J.J. Abrams Regrets Eric Bana In Star Trek

In an excerpt via Slash Film, Abrams expressed his regret, stating that he wished he had given Eric Bana more to work with regarding character development. “Our first Star Trek movie was, if anything, an exercise in perfection of casting,” he said. “April Webster and Alyssa Weisberg helped us find the absolutely perfect actors.””I’m proud of its telling and humor, but of course only see what’s wrong with it. Among other things, I wish we had given Eric Bana a bit more to do other than be full of rage, given that he is such a fine actor,” Abrams continued about 2009’s Star Trek. Instead, Nero’s lines were mostly clichés reminiscent of old action movies.