Yahoo Autos Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Anson Mount And Ethan Peck Share Very Different Reactions To Learning About The Lower Decks Crossover
Star Trek has returned to the forefront of sci-fi television thanks to all the original series on Paramount+, starting with Star Trek: Discovery and expanding to include Picard, Lower Decks, Prodigy, and Strange New Worlds. While there are certainly connections between the series, the announcement that the critically-acclaimed Strange New Worlds would cross over with the animated Lower Decks came as a surprise, and two stars recently shared their initial reactions to the news.
Anson Mount and Ethan Peck – who play Captain Christopher Pike and Science Officer Spock, respectively, on Strange New Worlds – participated in a Star Trek panel at FAN EXPO Cleveland. While the wait is still on to see how Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks worlds collide after the crossover was first announced in 2022, the stars recalled their original thoughts, which were very different. Mount shared:
I immediately pictured Who Framed Roger Rabbit. [laughs] I was really concerned, and I was like, 'Has Akiva [Goldsman] lost his mind? This is the worst idea I've ever heard.' And then he explained it to me and I went 'Oh, that's brilliant actually!'
Considering that Strange New Worlds is live-action and Lower Decks is animated, picturing a Star Trek take on Who Framed Roger Rabbit makes a lot of sense! That movie famously incorporated cartoons into scenes also featuring actors in the flesh. While Anson Mount of course didn't drop all the spoilers about what's on the way, he did confirm that once he got some extra info from co-showrunner/co-creator Akiva Goldsman, he was on board with the "brilliant" idea.
