Zachary Quinto, who took on the role of Spock for the “Star Trek” revival films, inadvertently started some rumors that he’s done with the franchise after the next film comes out, and took to Twitter recently to clear them up…sort of.
The 35-year old–who can also be seen on this season of “American Horror Story”–said in an interview that he’s thinking of moving in a different direction when “Star Trek: Into Darkness” is finished, which fans took to mean he doesn’t want to get pigeonholed as the iconic character for the rest of his career.
“It’s like an era of association with certain roles—a specific part like Spock, or a kind of part, like Sylar (his character in Heroes)—is coming to an end,” Quinto said.
He later took to Twitter to put his fans at ease, although it may have only confused them even more.
simmer down kids. rumors are rumors for a reason. quotes out of context. let’s let the second movie come out before we talk about a third…
— Zachary Quinto (@ZacharyQuinto) November 19, 2012
Quinto is a big presence on Twitter, and was in the news recently for tweets he sent to Donald Trump regarding his offer to President Obama.
. @realdonaldtrump do you actually take yourself seriously? if so: redirect the energy. seriously. you actually have A LOT more to offer.
— Zachary Quinto (@ZacharyQuinto) November 8, 2012
[email protected]realdonaldtrump imagine if you took all the energy you channel into diminishing your fellow americans and lifted them up instead.
— Zachary Quinto (@ZacharyQuinto) November 8, 2012
. @realdonaldtrump you can’t possibly make any more money. so why don’t you make a difference instead?!
— Zachary Quinto (@ZacharyQuinto) November 8, 2012