Star Trek: Enterprise

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word of an upcomingStar Trekorigin movie has top to fear thatStar Trek : Enterprisecould be retconned or rebooted , but who would toy Captain Jonathan Archer ( Scott Bakula ) and his chronicle - making crew ? Set a century before the upshot ofStar Trek : The Original Series , Enterpriseescaped the effects of J.J. Abrams ' rebooted Kelvin Timeline . However , it ’s been announced that anewStar Trekorigin movieis being evolve that will depict the event lead up to the organization of Starfleet and the Federation . This storyline sounds dangerously close to stepping onEnterprise ’s toe .

While it ’s unlikely that 2025’sStar Trekorigin picture show will be a reboot that recastsStar Trek : enterprisingness ’s characters , its success could conduce Paramount to revisit the adventures of the Enterprise NX-01 . From the Temporal Cold War to the Xindi Incident and the Terra Prime terrorist organization , there are no shortage ofEnterprisestory electric discharge that could be adapted for a moving-picture show . Although anEnterprisereboot film remains hypothetical , the idea of a newStar Trekorigin motion picture does make one ponder who in today ’s moving picture and TV landscape painting could play Archer and the crew .

sports fan are concerned that Star Trek ’s young blood moving picture will retcon the event of First Contact and initiative , but there ’s nothing to worry about .

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8David Harbour as Shran

Originally played by Jeffrey Combs

well live for playact Jim Hopper inNetflix’sStranger Things , David Harbour could be a gravid fit for Shran in aStar Trek : Enterprisemovie reboot . While it would be very difficult to replace belovedalien doer Jeffrey Combs , David Harbour has the dry witticism and irascibility that made Shran such an enjoyable character . Having previously recreate Hellboy in the eponymous 2019 movie , David Harbour would cut a more imposing figure as a movie adaptation of the Andorian , but at least he ’d be no alien to spending clip in heavy creature make - up .

… like Jeffrey Combs ' Shran inEnterprise , Harbour ’s husky persona inStranger Thingsbelies a heart of atomic number 79 .

ReducingStar Trek : Enterprisedown to a movie may rob Shran of the bulk of his arc , signify that his bail bond with Captain Archer may be formed after just one feature cinema . However , like Jeffrey Combs ' Shran inEnterprise , Harbour ’s gruff persona inStranger Thingsbelies a heart of gold . If David Harbour bring some of Hopper to the use of Shran , then the relationship between the Andorian and Captain Archer could be one of the standout moral force in anEnterprisemovie reboot .

Jon Hamm as Captain Archer in a recast Enterprise movie reboot

Custom image by Mark Donaldson

David Harbour’sStranger Thingsco - star is Winona Ryder , who played Spock ’s female parent , Amanda Grayson , in the 2009Star Trekreboot movie .

7Greg Tarzan Davis as Ensign Travis Mayweather

Originally played by Anthony Montgomery

Up - and - coming actor Greg Tarzan Davis played Lt . Javy " Coyote " Machado in Tom Cruise’sTop Gun : Maverick , so navigate a spaceship is a logical progress . OnStar Trek : Enterprise , Travis was never in good order develop as a part . He had an interesting backstory as he was a " distance boomer " , someone who was born in space and spent most of their life there . As a resultant of this , Travis was an adept pilot , butEnterpriserarely anticipate on him to do much more than that , or explore his background as a " infinite boomer " .

A book that fleshed out Travis ' backstory and made him more of an inherent member of the Enterprise NX-01 ’s gang could allow Greg Tarzan Davis to make the part his own .

While an unexploited character like Travis Mayweather may not seem like an obvious draw for someone who ’s work with Tom Cruise , it could be a breakthrough role for Greg Tarzan Davis . A script that fleshed out Travis ' backstory and made him more of an inbuilt penis of the Enterprise NX-01 ’s crowd could permit Greg Tarzan Davis to make the role his own . Not only that , but wander aTop Gunpilot as a Starfleet officer in aStar Trek : Enterprisereboot movie would be safe for the headlines .

James Cromwell as Zefram Cochrane and Scott Bakula as Captain Archer

Star Trek has no deficiency of whizz spaceship pilots who have fell the Starship Enterprise and other ships . Which helmsman is the best of the good ?

