John Orquiola is a New & Classic TV Editor, Senior Writer, and Interviewer with a special focus on Star Trek. John has over 5,000 published articles at SR, and he has interviewed the biggest names in Star Trek on the red carpet and VIP events, among other beloved shows, movies, and franchises.
ScreenRant: What has been your favorite time playing Kirk so far, or is it still to come?
Paul Wesley: “Um, it's very hard because, you know, ‘favorite.’ There's always something special about many different moments. I will say, it was announced, as you guys know, that we cast Bones and we cast Sulu. We obviously have Spock, and I will say without giving anything away that there was something truly magical about having these characters on screen together. Our own version of it. When we were on set, I was like, ‘Wow, there's something magical here. There's something working.’ The chemistry's on point, and certainly, that was the case for The Original Series, and I think we have a bit of a semblance of that as well.”Before Star Trek: Strange New Worlds wrapped filming the series finale, Paramount+ revealed that and Kai Murakami will appear as Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu. Both iconic characters will appear in Strange New Worlds' final episode, completing Captain Kirk's Starship Enterprise crew. (Ensign Pavel Chekov doesn't come aboard until Star Trek: The Original Series season 2.)
Wesley praising the cast's "chemistry" being "on point" is an exciting prospect. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' casting has been consistently stellar. Along with Wesley's Kirk, Ethan Peck's Mr. Spock,
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 4 is streaming on Paramount+
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2022 - 2027-00-00
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Paramount+
Henry Alonso Myers, Akiva Goldsman
Dan Liu, Amanda Row, Maja Vrvilo, Akiva Goldsman, Dermott Downs, Eduardo Sánchez, Jeffrey W. Byrd,
Captain Christopher Pike
Spock