Would have been perfect in...

Maybe we'll get lucky and future Trek movies will have flashbacks of Kirk's childhood, and they'll use this actor instead...

I guess it depends on your reasoning. If it's because of acting ability, I can't really agree. Jimmy Bennett, who played Young James T. Kirk in Star Trek (2009), only had 2 lines as I recall. So, I don't see that it would make a difference. If you are saying this because of Dakota Goyo looks more like a young version of Chris Pine, who played the adult Kirk, I actually do agree. Goyo looks much more like Pine than Bennett does.


Haley's Comet
"All I know is the child is my warrant, and if he is not the word of God, then God never spoke."

I assume Bennett's limited role as young Kirk compared to the actor who portrayed young Spock, who got a lot more lines and even a fight scene, was due to his lack of resemblance to Pine, but also perhaps because of his acting ability. I didn't see enough to say "what a great actor," but I did see that from Goyo from the moment he opened his mouth in Real Steel.