Zachary Quinto Meets Leonard Nimoy

USA Today has an article and video interview with Zachary Quinto (Sylar) on his upcoming role in the Star Trek 11 movie, where he’ll be playing young Spock. During the interview, Leonard Nimoy, the original Spock (and who will also be showing up in Star Trek 11) shows up for a quick meet, or “mind meld” if you will. Check out the video of the interview and an article on the meeting over at the USA Today site here, and some stills from it below.

Quinto and Nimoy have become fast friends since meeting briefly at San Diego’s Comic-Con sci-fi convention last month. They had more time to connect during a recent tour of the Griffith Observatory. That led to Nimoy inviting Quinto to his home for dinner.

Though there is speculation about how Abrams will make use of both Spocks in the film, no one is talking. “I honestly … can’t say,” Quinto, 30, says during lunch at the observatory’s cafe after bidding farewell to Nimoy.

But perhaps a tiny clue is revealed. “I think there’s going to be a sense of guidance through this film and beyond,” he says. In Nimoy, 76, Quinto has found a father figure of sorts.