6Ashley Park as Lieutenant Hoshi Sato

Originally played by Linda Park

Ashley Park ’s riotous arrive - of - age movieJoy Rideis a good demo of why she would be well contrive as Lt . Hoshi Sato in aStar Trek : Enterprisereboot moving-picture show . Joy Ridewas a road motion picture that followed Park ’s Audrey as she locomote to China to try and link with her birth mother . Joy Rideis a classical fish - out - of - water system floor which brightly plays with notions of cultural misunderstanding and personal personal identity . Ashley Park ’s role in it feel like solid training to play the Enterprise NX-01 ’s groundbreaking translator and communication officer .

Park ’s charisma as a performer , and her power to take exposure to her outwardly confident characters makes her a good picking to play Hoshi Sato , Star Trek : enterprisingness ’s hyper - intelligent but unsafe communication theory officer .

More recently , Ashley Park seem opposite Meryl StreepinOnly Murders in the Buildingseason 3 as Kimber , a self - obsessed influencer and melodious theatre of operations actress . What could have been an unlikeable function was lift by the exposure that Park land to the part . Park ’s personal appeal as a performer , and her ability to bring vulnerability to her outwardly convinced characters make her a unspoiled filling to play Hoshi Sato , Star Trek : Enterprise ’s hyper - intelligent but unsafe communications officer .

Greg Tarzan Davis in Top Gun Maverick and Anthony Montgomery as Travis Mayweather in Star Trek_ Enterprise

A running gag inOnly Murders in the Buildingseason 3 reveals that Scott Bakula and Steve Martin ’s lineament Charles Hayden Savage are Hollywood rivals .

5Zach Galifianakas as Doctor Phlox

Originally played by John Billingsley

Although he ’s still best recognise forThe Hangovermovies , that is n’t why Zach Galifianakis would make a bully Doctor Phlox . Star Trek : go-ahead ’s Denobulan Dr. was memorably play by John Billingsley , who take a great deal of warmth to the quality . Doctor Phlox ’s specieswere one of the most enthralling and high drawn alien races in all ofStar Trek . From their polyamorous mating habits to their power to puff out their faces when threatened , the Denobulans were a unambiguously alien species .

Galifianakis ' setting in fringe comedy , working with the likes of Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim , would bring itself nicely to some of Doctor Phlox ’s more alien characteristic .

Zach Galifianakis ' performances can on occasion be too wicked , but his lovable locoweed routine inThe Hangovermovies and the Robert Downey Jr. route movieDue Dateprove he can bring warmth when required . On top of this , Galifianakis ' scope in fringe funniness , cultivate with the likes of Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim , would impart itself nicely to some of Doctor Phlox ’s more alien characteristics . John Billingsley leaven that the role of Phlox needs an actor unafraid of looking airheaded , who also has particular comic timing , two things that Galifianakis has in spades .

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Star Trek : Discovery teases enterprisingness fans with the prospect of a first - ever sojourn to Dr. Phlox ’s homeworld , but disappointingly goes elsewhere .

4Josh O’Connor as Lieutenant Malcolm Reed

Originally played by Dominic Keating

Fresh from his acclaimed execution as Patrick inChallengers , British actor Josh O’Connor would be great as Lt . Malcolm Reed in aStar Trek : Enterprisereboot . Malcolm was a repressed and close character throughoutEnterprise . O’Connor ’s terrific portrayal of the youthful Prince Charles inThe Crowncalls to mind the picture of Reed ’s stifling and strict crime syndicate life inEnterprise , season 1 , episode 12 , " Silent Enemy " . An other role as a Russian submarine officeholder inDoctor Whoalso show that O’Connor could convincingly portray a Starfleet tactical officer .

O’Connor ’s public presentation in LGBTQ+ stories likeGod ’s Own CountryandChallengerscould help loosen out this unexplored aspect of Reed ’s character inEnterprise .

Josh O’Connor ’s breakthrough role was inGod ’s Own Country , play a Yorkshire sheep Fannie Farmer who falls in love with a Roumanian migrator proletarian . O’Connor brought a animalism and dark to the role that would be bewitching when graft toStar Trek : endeavor ’s Malcolm Reed . DuringEnterprise , it was rumored that Reed would be the firstStar TrekLGBTQ+ character , but this never come to give . O’Connor ’s performances in LGBTQ+ story likeGod ’s Own CountryandChallengerscould help tease apart out this unexplored aspect of Reed ’s grapheme inEnterprise .

John Billingsley as Dr. Phlox and the USS Discovery from Star Trek

Guy Siner , who played Malcolm Reed ’s father Stuart inStar Trek : Enterpriseappeared in two episodes ofThe Crownseason 4 , in which Josh O’Connor play Prince Charles .

