McAvoy not sure about Scotty

James McAvoy who has been approached to play Star Trek’s engineering genius Montgomery Scott (Scotty) in the new Star Trek movie has doubts about playing one of Star Trek’s best known characters because he doesn’t want to become typecast.

The latest movie will be a prequel to the original 1960’s series. McAvoy thinks the role needs more depth to the character before he will consider taking it on, as he doesn’t want to just focus on Scotty’s Scottish heritage.

McAvoy had this to say, “I love ‘Star Trek’ but Scotty was just shown as a Scotsman, and nothing else.”

Personal note: I’m sure Scotty wasn’t only shown as a Scot, wasn’t he also the best engineer in Starfleet? There’s more to Scotty that his heritage.