TOP SECRET FUTURE ED SPELEERS

Ed Speleers exploded onto the entertainment scene in 2006, when he made his acting debut as the title character in the film, Eragon. The talented Brit has never looked back, amassing more than two dozen film and television credits, including Downton Abbey, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Outlander, You, and, of course, Star Trek: Picard. Speelers joined the Picard cast for season three, taking on the pivotal and – for a long while – top-secret role of Jack Crusher, the son of Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden). Star Trek Explorer recently caught up with Speleers for a quick chat…

WORDS: IAN SPELLING

What did you know about Star Trek before connecting with Picard? You’d have to be living under a rock to not know anything about Star Trek. I had an affiliation with it, in the sense that I have a nostalgic memory of coming home from school and Star Trek: The Next Generation being shown on BBC2. It was all these amazing characters. I remember feeling quite comforted by the fact that it was on. I couldn’t say I was an aficionado, a Trekkie, but I was definitely comforted by it back then. And then, I liked some of the films later on from J.J. Abrams. I know that people have split opinions on where that sits. Then, when this role was presented to me, showrunner Terry Matalas outlined exactly what he…

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