Yesterday I had the pleasure of travelling to London, to interview the stars of the brand new Star Trek movie plus its director/producer JJ Abrams.

First up was an interview with Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto (aka the young Kirk and the young Spock). The pair are over 6ft tall and were looking quite dashing (Zachary Quinto looked very dapper in his half-Windsor knot tie but he decided to loosen it up half way through the interview because we were only recording for radio and not TV).

Zach decided to sit on the floor for our chat where I quickly joined him (in the plush suites of Claridges famous hotel, their floors are very comfy and you might as well be sitting on a chair). Chris however didn't want to ruin his fancy trousers so opted to stay on the couch.

We talked about how they knew each other before the movie, about the old Kirk and Spock, Zach being half-Irish, and who would win a celebrity death-match between their two characters. 

Listen to the interview in full

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During the interview Zach was drinking a Red Bull and was a bit upset when he managed to get some on his lovely shirt. When we took a photo for the blog he decided he'd try to use my hair to cover up the evidence - see if you can spot the Red Bull stain in the pic below...(and you probably can't tell but I'm standing on my tippy-toes) 

Then it was time to say goodbye to the gorgeous pair and wait for my turn with JJ Abrams. As Abrams is a writer/creator/director/producer who is responsible for the likes of Alias, Lost, Fringe (on TV) and Mission:Impossible III and Cloverfield (on the big screen). I was very excited about meeting the busiest man in Hollywood and he didn't disappoint. Especially as he was on his famous Blackberry that never sleeps when I arrived in the room and it continued to flash away during the interview. He really is LA's most wanted man.

However, he was gracious and chatty and you could tell here was a man who dreamt all his life about doing this stuff and still has to pinch himself sometimes when he realises he's actually living the dream...

We spoke about how as a kid he was actually present in Paramount studios for the unveiling of the first ever Star Trek movie and now 30 years later, he's the one doing the unveiling. We also chatted about Lost (well, I had to ask), his unanswered letters to Spielberg (he wrote them as a kid) and the fact he has the actual Regan's tongue from The Exorcist.

Listen to the interview in full..

Then it was time to say goodbye but not before we got the chance to take a photo (and I gushed to him about how much I loved the movie). He seemed genuinely touched when I told him the bunch of journos I watched it with last week wanted to see it again immediately afterwards... and then it was back to the Blackberry and the million and one projects he's involved with right now.

 Amanda