The Vampire Diaries fame Paul Wesley joins Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 to play James T. Kirk : Bollywood News – Bollywood Hungama

March 16, 2022

Paul Wesley has been roped in to play the enduring position of James T. Kirk in Paramount Plus’ upcoming season of Star Trek sequence which is at present in manufacturing in Toronto.

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The Vampire Diaries fame Paul Wesley joins Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 to play James T. Kirk

As Collider studies, whereas the present’s first season is but to premiere, Wesley’s casting because the well-known U.S.S. Enterprise captain is a large one, because it marks the character’s first look on tv because the character’s preliminary rise to reputation. James T. Kirk was first launched as a personality in Star Trek: The Original sequence performed by William Shatner within the 60s, adopted by Chris Pine taking over the mantle in J.J. Abrams’ 2009 reboot movie.

“Paul is an accomplished actor, an astonishing presence and a welcome key addition to the show,” government producers Alex Kurtzman, Akiva Goldsman, and Henry Alonso Myers stated in an announcement. “Like all of us, he is a life-long Star Trek fan and we are excited by his interpretation of this iconic role.”

Paul Wesley, on Instagram wrote, “I am deeply humbled and still a little startled to have been given the honor of playing the inimitable James T Kirk. Ever since I was a kid, I have been awed by the imaginative world Gene Roddenberry created. Recently, I boarded a flight to LA to discover that the man in the empty seat beside me was the one and only William Shatner, having himself just returned from space. I could barely put two words together but ultimately I managed to say hello and we chatted. I’m not one who usually believes in fate but this was more than a coincidence. And of course I had to get a picture. So thanks Mr. Shatner for the good company. And for seating us together, my thanks to the great bird in the sky. Can’t wait for all of you to see our Captain Kirk on your screens.”

Hello there, Jim @paulwesley will be a part of #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds Season 2 as James T. Kirk! pic.twitter.com/71nYL2czUb

— Star Trek on Paramount+ (@StarTrekOnPPlus) March 15, 2022

A derivative of Star Trek: Discovery, the present follows the adventures of Captain Christopher Pike prior to Kirk turning into captain of the Enterprise. Paul Wesley will seem as a younger model of James T. Kirk. However, there are at present no particulars on whether or not Wesley shall be a sequence common, or have a visitor or recurring position in season two of the stay-motion challenge.

On the work entrance, Paul Wesley is greatest identified for taking part in Stefan Salvatore in The CW hit drama sequence The Vampire Diaries. His different work credit embody Tell Me a Story, 24, Army Wives, Roll Bounce and Before I Disappear. The 39-yr-outdated actor-producer will subsequent be seen in History of Evil.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1 premieres on Paramount+ May 5, 2022.