Star Trek She debuted the new Captain James T. Kirk – the role that William Shatner made iconic in the classic Star Trek TV series. It has been announced that Vampire Diaries star Paul Wesley will take on the role of Captain Kirk in the new series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – prequel to Star Trek TOS. It has been a mystery when and how Kirk will appear in Paul Wesley Strange new worlds – But we know now.
(Warning – Star Trek: Spoilers Follow Strange New Worlds)
Paul Wesley’s Kirk made his debut in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds The first season finale, “The Quality of Mercy” – and it’s big!
After Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) attempts to alter his doomed future, he meets a futuristic version of himself from an alternate timeline – where Pike cheated death. This alternate sends Prime Timeline Pike into the alternate past, to find out why, exactly, he must accept his horrible fate — and all that comes with it. During the “It’s A (Not So) Wonderful Life” experience, Pike meets a one-of-a-kind captain: James T. Kirk.
Pike and Kirk (and the rest of the Enterprise crew) work together to defeat Romulan’s Bird of Prey outpost – but they also end up starting a war between the Romulans and the Federation, as Variant Pike reveals that it kills billions and continues for years. Pike eventually returns to his own timeline realizing that his sacrifice will set in motion events – particularly in Spock’s life – that are essential to the main timeline. Baek’s experiment with an alternate universe also triggers another big event: Baek’s consideration for him The universe version of James T. Kirk, in which he saw a worthy successor to the establishment.
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as such Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Show co-host Henry Alonso Myers explained to ComicBook that Paul Wesley wasn’t the Kirk option that many had in mind – but Star Trek’s selection directors knew better:
We auditioned for a bunch of people. We talked to a bunch of people. Look, we saw some really interesting talented actors, but when it came to embodying the spirit and ideas of James T. Kirk, he was the one we all saw and were like, ‘Oh yeah,'” he explains Myers.” And I have to give credit to Margaery Simkin and Orly Sitowitz, who are casting directors, because they were like, ‘We think Paul Wesley.’ And we were like, ‘Really? Impressive.’
Talk to Paul Wesley THR About taking on the role of Kirk. As the actor points out, he got past a lot of the pressures of the performance by first introducing him as an alternate universe version of Kirk, shaped by a very different history in a reality in which Captain Pike never abandoned the establishment:
“Obviously, the Season 1 finale is an alternate timeline that doesn’t exist, because it takes place in the future. He’s not the leader of the Enterprise. He’s never met Spock, and he’s never had all of these experiences. It’s Kirk who has been shaped differently,” Wesley excel. “So at the end of the season, it was really open to interpretation.”
Wesley also reveals how far he looks back to highlight these Kirk behaviors:
“I rewatched every episode of TOS, trying to understand the position or where I put my hands – I really feel at home in that chair…that was one of the things I needed to understand, so it felt like I’ve been sitting there a thousand times and that’s it the case in this [Captain Kirk] Clothes. I know this outfit. I feel at home in it.”
Finally, Wesley teases the upcoming debut of Captain Kirk who will go on to fulfill the fate we know he will have – when Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 returns.
“In Season 2, we meet Kirk who we know best. I think the most important thing is to respect the important pillars of his character: his morals, his incredible instincts, his bravery, his empathy for others and how protective he is of his crew.”
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1 is streaming now Paramount +.
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