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Pegg: 'Trek everything Star Wars wasn't'
Published Thursday, Apr 30 2009, 06:00 BST | By Mayer Nissim
Rex Features
The actor, who plays a young Scotty in the film, told the UK press conference for the movie that he was a "self-confessed fan" of the series before he became part of the Star Trek universe.
Pegg said: "In Spaced there's a line where I'm talking about things that are sure in life, and one of them is that every odd numbered Star Trek film is sh*t.
"That's not true anymore! That's most certainly been disproved by this movie and it's lovely to be part of it."
He added: "I think if I was still doing Spaced now there would be an entire episode dedicated to how Tim Bisley, my character, would just be orgasmic about this movie.
"This is everything he wanted [Star Wars: The Phantom Menace] to be but wasn't. And the irony of being in it now - being part of it - is not lost on me, I can assure you."
Star Trek is released in the UK on May 8.
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