Paul Wesley is showing his support for William Shatner!
03.07.2022 - 00:09 / variety.com
Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterWhen the cast of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” was first announced, much attention was paid to all the legacy “Trek” characters who were getting a new life on the Paramount+ series, from Capt. Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and Lt.
Spock (Ethan Peck) to Cadet Nyota Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding) and Nurse Christine Chapel (Jess Bush).Then there was Lt. Erica Ortegas, one of the only wholly original characters on the series, which takes place on the U.S.S. Enterprise roughly a decade before the events of the original “Star Trek” series from the 1960s.
As the helmsman on the Enterprise under Capt. Pike, Lt. Ortegas — pardon the pun — flew under the radar for “Trek” fans at first.
But as the series nears its Season 1 finale on July 7, Ortegas’ flirtatious wit and nerves of steel have made her a standout on the show, even as other characters have earned more of a spotlight this season. Talking with the actor who plays her, Melissa Navia, it’s easy to understand why. A working actor for over a decade, the 37-year-old has never been afforded a role nearly as prominent as Ortegas.
She’s been relishing both the experience of making the show and watching “Trek” fans embrace it with more unabashed enthusiasm than just about any other iteration of the franchise in decades.“It’s been a beautiful ride so far,” she said. “I’m just still in awe.”Navia’s own exuberance — for “Strange New Worlds,” but, really, for just about anything — is also readily apparent from talking with her for even a few minutes. When the actor’s interview with Variety shifted to questions about Ortegas’ gender and sexual identity (more on that shortly), Navia was asked in passing for her own preferred pronouns.
Paul Wesley is showing his support for William Shatner!
fans got to enjoy a special moment of meta-referencial fun with the meeting of two different Captain James T. Kirks.William Shatner — who originated the role of Captain Kirk on in the late 1960s — was honored with a special handprint ceremony at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday.Paul Wesley — who plays Captain Kirk on the new series on Paramount+ — came out to show his support for the legendary TV star, and the pair posed for photos side-by-side during the ceremony.-- a spin-off of — follows the adventures of Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), Number One (Rebecca Romijn) and Spock (Ethan Peck) in the years before Captain Kirk boards the USS Enterprise, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.was picked up for season 2 in January ahead of the series' launch.Meanwhile, Shatner and Wesley were not the only Captain Kirk portrayers at Comic-Con this weekend.
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reported Mediaite. Pegg — who had stopped by SiriusXM’s “Jim and Sam” radio show — said that he believed that “Star Wars” fans were the hardest. “To be honest — and as someone who kind of was, you know, kicked off about the prequels when they came out, the ‘Star Wars’ fanbase really seems to be the most kind of toxic at the moment,” said Pegg.
Back for real and in-person for the first time in three years, Comic-Con doesn’t truly take off until Thursday, but already the battle lines have been drawn on the streets of San Diego and beyond with billboards, train wraps and banners.
Jim and Sam” show with Jim Norton and Sam Roberts last week, Pegg was asked which of the different franchise fan bases between “Star Wars,” “Star Trek” and “Dr. Who” have been the most toxic to deal with. “As someone who was kicked off about the prequels when they came out, the Star Wars fan base seems to be the most toxic at the moment.
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SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details of the Season 1 finale of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds that dropped today on Paramount+.
Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot developments in the Season 1 finale of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” currently streaming on Paramount+.One day in 2021, Paul Wesley got a call from his agents asking whether he would be interested in playing James T. Kirk, the iconic “Star Trek” character originated by William Shatner in the original “Trek” series from the 1960s.“And I was like, Kirk? The Captain Kirk?” Wesley tells Variety.
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Millie Bobby Brown extends her profitable partnership with Netflix.The actress will star in the Russo Brothers’ upcoming Netflix film, titled “The Electric State.” The Russo Brothers have directed a variety of action and dramas, most notoriously, “Avengers: Endgame” and “Avegers: Infinity War.”Millie Bobby Brown on Will’s sexuality in Stranger Things: ‘He’s just a human being’‘Stranger Things’ fans are stressed out over the fate of their favorite charactersA post shared by Millie Bobby Brown (@milliebobbybrown)The announcement was made through Netflix’s social media, which provided some background on the film. “Set in a retro-futuristic past, it follows an orphaned teen (Brown) as she traverses the American West with a robot and an eccentric drifter in search of her younger brother,” reads the announcement.
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Patrick Stewart received an otherworldly reception on his arrival on stage at this year’s Cannes Lions conference, where he was clearly in his element discussing ‘Long-term Creative Effectiveness – Building Fandoms with the Star Trek Franchise.’