{"id":10773,"date":"2010-11-22T11:34:39","date_gmt":"2010-11-22T19:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=10773"},"modified":"2010-11-22T11:34:39","modified_gmt":"2010-11-22T19:34:39","slug":"kriges-borg-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2010\/11\/kriges-borg-queen\/","title":{"rendered":"Krige’s Borg Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fourteen years ago today, Star Trek: First Contract<\/em> was released and audiences were introduced to the Borg Queen, played by Alice Krige<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Krige found that the Star Trek: The Next Generatio<\/em>n actors were a fun bunch who genuinely liked one another. “What pops is what a truly joyful experience it was,” she said about making First Contact<\/em>. “They were like the best repertory theater, that cast. They hadn’t worked together, the Next Gen group, for about two years, I think, and they were really delighted to see each other and to work with each other again. It was just a ball. It was just flat-out fun from beginning to end for me. ”<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Another thing that Krige noticed about the Next Generation<\/em> cast was their professionalism and loyalty to each other. “…Everyone was absolutely determined that it should be a good film because they really wanted to support Jonathan Frakes <\/strong>(who was debuting as a feature film director after having directed several TNG episodes),” Krige explained. “There’s always a sense of focus on a set, but there was a kind of cohesion on First Contact<\/em>. People stepped in behind him, I felt, to support him in the most loving way. I’m not saying that he needed support. I’m just saying that it was like a truly functional family supporting one of its own. If I look back on it, that was what was most unique about the experience.”<\/p>\n

Susanna Thompson<\/strong> played the Borg Queen in several Voyager<\/em> episodes (Dark<\/em> Frontier,<\/em> \"\"<\/a>Unimatrix Zer<\/em>o Parts I and II<\/em>) but Krige returned for the series finale, Endgame<\/em>. Krige chose not to watch Thompson’s performances before taking on the role again. “I decided that I would not watch Susanna,” she said. “It had absolutely nothing to do with Susanna. Whoever had played the role, I would have made the same decision. But I did ask to receive all the scripts. And I read them. I read all of the Voyager episodes that the Borg Queen was in, but I didn\u2019t watch them. I didn’t want something in my head, in my imagination. I needed my performance to happen in the moment, and I didn’t even watch First Contact<\/em> again. So not only did I not watch Susanna, I didn’t watch First Contact<\/em>. I just focused on the stories I’d been sent, that had been filmed, and on the new script for Endgame<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

Krige appeared recently in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice<\/em> as Morgana le Fay. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice was released in July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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