Ed Speleers wowed audiences as Jack Crusher in Star Trek: Picard season 3, but the British actor also auditioned for the role of Lt. James T. Kirk in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and he was “pissed off” he didn’t get it. Paul Wesley from The Vampire Diaries was tapped to play Strange New Worlds‘ young Kirk. Meanwhile, Speleers was Star Trek: Picard season 3 showrunner Terry Matalas’ first and only choice for the role of Jack Crusher, the son of Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), and Speleers was crucial to the success of Star Trek: Picard season 3.
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