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Leonard Nimoy sade till Independent att

[Star Trek] went off in a direction that I didn't relate to very well. The makers of this film re-awakened the passion in me that I had when we made the original film and series. I was put back in touch with what I cared about and like about Star Trek. So it was an easy way to come on home.

Han berättade också att han och Zachary Quinto hade generella samtal om filosofin och psykologin bakom karaktären Spock, om filosofin bakom Star Trek och om hur fans reagerar på vissa saker, men att de inte diskuterade saker som att Quinto borde göra på det ena eller andra sättet. Till Los Angeles Times säger Nimoy att han kände sig som han var i exil. Han fick inte vara med i någon Star Trek-film i TNG-eran och de dödade William Shatners roll, James T Kirk, så han upplevde det som att filmskaparna ville distansera sig och skapa något nytt utan att ha med folk från originalserien.

Anton Yelchin talade med CanMag och han sade bland annat:

I thought I was born to be this character. No. I actually wasn't a fan. I'm a fan now. I watched a lot of the original series, and there's just something so great about it that you can't help but really love it. [...]The biggest part of this experience for me was just the characters are so great. I've had so much joy playing this character, and that's been the most important thing to me. Everything else is secondary.

Alex Kurtzman berättar för MTV hur de hade tänkt sig Shatners roll i filmen:

Elder Spock tells young Spock, "I couldn't tell you the truth about what's happening, because if I had, I would have robbed you of the benefit of realizing the greatness that you and Kirk will achieve together — and the amazing friendship that you'll have. You had to discover that for yourself, and I couldn't get in the way of that"' And in our original version, younger Spock says, "I'm still not sold". Elder Spock said, "Well, don't take my word for it", and he handed him a little disc — a DVD, really — that projected a hologram, and then he walked away. And the hologram was of Kirk.