Star Trek: Strange New Worlds star Anson Mountrevealed he originally auditioned for a different Star Trekcharacter before landing the role of Captain Chrisphor Pike.
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.
"I actually had initially been talking to them and auditioning for the role of Lorca, the captain in the first season of Discovery, and they very wisely hired Jason Isaacs," said Mount during the interview.
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.
Mount has continued playing Pike in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which began airing in 2022.
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."
"I've just sort of been a Trekkie ever since," said Mount.
He then said, however, that he never believed that he would ever end up starring in a Star Trek project.
"It wasn't even on my bucket list because I never thought to myself, 'Well, I'll be on Star Trek one day.' You just don't think that that's going to happen, right? And then you find yourself in the [captian 's] chair, and you're like, 'I'm from White Bluff, Tennessee. This is so weird,'" said the 53-year-old during his appearance on The Social.
The fourth season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds began airing on July 23.
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