'Somewhere along the line, J.J. [Abrams] called and said, 'I found a guy, younger, who's really good.''
Despite losing out on the role, Olyphant maintained on the podcast that he has nothing but love for Pine.
"I have since then met Chris Pine and I am a huge fan of him both on and off screen. I love that guy. He's a good dude." He said. "This sounds very show business-y, but I had the honor, we're going to say honor, to go to the Golden Globes one year… and I spent most of the evening at the bar with Chris Pine. Just really adored him. What a good guy. I really like his work. He's one of those guys who makes it look simple and easy.
He only has positive memories from his time auditioning with Abrams too. "Auditioning sucks," Olyphant said, "and the fact that I remember the audition process fondly says a lot about J.J. Abrams and what a wonderful man that guy is."Star Trek but it eventually fell through. "That led to a series of conversations and I was very flattered. Lots of emails exchanged between the two of us," he said at the time. "Ultimately I think we both were aware that it just didn't make sense. It was a mutual thing."
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