The first episode of Strange New Worlds will premiere this week and it was announced that The Boys and Arrow's Adrian Holmes will be playing the roles of Robert April and the Captain of the Enterprise. April plays a small role in Strange New Worlds, but he has the same mythic place as the person who came before.
April's first live-action Star Trek appearance will be in Strange New Worlds, and his first TV appearance in the franchise since 1974's The Counter-Clock Incident. Some circles have taken to using a concern of continuity and concern to echo racist dogwhistles.
I don't think it's controversial, I think it's just for the sake of it. It is difficult to work with a legacy property like Star Trek. I think of it as a collective dream. The idea of Star Trek came from watching the original series, Next Gen, Deep Space Nine and the movies. I have that in my memory. The series has been around for over 50 years, and I think they bring that to it because everyone has their own memory of these things. I value and respect that.
We didn't want a world that looked like the television of the 1960s. We wanted it to look like the television of now. I don't think it's a controversial decision to have cast him. We are doing our own version of the character, it doesn't take away from the other version. I hope it adds to it. The fun of this is that no one complained about Sam Jackson's appearance in the MCU.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will premiere on Paramount+ this Thursday, May 5.
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