Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Paul Wesley calls William Shatner "a lovely guy" who has been supportive of his performance as the young James T. Kirk. Wesley is the first actor to portray Kirk on television since Shatner himself, and his version on Strange New Worlds, Lt. James T. Kirk, is the younger iteration of the Captain of the USS Enterprise William Shatner originated in Star Trek: The Original Series. Wesley has also portrayed two other alternate timeline versions of Captain Kirk on Strange New Worlds, and Paul has won a Saturn Award for his portrayal of Kirk.
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