Editing Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (section)

==Cast==
[[File:William Shatner.jpg|thumb|upright|Shatner reprised his role as Capt. Kirk and also served as director.]]
* [[William Shatner]] as Captain [[James T. Kirk]]. Shatner practiced [[aerobics]] and [[strength training]] daily to prepare for the role. The physical activity and directing duties meant he woke at 4&nbsp;a.m. every day during filming, no matter what time he fell asleep.<ref name="dillard" />
* [[Leonard Nimoy]] as [[Spock]], the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s half-Vulcan, half-human science officer. Nimoy noted ''The Final Frontier'' was the most physical film in the series, which reflected Shatner's energetic sensibility and what he enjoyed doing most on the show—"running and jumping". Nimoy recalled Shatner's attempts to instruct him in riding a horse, although Nimoy had ridden many horses bareback when playing American Indian roles for [[Republic Pictures]] serials.<ref name="dillard" />
* [[DeForest Kelley]] as [[Leonard McCoy]], chief medical officer. Kelley also noted the physicality required for the film and enjoyed doing things that he had not been asked to do in years. "I was very pleased to see that he [Shatner] brought it along in fine style," he said.<ref name="dillard" /> Kelley noted that his own ambition to direct had deserted him after seeing difficulties Nimoy faced directing the previous two ''Star Trek'' films.<ref name="shatner-182">Shatner, 182.</ref>
* [[Laurence Luckinbill]] plays [[Sybok]]. [[Sean Connery]] was originally contacted to star in the role, but was busy with ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'';<ref name="dillard" /> the mythical planet Sha Ka Ree was named in his honour.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Okuda |first1=Michael |author-link1=Michael Okuda |last2=Okuda |first2=Denise |author-link2=Denise Okuda |date=2016 |title=The Star Trek Encyclopedia, 4th ed.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Shatner |first=Lisabeth |author-link=Lisabeth Shatner |date=1989 |title=Captain's Log: William Shatner's Personal Account of the Making of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier}}</ref> Shatner discovered Luckinbill by chance; channel surfing late one night, he saw him perform as [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].<ref name="shatnerkreski-238" /> When Shatner called to offer him the role, Luckinbill accepted immediately.<ref name="shatnerkreski-240">Shatner & Kreski, 240.</ref>

The other members of the USS ''Enterprise''-A crew include chief engineer [[Scotty (Star Trek)|Montgomery Scott]] ([[James Doohan]]), helmsman [[Hikaru Sulu]] ([[George Takei]]), navigator [[Pavel Chekov]] ([[Walter Koenig]]), and communications officer [[Uhura|Nyota Uhura]] ([[Nichelle Nichols]]). Takei said that, despite studio pressure to complete the film on time, Shatner maintained a creative and enthusiastic atmosphere on set. "I have enormous admiration for his ability to block that kind of pressure from seeping on to the set."<ref name="dillard" />  Takei said that he found the biggest challenge of the film was learning to ride horses.<ref name="shatner-192">Shatner, 192.</ref> Moreover, Takei acknowledged, "despite our sometimes strained personal history, I found working with Bill [Shatner] as a director to be surprisingly pleasant."<ref>{{cite book | title=To the Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei, Star Trek's Mr. Sulu| last=Takei| first=George| publisher=[[Pocket Books]]| year=1994| isbn=0-671-89008-5| pages=pictures with captions 15| no-pp=true| url=https://archive.org/details/tostarsautobiogr00take_0}}</ref>

Casting director Bill Shepard was in charge of filling additional roles. He combed through initial auditions with promising actors, then presented his choices to Shatner. Both men called the actors back as many as two or three times before each role was cast.<ref name="shatner-77">Shatner, 77–78.</ref> Additional players include Todd Bryant as Klingon Captain Klaa, with [[Spice Williams-Crosby]] as Vixis, Klaa's lieutenant. Bryant was playing [[Table tennis|ping pong]] at a beach party when a casting director offered him the role. Bryant performed his audition twice, as Shatner requested that he repeat his performance speaking in Klingon. Williams-Crosby thought Vixis was Kirk's girlfriend when she arrived for her audition, but recalled afterwards that it was "fun" to play a villain.<ref name="that klingon couple">Special features: "That Klingon Couple".</ref> [[David Warner (actor)|David Warner]], [[Charles Cooper (actor)|Charles Cooper]], and [[Cynthia Gouw]] play the Federation, Klingon, and Romulan ambassadors to Nimbus III.<ref>{{cite news|author=Staff|date=August 16, 2002|title=Names & Faces|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|page=C3}}</ref> Warner did not audition, but agreed to the role after Shatner swore that his character would survive the film. The director originally intended [[George Murdock (actor)|George Murdock]] to play the Klingon diplomat Korrd, but changed his mind on seeing Cooper's performance. Murdock was recast as the "God" entity.<ref name="shatner-77"/> [[Bill Quinn]] played McCoy's father in one of his last roles.<ref>{{cite news|author=Staff|date=May 3, 1994|title=Bill Quinn|work=[[Daily Variety]]|at=sec. Obituaries}}</ref> Producer [[Harve Bennett]] made a cameo as a Starfleet admiral.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startrek.com/database_article/bennett-harve|title=Database article; Bennett, Harve|work=StarTrek.com|publisher=CBS Entertainment|access-date=April 12, 2011|archive-date=April 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402044725/http://www.startrek.com/database_article/bennett-harve|url-status=live}}</ref>