Zachary Quinto Says Goodbye To Leonard Nimoy In Touching Message, Two 'Star Trek' Actors Were 'Like Family'
Leonard Nimoy was "like family" to Star Trek's second Spock, Zachary Quinto.
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The first Vulcan to capture Trekkies hearts passed away on Feb. 27 at the age of 83, and Quinto took to Instagram to say goodbye to his mentor and friend on Friday.
"My heart is broken," Quinto wrote. "I love you profoundly my dear friend. And I will miss you everyday. May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest."
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Nimoy passed Spock's pointy ears and logical outlook to Quinto when JJ Abrams rebooted the 1960's series with the Star Trek movie in 2009. While Nimoy kept his role as the original and future version of the character, Quinto became a reimagined version of the Vulcan in a new timeline.
The pair worked together on both Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness, and Quinto previously gave high praise to the actor and their friendship.
"I never expected when I got that job and met him that we would forge such a powerful friendship," Quinto told Entertainment Weekly. "I love him, his wife. They're like family to me, 100 percent. Like second parents, for sure."
See the two actors face off in "The Challenge" for Audi.
