--- title: Star Trek Beyond: Idris Elba Gave Chris Pine a Black Eye description: Elba, who plays a space villain, got into it with Captain Kirk enough to give him a very real black eye — but Pine thought it was 'great.' canonical: https://time.com/4424014/star-trek-beyond-chris-pine-idris-elba/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-26T16:19:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:47.789Z og:title: Chris Pine Has Idris Elba to Thank for That Black Eye in 'Star Trek' og:description: The actor gave Pine a very real black eye while filming a Star Trek fight. og:url: https://time.com/4424014/star-trek-beyond-chris-pine-idris-elba/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd4c62eb65fb339ef/69889f5b8e06014190466e2f/idris-elba-chris-pine-star-trek.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2828 og:image:height: 1591 og:image:alt: "Star Trek Beyond" New York Premiere og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chris Pine Has Idris Elba to Thank for That Black Eye in 'Star Trek' twitter:description: The actor gave Pine a very real black eye while filming a Star Trek fight. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd4c62eb65fb339ef/69889f5b8e06014190466e2f/idris-elba-chris-pine-star-trek.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chris Pine's Black Eye in _Star Trek Beyond_ Is Very Real, Thanks to Idris Elba > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - JULY 18: Idris Elba and Chris Pine attend the "Star Trek Beyond" New York Premiere at Crosby Street Hotel on July 18, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)Theo Wargo—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 26, 2016 4:19 PM UTC Getting a black eye is not a particularly pleasant experience. But [_Star Trek Beyond_](http://time.com/4413135/star-trek-beyond-review/?iid=sr-link1)actor Chris Pine seems to be something of a masochist, as he said he enjoyed the shiner he got on set — all thanks to Idris Elba, who plays his the villain in the new intergalactic action movie. “It was great,” [Pine told _People_](http://www.people.com/article/chris-pine-gave-idris-elba-black-eye-star-trek-beyond) about that time Elba seriously hit him. “He gave me a black eye, and that was fun, and we used that. He’s a big guy and we tussled and threw some fake punches.” Elba, for his part, seems to think that Pine started it. “He tried it with me, man. I was like, ‘Boom, have that,'” he said in an [interview with _Extra_](http://extratv.com/videos/0-xcap5wbd/). “He’s a show-off, man. We could have covered it up; he just wanted to show everyone that he had a shiner.” Pine’s character, Captain James T. Kirk, does have a long history of appearing onscreen with his face banged up; it seems to be a trademark of the rough-and-tumble captain’s look (and life approach). In fact, many of Pine’s movies find him looking a bit beat up (see: next year’s [_Wonder Woman_](http://time.com/4420538/wonder-woman-trailer-comic-con/?iid=sr-link2); this year’s [_The Finest Hours_](http://time.com/4196105/review-the-finest-hours-chris-pine/?iid=sr-link2)). 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