Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Star Teases Emotional Captain Kirk Return
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds star Rebecca Romijn recently teased Captain James T. Kirk's emotional return to television. The series was announced in 2020 as spinoff of Star Trek: Discovery following Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and Spock's (Ethan Peck) appearances during season 2. Strange New Worlds is the latest entry in the long-running franchise since writer-producer Alex Kurtzman was tasked to rebrand the universe for a new audience.
The new show follows on Captain Pike and the crew of the USS Enterprise five years prior to Star Trek: The Original Series, when James T. Kirk would eventually helm the famed Federation starship. Although season 1 includes many The Original Series characters such as Spock, Nyota Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding), Nurse Christine Chapel (Jess Bush), as well as Number One (Romijn) and Doctor M'Benga (Babs Olusanmokun), who both only appeared in a couple of episodes, Kirk was nowhere to be seen. In March, The Vampire Diaries star Paul Wesley was cast as Kirk for the Strange New Worlds season 2.
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Speaking with SFX (via GamesRadar), Romijn hinted at an emotional return for Kirk in the following season of Strange New Worlds. Without divulging much, the actor shared that while she was filming an episode of season 2, she was deeply moved by a moment involving Kirk. Read what Romijn shared in her words below.
«It’s very exciting. We’re actually shooting an episode right now and the very last thing that happens in that episode… I mean certain things happen and you just read it on the page and you burst into tears. That involves Jim Kirk…»
Through two television series, six The Original Series films, one Star Trek: The Next
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