Star Trek: Here’s why new Kirk star couldn’t ask William Shatner for advice!

• Paul Wesley succeeds William Shatner as the new Captain Kirk in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
• Before the official announcement, Wesley sat next to Shatner on a plane and wasn’t allowed to spill words.
• He would have liked to ask Shatner for tips, but instead he limited himself to small talk.

In the season one finale of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” Paul Wesley made his debut as Captain James T. Kirk, the character made iconic of the “Star Trek” universe by William Shatner in the ’60s . Now, in a hilarious anecdote, Wesley reveals how he sat next to Shatner on a plane – and couldn’t ask him for advice.

Speaking to US magazine Collider, Wesley said he happened to be sitting next to Shatner on a plane. Shatner has just returned from his space trip and it has not yet been officially announced that Wesley Shatner would inherit as the new Kirk.

“I was still a bit coy. I had promised silence, secrecy madness, so I couldn’t just say, ‘Hey, you know I’m playing Kirk, give out the tips!’ I had to exercise a little caution and play dumb. I really wanted to be frank with him about it.”

But the signed NDAs (Non Disclosure Agreement) weren’t the only thing stopping Paul Wesley from speaking openly with William Shatner: “I didn’t want to bother him. He just came back from space and we happened to be sitting next to each other. I wanted to don’t talk his ear off.”

“We talked a little bit, but less about Kirk. I’m sure he’s been talking about Kirk for who knows how many years and I just wanted to chat,” explains Paul Wesley.

It is not yet known when “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” season 2 will start and show us more of Paul Wesley’s Captain Kirk. The first season won’t start in Germany until the end of the year, but we have a trick for you to see “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” in Germany now!