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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1 premieres on Paramount+ on Thursday May 5. Kirk is an established space captain in pop culture. Now it’s Wesley’s turn to reinvent the character yet again. Originally played by Canadian actor William Shatner, Kirk first appeared in.

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Chris Pine played the first “young Captain Kirk” in the recent Star Trek movie series, and did a fabulous job of evoking Shatner’s performance while making Kirk his own. James Tiberius Kirk is a fictional character in the Star Trek media franchise. It seems heretical to recast as iconic a role as Captain Kirk - but Star Trek has already done it once.

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William Shatner played Kirk on three years of Star Trek, plus numerous movies and the Star Trek animated series. The Captain never failed at anything, always got the girl (even when she had. Wesley steps into one of the most famous roles in television history. William Shatners role on the legendary original series Star Trek. Of course, were talking about Star Treks Captain James Tiberius Kirk, the man who won over audiences in the 1960s when played by William Shatner and today has. Like all of us, he is a life-long Star Trek fan and we are excited by his interpretation of this iconic role Paul is an accomplished actor, an astonishing presence and a welcome key addition to the show. Wesley was previously best known for his starring role on The CW series The Vampire Diaries. Here was Strange New Worlds executive producer Alex Kurtzman’s statement on the news:

That’s the first official image of Wesley as Kirk above. Paramount announced today that the show has cast Paul Wesley in Season 2 of Strange New Worlds as the young James T. Kirk would be returning to Star Trek, his young self being portrayed by Vampire Diaries’ Paul Wesley in the second season of Strange. But here is an interesting wrinkle: Strange New Worlds will also feature James T. Last night brought the shocking news that Captain James T.