Simon Pegg is going to be in trouble! Even he says so. When asked about Star Trek by AICN, he was extremely wary. "There is very little I can say, because there is a Paramount sniper trained on the back of my head as I speak. He's on a building and I'm not going to look, because he will know I know he is there."

But he talked anyway. You need to head over to read (and listen to!) the entire interview, where Pegg talks about everything from Run Fatboy Run, to Spaced, to Hot Fuzz, and, of course, Star Trek. I will post the best bits here, though, because I know you're dying to read them.

Pegg elaborated on taking on the iconic role and stressed how conscientious he was to play the part with the utmost respect. "One thing I didn't want to do is an impression of James Doohan, because I wouldn't want anyone to think I was making fun of him, you know? If I started doing an impersonation of the actor that played Scotty, that would be doing the part and the actor a disservice, so my intention was to take it as James did when he first picked up the script, and just say 'Okay, he's a physics genius, he's an engineer, he's from Scotland ...' and approach the character like that and to have my interpretation of it."






He also confirmed our speculation that Scotty will have a Glasgow accent. "I've got to be careful not to do a Scottish accent anywhere now, because people will just assume it's Scotty. My wife, obviously as I've made known, is Scottish and I have a large Scottish family up in Glasgow, so it's not like I'm just some English imposter, I do have some connection to the country and I've used it. Also the first AD, Tommy Gormley, on Star Trek and also Mission Impossible, is a real dyed in the wool Glaswegian and so having him on set was great, because if my wife wasn't there, I could defer to Tommy and say 'What do you think of this? Is this phrasing right?'" I have a special fondness for Glasgow accents, so this news thrills me to no end.

He also assures fans that Scotty is not confined to a bit part. "I worked on the film for five weeks basically, so take from that what you will. The rough and tumble chirpy engineer from Linlithgow is very much in the film." Pegg also sings the praises of director J.J. Abrams as the man to helm a new Star Trek film. "He's not making this because it's a business opportunity or it's a script that landed on his door step. This is something he really, really loves and wants to do and I can't think of a better person to be at the helm of this project."

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