How the Only Star Trek Prop To Survive Two Movies Made Its Way to the Small Screen
Chris Pine’s captain’s chair from J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek reboot ended up on an Esurance insurance commercial to promote the sequel, Into Darkness.
When you hear the words Star Trek, certain images probably come to mind. Maybe it's Spock's (Leonard Nimoy) distinctive pointy ears, the Starfleet rank insignia on everyone's uniforms, or the various designs of the U.S.S. Enterprise itself. Film and television history has no shortage of instantly recognizable costumes and props (take the ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz, for example), but Star Trek is arguably one of the rare franchises where multiple fictional items have entered the pop culture lexicon.
