US actor
Star Trek Captain Mount via new series
Actor Anson Mount on the red carpet in Berlin. photo
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“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” is considered an offshoot of the series “Discovery”, in which Anson Mount was already seen as the predecessor of Captain Kirk. The streaming service Paramount+ is now showing them in Germany.
American actor Anson Mount (49) is pleased with the popularity of his role as Star Trek captain Pike. “I’ve never had such a tremendous fan reaction in my career as I did after Discovery. It was overwhelming when they came up to me and said they were doing an extra series about my character,” said Mount (“City by the Sea”) of the German Press Agency in Berlin. “It’s really special to share the series with the fans. It took exactly three years from the idea to the airing in the US. It was a long way.”
The “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” series, which has been on the new streaming service Paramount+ in Germany since Thursday, is considered an offshoot of the “Discovery” series, in which Mount was also seen as Captain Kirk’s predecessor.
“We wanted to create the excitement that the original series inspires with this classic Star Trek series. It’s a new planet, a new adventure, a new story,” the US actor continued.