We’ve been hearing a lot recently about the less serialised storytelling in the upcoming Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Recently executive producer Akiva Goldmans touched on how the series takes inspiration from the classic Original Series with episodic stories alongside serialised character arcs.
Now, in a new interview with Collider actor Anson Mount, returning as Captain Pike for the series, weighed in on the more classic storytelling approach.
“Well, I think that Star Trek is, by nature, episodic,” he said. “Now, that doesn’t mean that Star Trek can’t be other things. Star Trek can be a lot of things, as we’ve seen in every iteration of it. But classic Trek is really founded on the big idea of the week, and the big idea of the week needs room to breathe. In serialized structure, you’re trying to take care of so many relationships that there doesn’t tend to be a lot of room for that. Now with that said, I think Discovery does a phenomenal job with that structure and I was very fortunate to be a part of it. Normally, serialized is my taste, as an actor, but this really felt like it needed to be episodic.”
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds reunites Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike, Rebecca Romjin as Number One and Ethan Peck as Spock. The series also stars Babs Olusanmokun (Black Mirror, Dune), Christina Chong (Tom and Jerry, Black Mirror), Celia Rose Gooding (Jagged Little Pill), Jess Bush (Skinford, Les Norton) and Melissa Navia (Dietland, Billions) in undisclosed roles.
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