Summary

  • Anson Mount's leadership qualities in Marvel's Inhumans impressed Chris Fisher, co-executive producer of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
  • Despite Inhumans being a disappointing show, Fisher recognized Mount's incredible talent and desired to work with him again.
  • Fisher praises Mount as a leader and actor, stating that there is no question he is the perfect fit for the role of Captain in Strange New Worlds.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds co-executive producer and director Chris Fisher praises Anson Mount's leadership in Marvel's Inhumans, qualities Mount brought to Strange New Worlds as Captain Christopher Pike. In Inhumans, Mount portrayed Black Bolt, the leader of a superpowered clan whose voice can shatter mountains. Inhumans was a disappointment for Marvel Television, but Mount went on to glory as Captain Pike, first in Star Trek: Discovery season 2, and now in Strange New Worlds.

Appearing on The 7th Rule podcast to discuss Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2's finale, co-executive producer Chris Fisher told hosts Cirroc Lofton and Ryan T. Husk about how impressed he was to work with Anson Mount in Inhumans prior to their collaboration on Strange New Worlds. Read his quote and watch the video below. (Fisher's quote about Mount is at the 53:58 time stamp)

I think a lot of people know how much I love Anson. Anson and I were on a show together, a Marvel show called Inhumans. It was a show that didn’t do that well and wasn’t going that well, and I was able to watch Anson as a leader on a show that wasn’t going well, and how incredible he was. And I just said to myself, “Wow. Probably this show isn’t gonna go anywhere, but I would kill to work with this guy again.” I’ve never seen a leader like this. I’ve never seen an actor like this. After that show ended, I was so thirsty just to work with this guy again. So I knew what he had, and I knew what he had to bring, and there is no question that he is our Captain.

Anson Mount Returned As Inhumans' Black Bolt During Strange New Worlds

Black Bolt killing Doctor Strange on Titan in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Marvel's Inhumans was panned by critics and audiences, compounded by how the show's first two episodes were released in IMAX in 2017, which exposed how limited the scope of the series was compared to Marvel Studios' blockbuster films. However, Anson Mount did return to the role of Black Bolt in 2022. Mount reprised a variant of Black Bolt in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, where his Inhuman King was part of the Illuminati, led by Star Trek: Picard's Patrick Stewart, who returned as X-Men's Professor Charles Xavier. Sadly, Black Bolt met a quick demise at the hands of the Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), but it was a fun cameo for Mount so that his Black Bolt was made canon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Mount's comeback as Black Bolt happened as he won raves for leading Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as Captain Christopher Pike. Mount's strong but comionate portrayal of Captain Pike is one of the highlights of Strange New Worlds, and it's gratifying to hear co-executive producer Chris Fisher confirm that Mount is every bit the leader on set in real life as Pike is on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise. It seems Anson Mount was born to be a leader in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds just as he portrays leaders in Marvel's Inhumans and his other film and television roles.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 is streaming on Paramount+.

Source: The 7th Rule