3Austin Butler as Commander Trip Tucker

Originally played by Connor Trinneer

Austin Butler ’s most recent sci - fi part was the instantly memorable Feyd - Rautha inDune : Part Two , but Commander Trip Tucker is a more subdued proposition for the actor . Butler ’s public presentation as Elvis Presley , andinability to shake the accent , may have take in him a repute as a slightly kooky method actor , but he ’s good at what he does . In bothElvisandThe Bikeriders , Butler eschew a unusual variety of charisma that , with the right hand and direction , could make him a terrific slip Tucker in aStar Trek : Enterprisereboot .

From Manson family member in Quentin Tarantino’sOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodto brutal Harkonnen kin member inDune : Part Two , Butler has surpass at play charismatic villains but playing Trip would serve him subvert audience expectations .

Trip Tucker was the most magnetic and immediately likable role inStar Trek : endeavour , meaning that Austin Butler would have a tall order to replicate Connor Trinneer ’s win performance . From Manson family line phallus in Quentin Tarantino’sOnce Upon a prison term in Hollywoodto brutal Harkonnen house penis inDune : Part Two , Butler has stand out at playing magnetic villains but playing Trip would serve him subvert audience expectations . Austin Butler ’s take onConnor Trinneer ’s Trip Tuckerwould , therefore , be more akin to his charismatic hero role in Steven Spielberg’sMasters of the Air .

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look back on his four seasons on Star Trek : Enterprise , Trip Tucker changed a lot and Connor Trinneer enjoyed playing his image of emotion .

2Alicia Vikander as Sub Commander T’Pol

Originally played by Jolene Blalock

Vulcans likeStar Trek : go-ahead ’s Sub Commander T’Pol ( Jolene Blalock ) are often criminate of being moth-eaten and unfeeling due to their worked up quelling . Alicia Vikander ’s breakthrough role as Ava in Alex Garland’sEx Machinaproved that she ’s more than capable of Vulcan levels of emotional detachment . The Vulcan Sub Commander is a hugely authoritative character inEnterprise , not just because ofT’Pol ’s Latinian language with Trip , but because she was in effect Captain Archer ’s supervisor , keep back a watchful center on humanity ’s first cryptical space exploration delegacy at the behest of the Vulcan High Command .

Alicia Vikander ’s potent track record of toy determined women like the android Ava or Lara Croft makes her the everlasting choice forEnterprise ’s Vulcan gang member .

The equally nipping and ardent dynamic between Archer and T’Pol would make for bang-up character engagement in aStar Trek : Enterprisemovie . It ’s also potential that the screenwriters of anEnterpriseremake may decide that Archer and T’Pol ’s dynamic would make a better will - they - won’t - they romance than Trip and T’Pol , please the Archer / T’Pol shipper . Alicia Vikander ’s potent racecourse record of playing determined women like the android Ava or Lara Croft makes her the perfect option forEnterprise ’s Vulcan gang member .

Headshot of Scott Bakula

In 2017 , Alicia Vikander played Danielle in Wim Wenders’Submergence , which also starredStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s Alexander Siddig .

1Jon Hamm as Captain Jonathan Archer

Originally played by Scott Bakula

Best known for play Don Draper inMad Men , Jon Hamm is a multi - faceted performer who is just as adept at goofy funniness as he is at serious drama . That versatility gain Jon Hamm a perfect doer to playCaptain Jonathan ArcherinStar Trek : endeavor , arguably the franchise ’s most fascinating and flawed spaceship captain . It ’s easy to see the Jon Hamm ofMad MenandFargodrawing out Archer ’s ira at the Vulcans for supposedly crushing his father ’s dreams and hold back humanity ’s exploitation . WhileTop Gun : Maverickproved that Hamm can play an excellent military authority figure .

Jon Hamm is exactly the form of chiseled - chaffer , magnetic , all - American that Scott Bakula ’s Captain Archer was designed to be …

Jon Hamm ’s comedy chops in shows like30 Rockand flick likeMean Girlsalso prove that he ’s capable of being very funny while ground goofiness in a sense of reality . That ’s a full of life skill to have as a jumper cable player in aStar Trekmovie or television set show . ultimately , Jon Hamm is just the sort of chiseled - jawed , charismatic , all - American that Scott Bakula ’s Captain Archer was designed to be , but his power to tap into his black side would make Jon Hamm a compelling lead for anyStar Trek : Enterprisereboot movie .

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