I mean, I’m the same age, and I’m not married, I don’t have children. I think he was 33, 34, 35 when he was filming the first seasons of the original series, and he was in a very different stage of development in his life. Understanding where he’s from, he had a family at the time that he was working. Both men began playing Spock at roughly the same age, but as Peck pointed out, their life situations are very different. As Peck explained: Ultimately, learning about Leonard Nimoy is helpful for Ethan Peck because, despite their shared role, they are different people. For someone like Peck (who also spoke to us about James Kirk appearing in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2), it’s a great reference as he works on Strange New Worlds and continues to develop the character in his own ways. It certainly seems helpful given Nimoy’s books talk about the actor’s personal connection with Spock and how he built the character throughout his career.

Doing so, as he mentioned above, helps Peck better inform himself on the character of Spock. The experiences I have inform the work that I do, it’s unavoidable, and I think the same went for him.Įthan Peck looked at many of Leonard Nimoy’s books talking about his personal life. I wanted to know who he was as a person as much as possible because I think that we, as actors or creative people, are sort of inextricable from our work. I watched a lot of his interviews that were on the original series blu-ray collection, and that was very insightful. Yeah, getting to know Nimoy was very important for me. I mean, its been difficult overall anyways because it’s such an iconic and beloved character. They were so incredibly welcoming with me, both Julie and Adam, and I’m so grateful for their blessing because this would have been really difficult without that. I asked Peck meeting them and learning about Nimoy’s life helped him embody Spock, and got a pretty definitive answer from the actor.

I spoke to Ethan Peck ahead of the premiere of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds about taking the role of Spock and how Leonard Nimoy’s daughter Julie mentioned Peck meeting with her and her brother Adam when he first got the role.

Leonard nimoy i am not spock