Star Trek: Strange New World’s Ethan Peck Was Sure He Was Going To Fail As Spock – Looper

Ethan Peck may sometimes feel unworthy to don the Starfleet uniform of Spock, especially while tasked with testing new boundaries — like romance — in “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.” However, he’s learned to embrace this sense of challenge and think to himself, “What would Spock do?”

He told Esquire, “He challenges me to be more confident. To have more useful thoughts. I found that I spent a lot of time thinking about ways in which I wasn’t worthy or good enough, and that wasn’t useful. Spock would never have these thoughts — he would never think about something that doesn’t have great utility. That rubbed off on me in the best way, though I’m still on that journey of weeding out toxic and circuitous thinking.”

So far, with “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” coming back for a second season in summer 2023, Peck shouldn’t stress about living up to expectations. He already is. There’s an entire Reddit thread dedicated to how “Ethan is killing it as Spock,” with many agreeing that his respect for the character and franchise shines through the screen. Some, like u/neontetra1548, even prefer him over Zachary Quinto: “I think Peck’s Spock is one of the best ‘recast prequel versions of an iconic character’ to be achieved in popular culture.”