James McAvoy to play Scotty in JJ Abram’s Star Trek

The Sunday Mirror has reported that James McAvoy has been cast as Scotty in JJ Abram’s Star Trek. Of course, it’s not official confirmation, but at the moment it’s all we have so we’ll go with it!

The rumour has been circulating for a long time now so maybe this story in the Sunday Mirror is the final confirmation we’ve been looking for? A movie insider told the mirror, ““James was up against some famous names. Everyone’s delighted to have him on board.”

Montgomery “Scotty” Scott was the engineer of the Enterprise in the original Star Trek television series. The was played by the late Iris-Canadian actor James Montgomery Doohan. Scotty has a reputation as a miracle worker with no known equal in the Star Trek universe.

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