(energetic music)
Alex: When we came on the idea of
"Well, we need to create a new timeline,"
that absolutely came out of, well,
we know that Malcolm McDowell dropped a boulder
on William Shatner, and that seems lame.
And so if we're gonna (Paul laughs)
Alex: start over, like, we don't want to know that
that's how it ends, right?
So, we have to change everybody's fate
and once we change everybody's fate,
anything can happen. Paul and Tawny: Yeah.
Alex: And you can't predict what's coming.
And that led us to the destruction of Vulcan.
And then we were like, "if we do that deal,
the only way that's going to work is
if it's blessed by Leonard Nimoy, right?"
Tawny: Mmhmm. Alex: It's the only way.
Paul: Mmhmm.
Alex: And we had this, you know, I will never forget.
Leonard became somebody that we loved very dearly.
And he ended up, actually,
on our show Fringe afterwards. Paul: Mmhmm.
Alex: But he came into the office and there were
very little pleasantries, right?
It was like, Tawny: Mmmm.
Alex: "Hey, hi! It's so nice to meet you!"
And he kind of was like, "what do you got?"
(Paul laughs)
And we were like, okay, we have to pitch for our lives here.
And so we sat down and we pitched everything
and he was totally stone-faced.
(Paul chuckles)
Alex: And we finished and we're like,
"Okay, so what do you think?"
And he didn't say anything.
And my first thought was, "we've totally screwed it up."
Tawny: Right? (laughs) Paul: Absolutely.
Alex: He's... he's out, you know?
We just pitched him "Oh, we're gonna
destroy your home planet."
(Paul chuckles) Alex: And then
he said, "You must understand,
this is very emotional for me."
And I heard this thing in his voice.
And in that (snaps) moment, I was like,
we got him. Tawny: Yeah.
Paul: Wow.
Alex: And we got him 'cause I think he understood.
He came in, as he should have, incredibly skeptical.
"Who are these guys?"
"What are they doing with Star Trek?"
Like, "are they going to screw it up?"
"What are they asking of me?"
"I wrote a book called 'I Am Not Spock.'"
(Paul and Tawny laugh) Alex: So, if I'm coming back
it better be for the greatest reason of all time.
Tawny: Yeah.
Alex: And I think what he saw was that we were
genuine fans who just wanted to do right by it.
And I think he saw his opportunity to help contribute to
what has always been so amazing about Star Trek.
Which is: the fans keep it alive again,
and again, and again.
(Star Trek theme)