was the first time
we were actually filming with him.
And it was literally like...
He was so impactful that I forgot...
Akiva Goldsman to the right, right there.
Akiva Goldsman. Now he's gone.
But I gotta say that Zachary,
he was so good
that I actually forgot sometimes
what Nimoy's Spock was like.
He became Spock in a way
that I'd have to actually think
to differentiate them in my mind.
It's very strange.
J.J., can you please tell the story
of doing ADR with the Council?
-With the Council.
-Yeah, the gentleman...
ADR, by the way, is dialogue
that is recorded after the fact.
Additional dialogue recording.
That actor, who he's speaking with,
whose name eludes me,
this is horrible. Oh, God.
See, now it's not a good story.
Anyway, I met him at the ADR,
and I said,
"Hey, how you doing? Good to see you."
He's like, "Yes." I said,
"Did you have fun doing the movie?"
He was like,
"The director was a slave driver."
And he started talking about
the director, not realising it was me.
-And I was like, "What?"
-He's like,
-"He had me do three hours of it."
-Hilarious.
And I didn't know if he was joking.
And I was like, "I'm J.J."
He's like, "Oh, sorry. Sorry!
-"Did I say slave driver?"
-I meant...
"Where I come from,
that is a term of affection."
"Where I come from,
that is a term of affection."
-It's awesome.
-Yeah, it was great.
I love the song choice here.
Now we're back in Iowa.
And I think that this is just such
an awesome way to introduce Uhura.
I just love that walk. It basically tells you
everything you need to know
about her right there.
She is spectacular.
Yeah, we shot this
at an American Legion.
This song was written
by our director, J.J. Abrams.
-I did the song.
-Slave driver.
I believe it's called, I Love My Puppy.
-What's it called?
-With George Jaculius.
But it's got a funny name.
It's a weird name.
It's Kurosawa backwards.
J.J., who is that sitting next to,
not next to Uhura,
but on that gentleman's left?
If you look right here,
that's my dad right there.
-And now that's Chris Pine.
-Before Pine enters frame, yeah.
And next to my dad is my wife's father.
So it's Gerald Abrams and Jim McGrath.
I love how Kirk's entrance
is basically like,
the camera
is just about to reveal J.J.'s dad,
and then,
"Hello, Chris Pine, star of the movie."
Was your dad difficult to work with?
It took us about a week longer
to do this sequence than it would have.
He also thinks you're a slave driver.
By the way, the gentleman
sitting between Kirk and Uhura,
-that's not makeup. No, he...
-That's so weird.
Bryan Burk, ladies and gentlemen.
That's amazing makeup
by Barney Burman.
And I never, during the, I think,
three days we were in this set,
I never met that man
without his makeup on.
So I only knew him... And the
character's name literally was Bryan.
I swear to God.
And I just knew him with that makeup.
And then the other night,
I was at a party,
and this guy comes up to me
and he's like,
"Hi, I was the guy at the bar."
I actually got to meet him.
-And that guy?
-Bryan Burk.
Mr Will Ferrell.
True story.
-Not a true story.
-Not a true story.
And here's another place where I think
there were, like, key dialogue lifts
that basically really punched it up.
Because their flirtation lasted for
-a page and a half, I think.
-It went on a little longer.
And here's the "cupcake."
You know, he used to say,
"A joke, like your hairline,"
which I always thought was funny,
but maybe not.
It's not funny to me.
By the way, the stuntman who,
in this moment...
There was a very weird move here.
We ended up kind of cutting it down.
But, in this moment here, when he falls,
right there... Oh, man, that really hurt.
Did he land on his head? 'Cause it really
looks like he landed on his head.
Yeah, he really did.
Yeah, it was bad. Oh, no, sorry.
He's fine.
That's a great Harrison Ford moment
right there.
By the way, I think the