I knew why they came to me [to direct the film]. They know i can make big-budget movies. But at the same time, I had to find the appropriate journey for this movie.

So yeah, there is a lot of action, but it can’t be action for action’s sake. In a very short amount of time I had to maek sure that they understoon that I know that that’s where commerce and art collide.

It’s my job to make sure that the action is appropriate, it’s organic, it’s something that can be embraced by people who like ‘Star Trek.’

‘Star Trek’ is, I think, the only franchise that’s been able to cross over from TV with a limited budget to mega-franchise; that’s part of the DNA of ‘Star Trek.’ So for Simon and Doug [Jung] and I, our challenge was to bring that.

We know this is a big-budget movie, but at the same time let’s not forget that we can have two characters in a room talking, and if we do our job right it’s equally compelling. That’s something we definitely took to heart.