Strange New Worlds Season 2 Interview: Anson Mount & Rebecca Romijn on Lower Decks Crossover Episode
69Showrunners Akiva Goldsman and Henry Myers’ prequel series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds returns with Season 2 this month, premiering on Paramount+ on June 15. But before we catch back up with Captain Christopher Pike and his Number One, Collider’s Steve Weintraub spoke with the stars behind the USS Enterprise’s first and second in command, Anson Mount and Rebecca Romijn, on the upcoming episodes, and what the pair could tease for fans.
Last year, Strange New Worlds expanded the Star Trek Universe in ways new and old, taking us back a decade before Captain Kirk (William Shatner) helmed the Enterprise in Star Trek: The Original Series. It’s a return to the classic episodic adventures that first captured spacefaring fans so many years ago, and Season 2 is bringing new imaginative worlds, aliens, and a surprise crossover with another spinoff series, the animated Star Trek: Lower Decks. Without giving away too much, Mount admits the crossover was a world he wasn’t quite ready to boldly explore when Goldsman and Myers first revealed their plans, believing the duo may have “lost their minds," in fact.
In Collider’s interview with Mount and Romijin, which you can watch or read below, Weintraub asks how they felt about the crossover, directed by Star Trek alum and legend, Jonathan Frakes, and both have a lot to say about their temporary co-stars, Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid. Though they have to keep it pretty mum, lest they lose their fingers, we do find out that this season will be taking some “big swings genre-wise,” as well as big risks, and Mount promises the journey ahead will involve “things that Star Trek has never done before,” which kept the energy up during production to the very final episode. Season 2 will see the return of Ethan Peck, Melissa Navia, Celia Rose Gooding, Paul Wesley, Jess Bush, Babs Olunsanmokun, and introduce Carol Kane as the Enterprise’s new Chief Engineer, Pelia.
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