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   > Trek's Henke On Kirk's Uncle   
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   > Brad William Henke, who plays a character named Uncle Frank in J.J.   
   > Abrams' upcoming Star Trek movie, talked with reporters a bit more   
   > about his character, a relative of James T. Kirk.   
   >   
   > It's been reported that he plays Kirk's uncle in a flashback sequence   
   > and that he is abusive to the future captain as a boy.   
   >   
   > "I play Captain Kirk's alcoholic, abusive uncle when he's a kid,"   
   > Henke said in a group interview in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sept. 13.   
      
   No, he didn't.  He said:   
      
   "Brad William Henke: I am playing Captain Kirks...(laughs) alcoholic,   
   abusive father when he was a kid.  So because of me, he runs away and   
   ends up joining... "   
      
   He's credited as Kirk's uncle though, so the assumption is that he's so   
   happy about playing an abuser he doesn't even know what his part is.   
      
   > "I treat him very badly, which forces him to go off and do what he   
   > does."   
   >   
   > Abrams' Star Trek deals with the original crew of the first starship   
   > Enterprise. That apparently includes scenes of Kirk as a boy, when he   
   > lived with Uncle Frank.   
   >   
   > Chris Pine, who plays the adult Kirk, does not share scenes with   
   > Henke; Jimmy Bennett plays Kirk as a child.   
   >   
   > "It was fun," Henke said. "It was fun to play such an a--hole, such a   
   > bad character."   
   >   
   > Does this abusive past explain why Kirk pauses awkwardly between   
   > phrases? "No, I think that he doesn't do that now for some reason,"   
   > Henke said, with tongue in cheek.   
   >   
   > Uncle Frank is a new character introduced to the Star Trek canon for   
   > the first time in Abrams' prequel movie.   
   >   
   > As secrecy surrounded the film's storyline, Henke had to insist on   
   > seeing his own script pages in advance of filming. "First of all, I   
   > was offered the role, so I never saw the script," he said. "Then it   
   > was about three days before I was supposed to shoot, and I still   
   > hadn't gotten my scenes. They said, 'Well, they're giving some people   
   > the scenes when they get there.' I said, 'Well, I'm not that type of   
   > actor. So if you want it to be kind of good, you should give it to me   
   > now.' So they had to messenger it over, and then I got to work on it."   
   >   
   > Once he read the script, Henke found the dialogue too specific for his   
   > tastes. Abrams accommodated him to make the scenes his own.   
   >   
   > "Each line, some words were underlined, so it was kind of telling you   
   > exactly how to say it," Henke said. "So I was like, 'Oh, s--t. This is   
   > exactly how I'm supposed to do it?' Again, that's not one of my fortes   
   > either. So I got there, and [Abrams] is like, 'Just do it however you   
   > want to do it. Let's just play with this.' And we just shot these   
   > scenes. Because they had the money, we would shoot one scene all day   
   > long from all these different angles. He was so positive; he was   
   > awesome. He was such a nice guy and so into it, running around, just   
   > really into it." Star Trek opens May 8, 2009.   
      
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