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Fun Facts About Leonard Nimoy And Spock From Star Trek   As we all know, unless you're one of "Those" people, Leonard Nimoy played Spock, the most iconic character from Star Trek.   Fact One: Deforest Kelly was offered the role of Spock before Leonard Nimoy.   Yep, DeForest Kelly, who eventually went on to play I'm-A-Doctor-Jim-Not-A-Martian, Doctor "Bones" McCoy, was offered the role of the "Alien From Mars" in 1964. He turned it down as it would be illogical, Captain.   Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek even offered the role of Spock to Adam West, who was Batman in the original cheesy Batman television series. But Adam West couldn't fit it into his schedule as he was filming the movie Robison Crusoe on Mars at the time.   The role finally went to Leonard Nimoy after Roddenberry remembered him from his guest appearance in the pilot show. Skinny, pale, sharp facial features, Michael Jackson wasn't available ei...

1. Star Trek was created by Gene Roddenberry and first aired in the United States in 1966. At the time, it wasn't greatly popular, and it was expensive to make, so the studio cancelled it after only 3 seasons. It was brought back in 1979 for one of the worst Star Trek movies ever to be made. The actual worst Star Trek Movie is, of course, Star Trek 5, The Final Frontier. It was directed by William-My-Captain-My-Captain-Shatner, which kinda explains why it was rubbish. Sorry, Just had to get that off my chest. Back to the Spock fact: NBC, the studio which made Star Trek, actually told its creator, Gene Roddenberry, to get rid of the pointy-eared guy. Roddenberry refused and the pointy-eared guy became the icon we know as Spock. 2. The Vulcan hand gesture made famous by Spock, used as a greeting much like humans would shake hands, and also whenever Spock said, "Live long and prosper," or, "Have you seen my ...