{"id":16929,"date":"2022-06-14T14:00:55","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1660704"},"modified":"2022-06-14T14:29:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T12:29:08","slug":"strange-new-worlds-star-wants-to-cover-pikes-eventual-end","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/strange-new-worlds-star-wants-to-cover-pikes-eventual-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange New Worlds star wants to cover Pike\u2019s \u201ceventual end\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Patrick Cremona\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 14 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Captain\u00a0Christopher Pike star Anson Mount has revealed his hopes for the character in future seasons of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds<\/a> \u2013 saying he wants to cover his \u201ceventual end\u201d.<\/p>\n

The actor \u2013 who first appeared as Captain Kirk\u2019s predecessor in season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery before reprising the role for the new series \u2013 explained exclusively to\u00a0 RadioTimes.com<\/a> that he hopes he gets to live out Pike\u2019s entire arc.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like to be surprised as an actor,\u201d he said, ahead of the show\u2019s UK premiere on Paramount Plus<\/a> on Wednesday 22nd June. \u201cAnd I don\u2019t like having too much say in where a character is going because I think the most dangerous thing in the world is an actor with power.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I think it would be\u2026 I love the fact that in the age of streaming television, shows now have a beginning, a middle and an end. They\u2019re not just cancelled, the studios and networks, they\u2019ve learned that for something that has a shelf life, it has to be a contained whole.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd so with this one, I would love to see this show through to Pike\u2019s eventual end,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n<p dir=\""auto"\">Fans of the original series will know exactly what that ending is \u2013 and indeed it\u2019s referenced heavily in Strange New Worlds \u2013 but for now Mount is just enjoying taking part in a show that puts fun front and centre.<\/p>\n<p dir=\""auto"\">\u201cThere\u2019s an optimism and a sense of fun from the original series that we really wanted to inject into this,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p dir=\""auto"\">\u201cAnd I also think that going episodic, it obviously allows us to have the big idea of the week, the planet of the week. There\u2019s more sense of adventure when there\u2019s more room for that.\u201d<\/p> <p dir=\""auto"\">He continued: \u201cBut what it also does is it gives us the freedom to not only have different stories each week, but different ways to get there. So each episode can be its own standalone, not just story, but its own kind of thing.<\/p>\n<p dir=\""auto"\">\u201cSo we\u2019ve been encouraging our directors to come with very strong takes on the look, even the genre that they want to dive into. So we\u2019ve been having a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\""auto"\"><em>Additional reporting by Olivia Garrett.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will premiere on <a href=\"\/\/paramountplus.qflm.net\/c\/1236178\/175360\/3065?subId1=radiotimes-0&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paramountplus.com%2Fgb%2F"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""sponsored" noopener noreferrer\">Paramount Plus UK<\/a> on 22nd June 2022. 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