Interview: Leonard Nimoy

Posted May 23, 2013 09:54:18 PM.

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He plays one of the most iconic characters in modern pop culture.

Leonard Nimoy has been Star Trek’s half Vulcan-half human “Mr. Spock” since 1966 when the original series launched. He continues the Spock legend in the latest movie “Star Trek Into Darkness.”

Showbiz editor Gloria Martin talked to him about the newest incarnation of the franchise and the origins of Mr. Spock’s “Vulcan nerve pinch” and his signature hand blessing “live long and prosper.”

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