Zachary Quinto has made a public declaration that he is stepping away from all things Trek for at least 2 years to pursue his other interests.
After starring in J.J. Abrams reboot of Star Trek in the iconic role of Mr. Spock and supplying his voice over talents for the Star Trek: Online MMORPG for Atari and Cryptic Games – Zachary Quinto has said that he’s going to be stepping away from all things in the Trek universe for awhile.
Quinto said in a recent interview,
“I’m stepping away from Star Trek for at least two years, no movies, no conventions, no anything for a while.”
Well considering there is a June 29th, 2012 release slated for Star Trek 2, I imagine his “two years off” might just be from the public eye.
Clearly he will have to return to work on Star Trek for his role in the sequel before two years if he plans to be in it. But it will be pretty close to 2 years before we see Quinto in the ears again, so its mostly accurate.
He does love the fans, and was an inspired choice for a young MrSpock. I don’t think anyone has to worry about him NOT doing the role. He just said he is taking a break for 2 years. He didn’t announce that he never would play Spock again.
