{"id":44145,"date":"2016-07-26T10:53:35","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T17:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=44145"},"modified":"2016-07-26T10:53:35","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T17:53:35","slug":"star-trek-beyond-a-redshirts-tale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2016\/07\/star-trek-beyond-a-redshirts-tale\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Trek Beyond: A Redshirt’s Tale"},"content":{"rendered":"

Actress Natasha Young<\/strong> shared what it was like to be a redshirt on Star Trek Beyond.<\/em><\/p>\n

And in a triumph for Trek redshirts everywhere, her character survived.<\/p>\n

Working on Star Trek Beyond<\/em> meant waking up early. “My alarm goes off for my earliest Star Trek Beyond<\/em> call time yet, 4:00 AM,” said Young. “We’re on location today at the Pitt River Quarry, the last location for the movie’s cast and crew before production moves overseas to Dubai.”<\/p>\n

Once she arrived, the first thing she had to do was “hand over [her] phone,” to security, “so the cameras can be covered with security tape.”<\/p>\n

According to Young, the uniforms, while beautiful, are not comfortable for the actors. “The Beyond<\/em> Starfleet costumes are beautifully designed and built,” she said. “The fabrics, stitching, and other small details that are probably invisible on screen are just incredible. That being said: the other things you won’t see on-screen are the very tight, uncomfortable Spanx worn underneath \u2013 it was very important to production that everything was completely smooth and wrinkle-free.<\/p>\n

“When Chris Pine<\/strong> was asked in a recent interview if he loved the costumes, he hesitated a bit before answering \u2013 and I could tell from the look on his face exactly why. For his survival suit outfit, he had to wear a long-sleeve, tight Spanx shirt, another long-sleeve shirt on top of that, and of course the very thick, blue jacket as a third layer\u2026 none of which allowed for any airflow while filming in the hot summer heat!”<\/p>\n

Part of the fun of being on the set was seeing the main cast. “On what I believe was my third day on set, I was busy talking to another actor awaiting the start of filming, and I was prepared to repeat the just-shot scene \u2013 where one actor taps me, and points ahead \u2013 but I looked up and there was Zachary Quinto<\/strong>, not ten feet away, and made up in full Spock mode,” said Young. “When he caught my eye, I got a very Vulcan raised eyebrow and head nod \u2013 seriously, a Spock eyebrow, raised just for me! Moments later (after I got over that shock) Karl Urban<\/strong> appeared in full Bones McCoy costume, and got an in-person ‘Dammit, man!’ \u2013 that was it, my on-set experience could have ended there and I would have been completely satisfied.”<\/p>\n

For more of the interview, head over to TrekCore<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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