J ames T. Kirk (Paul Wesley) has made four appearances in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds seasons 1 and 2, but complicating ...

Each actor brought gravitas to the character, from William Shatner to Chris Pine to Paul Wesley. But even so, over the decades, Trekkies have considered Shatner’s name synonymous with Captain Kirk.

J.J. Abrams ushered in a new era of Star Trek movies when he adapted them in 2009, but he was never much of a 'Trekkie, ...