In a September 2025 interview with Entertainment Tonight, alongside his Star Trek: Strange New Worlds castmate, Paul Wesley, Peck said he was initially nervous about playing Spock. As fans are aware, the deadpan, pointed ear character was originated by the late Leonard Nimoy on Star Trek: The Original Series, which ran for three seasons until 1969. Peck started playing a younger version of Spock during the second season of Star Trek: Discovery, which aired in 2019.
"I was in like disbelief. It was a character I never expected to be up for," said Peck, who currently plays the character on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which premiered in 2022.
"I was just really afraid that I wouldn't be able to be consistent and sort of tackle the legacy of the character because it's really heavy," said Peck in the Entertainment Tonight interview.
Ethan Peck Said He Had to Go on a 'Journey of Discovery' After He Landed the Role of Spock
"Like how am I going to live up to this character to the expectations of the fans? Am I worthy of this? It was just such a massive moment," said Peck in the interview.
"When I auditioned for it I didn't know what role it was. And so if something in me sort of lent itself to this character, and I didn't understand what that was in the moment, so I had to kind of go on that journey of discovery," explained Peck while speaking to InStyle.
"It deals with some really big abstract concepts of existentialism and infinity. And these thoughts and ideas were really frightening to me as a child I remember, like, watching and being kind of, like, spooked out by it," said Peck during the 2023 interview.
The fifth and final season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is currently in production.
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