Ethan Peck Shaved His Eyebrows to Play Spock on ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’
variety.comScott Mantz In the 56 years of “Star Trek,” no character has come to be more important than Spock. He’s certainly easily recognizable to fans since his introduced in the original series that aired on NBC from 1966 to 1969.But when Ethan Peck’s Spock made his first appearance on Season 2 of “Star Trek: Discovery,” he didn’t look anything like the character made famous by Nimoy, nor did he resemble the Zachary Quinto version from the three Kelvin timeline movies released between 2009 and 2016.Sporting a beard and longer hair, Peck’s Spock was more disheveled and unkempt (due to his ordeal with the Red Angel), which required more detailed prosthetic work from department head Chris Bridges, who won an Emmy for his efforts. “When we see Spock starting off on ‘Discovery,’ he’s sort of in a state of madness,” says Bridges. “The makeup itself was different, because Ethan wasn’t sure he wanted to shave off his brows, which would have made the whole process way easier.
We spent two hours with him every morning. A brow prosthetic would cover his brow, and then we put on a lace brow.”When the time came for the “Star Trek” throwback series “Strange New Worlds,” which finds Spock serving on the pre-Captain Kirk Enterprise under the command of Christopher Pike (played by Anson Mount), the prosthetic design evolved once again, and Spock looked more himself — or rather, the way he did in the first pilot for the series, “The Cage,” filmed in 1964.“[Showrunner] Akiva Goldsman really wanted us to move in that direction,” Peck says. “That was the mission, to kind of achieve this rougher, less logical Spock.
And that really informed a lot of the decisions that were made with regards to my ears, my hair, my eyebrows.”Speaking of Peck’s.
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