The star who plays Capt.
Christopher Pike knows he’s got great hair.
He says he believes the universe ofTrekhas two owners.
Anson Mount returns as Capt. Pike in ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’.Marni Grossman/Paramount+
Mount is still floored by all of this days after the premiere.
So what’s the secret to the Pike hair?You’ll have to ask Daniel.
You haven’t tried to replicate it yourself at home?I don’t think I could.
Ethan Peck’s Spock, Anson Mount’s Captain Pike, and Rebecca Romijn’s No. 1 assemble for ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.'.James Dimmock/Paramount+
And my daughter seems to be starting to take after me.
I had seen you briefly from afar at theStrange New World’s New York premiere and after party.
Did you get a chance to enjoy yourself?Yeah, we did.
Paul Wesley as James T. Kirk on ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’.Marni Grossman Photography
We had a really great time there.
Not every actor is in that position.
When you choose to go this path, that is a luxury, not a given.
This was as we were in pre-production for theTrekshorts, and it wasn’t even an offer.
It was just a conversation between me and [executive producer] Alex Kurtzman.
He had a soft green light to write a pilot.
And then it was a blur of a couple of years after that, between development and COVID.
But that was all in the abstract.
So, I guess the reality of it was a shock.
For a long time and they didn’t really have me or Ethan Peck orRebecca Romijnunder option.
So, I started to think maybe they were going to let this go.
Many have said thatStrange New Worldsfeels like it’s channeling the originalTrekin many ways.
Was that the goal for you guys on this show?I’m not sure.
I’m not really in a position to make things my goal.
But I did know that I wanted to do an episodic Star Trek show.
That was very important to me.
It was also important that we do something that is based on exploration and fun.
I think that everybody was on board with that as well.
There was just something in the zeitgeist that people were craving.
I watched the premiere as I’m simultaneously watchingPicardwith Patrick Stewart.
But also that there’s something inherently curious in our species.
There’s something about us that wants, that needs to explore.
Let’s do that."
If you look at it on paper, it doesn’t make any sense at all.
But there is something in us that needs to reach out to the unknown, to the other.
I think that that’s the meat and potatoes of Star Trek.
BeforeStar Trek, you were notably on this other genre showInhumans.
No, sorry to say.
I need to support Star Trek in this moment.
And obviously there, I can’t speak out of school right now about certain things.
It’s hard to believe that it had been three years of planning and working and finessing.
I think actors are the kinds of people that really like to give gifts.
It feels a little bit like that.
And not to be overly confident, but I feel like we’ve got the right present.
Have you had a chance to work with him yet?Yeah.
We’ve had a lot of fun.
We welcomed him right into the family immediately.
Good guy, and I thought he was well cast.
It’s in my contract to get a finger cut off if I tell you, brother.
