Shortly before the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds cast hit the San Diego Comic-Con stage, Anson Mount (Captain Christopher Pike), Ethan Peck (Spock), Christina Chong (La'an Noonien-Singh), Celia Rose Gooding (Nyota Uhura), and Paul Wesley (Captain James T. Kirk) stopped by the Collider studio to talk about making the fantastic Paramount+ series.
During the fun interview, they talked about what it’s really like behind-the-scenes when they’re filming the series, what people would be surprised to earn about how the show is made, the status of Season 2 and how it’s like Season 1 on steroids, how Pike deals with knowing his future, what it was like for Wesley to play Kirk, and what it’s really like filming a scene where you have to eat food.
If you have yet to watch the series, Strange New Worlds takes us back in time before Star Trek, The Original Series, and follows some of the same characters you love. But unlike the recent Star Trek series like Discovery, Strange New Worlds is episodic, so almost every episode brings in new characters and locations. It’s a great series that’s definitely worth your time.
Strange New Worlds also stars Rebecca Romijn as Una Chin-Riley (Number One), Jess Bush as Nurse Christine Chapel, Melissa Navia as Lt. Erica Ortegas, and Babs Olusanmokun as Dr. M’Benga. Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers serve as co-showrunners, with Goldsman, Kurtzman, and Jenny Lumet serve as executive producers in addition to Alonso Myers, Heather Kadin, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth, and Aaron Baiers. The series is produced by CBS Studios, Secret Hideout, and Roddenberry Entertainment.
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