Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Spock Actor Studied Nimoy's Performance

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds actor Ethan Peck studied Leonard Nimoy's Spock performance in preparation for the show. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is the latest series set in the Star Trek universe to be released on the Paramount+ streaming service. Created by Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzmann and Jenny Lumet, the series will act as a prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series and follow the U.S.S. Enterprise under the command of Captain Christopher Pike. As many may recall, in the pilot episode of The Original Series, the Enterprise was helmed by Captain Pike instead of Captain Kirk, and the news series may offer a glimpse into what might have been. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is set to begin streaming on Paramount+ on May 5.

Strange New Worlds is not the first time the crew of the Enterprise has seen a reimagining, including the character of Captain Pike. Back in 2009, director J.J. Abrams reimagined the world with his own prequel Star Trek project. However, Abrams' film does not exist entirely separately from the original material, as the movie begins with a time-travelling Romulan who kills Captain Kirk's father, creating an alternate timeline which is now known as the Kelvin timeline. With that said, it has been confirmed that Strange New Worlds exists as part of the original timeline, and will likely be more in line with The Original Series.

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Now, Strange New Worlds actor Peck has revealed that he drew on Nimoy's Original Series performance for inspiration for his iteration of Spock. During a panel at Star Trek: Mission Chicago (via TrekMovie.com) Peck revealed that while he is quite a fan of the Kelvin movies (in which Spock is