Paul Wesley To Play Capt. Kirk In ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’
etcanada.comPaul Wesley is about to step into some Shatner-sized shoes. As The Hollywood Reporter reports, the former “Vampire Diaries” star has signed on to play Capt.
James T. Kirk in the upcoming spinoff series “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds”, set to stream on Paramount+. READ MORE: Patrick Stewart Talks Season 2 Of ‘Star Trek: Picard’ According to Paramount+, “Strange New Worlds” is based on the years that Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) manned the helm of the U.S.S.
Enterprise. In addition to Mount, other actors reprising their roles from “Star Trek: Discovery” include Rebecca Romijn as Number One and Ethan Peck as Science Officer Spock. “The series will follow Captain Pike, Science Officer Spock and Number One in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S.
Enterprise, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy,” reads the official synopsis. As the synopsis indicates, Wesley’s Kirk won’t be arriving until the show’s second season, with production currently underway in Toronto.
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