During a July 2026 interview with Stream Wars, alongside his castmates Celia Rose Goodingand Rebecca Romijn, Mount explained that he was contacted about Star Trek: Discovery after his series, Hell on Wheels, ended in 2016. Mount, who is a long-time fan of Star Trek, said he was immediately interested in starring in Star Trek: Discovery, which had a five-season run until 2024. The actor then revealed that he was in talks to play Captain Gabriel Lorca, a role that eventually went to Jason Isaacs.
He went on to say that he eventually was happy about not being chosen to play Lorca because he ended up being cast as Captain Pike for the second season of Star Trek: Discovery, which premiered in 2019.
Anson Mount Revealed How He Became Interested in 'Star Trek'
During a July 2026 interview on The Social, Mount shared that he became a fan of Star Trek after his mother introduced him to Star Trek: The Original Series "when [he] was about seven or eight." He clarified that he watched the series, which had a three-season run until 1969, while it "was running in syndication."
He then said, however, that he never believed that he would ever end up starring in a Star Trek project.
The fourth season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds began airing on July 23.
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