I know we only have the one episode, but honestly Jeffrey Hunter could have really grown into that role nicely if he hadn’t turned down the second pilot. Shame he didn’t live long enough to revisit Trek I some way. Interesting What-If there.
It might have saved his life, too - if he were playing Capt. Pike he likely wouldn’t have had time to do the role where he had the accident that probably led to his death months later.
I like to think that his memory is honoured or respected in some way because of fans that keep remembering his time and what he did. There is a lot of what-if out there … but at the very least, lots of people remember his name, his image and his story because he is part of a franchise we all know and enjoy.
I know we only have the one episode, but honestly Jeffrey Hunter could have really grown into that role nicely if he hadn’t turned down the second pilot. Shame he didn’t live long enough to revisit Trek I some way. Interesting What-If there.
It might have saved his life, too - if he were playing Capt. Pike he likely wouldn’t have had time to do the role where he had the accident that probably led to his death months later.
I like to think that his memory is honoured or respected in some way because of fans that keep remembering his time and what he did. There is a lot of what-if out there … but at the very least, lots of people remember his name, his image and his story because he is part of a franchise we all know and enjoy.