The William Shatner Kirk Cameo that was cut from the Script

As you know William Shatner's Captain Kirk did not make it into the new Star Trek movie. But if he did make an appearance how would he have been placed in the movie? There was a point where Captain Kirk was in the script of the film, in which they had a scene with Shatner. Screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci did an interview with io9 in which they tell us about the cut scene.

Orci: We wrote it, it was in the script.

Kurtzman: The very last scene when Spock and Spock meet each other, finally. And elder Spock is convincing young Spock that he couldn't interfere, because it would have diverted [Kirk and Spock] away from their friendship. And that their friendship is the key to the whole sort of shebang.

Orci: He gave him a recorded message from Kirk.

Kurtzman: He [elder Spock] said, "Don't take my word for it." And he handed him [younger Spock] a little holographic device and it projected Shatner. It was basically a Happy Birthday wish knowing that Spock was going to go off to Romulus, and Kirk would probably be dead by the time...

Orci: It turned into a voiceover, at the end of the movie.

Kurtzman: So It was a nod too, but it ultimately felt like a cameo, in a way that wasn't.

Orci: I still liked it [Laughs].

Well, if I was Shatner I probably would not have wanted to be in the movie either. The cameo is barely there. I really don't have a problem with this scene, at the same time it would have been just a way to throw Shatner in the film. The movie worked fine without it and we really didn't miss out on anything. Who knows maybe they will find out a way to bring him back into a sequel, although I would prefer that they don't. I just don't see how they could do it without compromising the story.

What do you think about it?

Source: i09