Get ready for some intergalactic man candy.
The new "Star Trek" from director J.J. Abrams has been hyped as a movie that can pull even non-Trekkies into its orbit. Maybe that's because the sci-fi adventure could just as easily have been titled "Hunks in Space."
Ever since the trailer hit the Web late last year, anticipation has been building around newcomer Chris Pine's rugged, motorcycle-
riding Captain James T. Kirk, who finds time between action scenes to steam up the windows of the starship.
Pine, 28, crews on a ship of hotties like Zachary Quinto, John Cho and Anton Yelchin. They battle a time-traveling Romulan named Nero, played by Eric Bana, whose sweet mug is temporarily hidden under a thick layer of makeup. That said, he looks pretty good in green.
Here's an inside look at the cast that makes us want to boldly go to the front row.
Chris Pine (James T. Kirk)
Born in Los Angeles to actor parents Robert Pine and Gwynne Gilford, Pine played roles on "ER" and "CSI: Miami" in his early 20s before popping up opposite Lindsay Lohan in the pretty-much-ignored romantic comedy "Just My Luck."
His luck improved with the seamy Las Vegas tale "Smokin' Aces," but "Star Trek" is his biggest break so far. To channel the famous Captain Kirk, he bought a box set of DVDs in an attempt to become a true Trekkie. After a few solid hours, he gave up.
"It really went against the mandate that J.J. put forth in the beginning of the process," he says, "which was really to reimagine these characters."
The new "Star Trek" audience will get to see Kirk as a kid, and later as a thrill-seeking Starfleet Academy student. "I think that this version of Kirk is a bit more brash and
arrogant," Pine has said, "and young, essentially."
After shooting the action-packed film, Pine says he "took a long break and slept a lot." "Star Trek" is already slated for a sequel in 2011, but until then the single Californian can look forward to resting his biceps and flexing his acting muscles. On June 24, he steps onstage opposite Chris Noth in the Los Angeles production of the Off-Broadway hit "Farragut North."
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