Sebastian Stan did a Shatner cosplay photo shoot to try to land Star Trek (2009) Stan was so hungry for the part of Captain Kirk that he did a photoshoot of himself as William Shatner and sent it ...

Chris Pine ultimately beat out Stan to play Captain Kirk in Abrams’ reboot of the franchise, as well as the sequels Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) and Star Trek Beyond (2016).

Sebastian Stan was up for the role of Captain Kirk in the most recent Star Trek films as well as Hal Jordan in the 2011 Green Lantern film.

Makeup artist Mike Marino warned Sebastian Stan that transforming him for his latest role in A24’s “ A Different Man ” would require much more from the actor than just wearing a mask.