotland and the forthcoming Atonement, will appear in the 11th film of the hit Sci-Fi series, the paper said.
The movie reportedly takes the crew back to Starfleet Academy.
A film insider told the paper: “McAvoy had to go through a full casting process – and was up against famous names and total unknowns.
“He was called back a couple of times before getting the phone call from one of the… Read the full story