Leonard Nimoy Gives Us More Info On His Fringe Role

Leonard Nimoy has been cast as William Bell, the international man of mystery behind Massive Dynamic and former lab partner of Walter Bishop. Recently, Leonard spoke with Entertainment Weekly and gave them a bit more detail into his role and how he came to be involved.

A Taste:

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You worked with J.J. on Trek. Is that how this role came about?
LEONARD NIMOY:Yeah, he called me and said: “We have this character that’s been referred to but never seen.” He gave me some backstory on the guy and sent me some episodes to look at. I think the show’s extremely well done. And there’s enough intrigue about the guy to make it interesting.

Catch the rest at EW.