Zachary Quinto (left), 31, admitted he found it impossible to form his fingers into the distinctive V-shaped gesture --PHOTO: AP
LOS ANGELES - ALTHOUGH it's considered an intrinsic part of the Star Trek universe, the iconic Vulcan greeting gave film-makers a lot of trouble.
The new Mr Spock - Zachary Quinto - simply couldn't perform it.
Quinto, 31, admitted he found it impossible to form his fingers into the distinctive V-shaped gesture, saying: "It's much harder than it looks. Seriously."
One on-set insider said: "Zach could do the salute some of the time but only after he'd positioned his fingers the right way off-camera.'
According to The Mail on Sunday newspaper in the UK, the the producers of the $150 million blockbuster - which boasts stunning high-tech effects - hit upon a low-tech but logical solution.
"In some scenes he has to do the salute while speaking his lines so they ended up using skin-protective superglue, like they use in hospitals, to stick his fingers together," a source told the Daily Telegraph.
