Spock Cast for Star Trek: Discovery

A new Spock has been anointed as Ethan Peck has been cast in the iconic role for Star Trek: Discovery's second season. As the show is set ~10 years before the Kirk Enterprise, this would the Spock that was second officer and lead science officer on the Enterprise under Captain Christopher Pike. Be curious if they will use The Cage (1st unused pilot of the show) as the basis for the character as that version was Vulcan in ears only as he smiled, joked, and displayed emotion like the human characters on the bridge. From showrunner Alex Kurtzman:

“Through 52 years of television and film, a parallel universe and a mirror universe, Mr. Spock remains the only member of the original bridge crew to span every era of Star Trek. The great Leonard Nimoy, then the brilliant Zachary Quinto, brought incomparable humanity to a character forever torn between logic and emotion. We searched for months for an actor who would, like them, bring his own interpretation to the role. An actor who would, like them, effortlessly embody Spock’s greatest qualities, beyond obvious logic: empathy, intuition, compassion, confusion, and yearning. Ethan Peck walked into the room inhabiting all of these qualities, aware of his daunting responsibility to Leonard, Zack, and the fans, and ready to confront the challenge in the service of protecting and expanding on Spock’s legacy. In that spirit, we’re thrilled to welcome him to the family.”