This would force Spock to resign, and then Kirk could assume command of theEnterprisein order to stop Nero.Lucius Fox had been demoted to company president.Terrorist Bane interrupted the assembled board meeting, and took three individuals hostage: Fox, Tate, and John Fredericks (John Nolan) who volunteered himself.Romero""s choice of a black lead actor was due to his low budget, but was still revolutionary - the character was the first African-American to play the heroic lead role in a horror film.[Little Caesar also resembled Brooklyn underworld gangster Buggsy Goldstein, and Chicago crime figure Salvatore "Sam" Cardinella.