{"id":44967,"date":"2016-12-05T11:25:42","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T19:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=44967"},"modified":"2016-12-05T11:25:42","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T19:25:42","slug":"kurtzman-excited-about-discovery-casting-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2016\/12\/kurtzman-excited-about-discovery-casting-choices\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurtzman Excited About Discovery Casting Choices"},"content":{"rendered":"

Star Trek: Discovery<\/em> Co-creator and Executive Producer Alex Kurtzman<\/strong> shared his thoughts recently about the casting of Michelle Yeoh, Doug Jones<\/strong>, and Anthony Rapp<\/strong> for the new series.<\/p>\n

First, Kurtzman teased a bit about Yeoh’s role. “I will not give you one detail about the show other than to tell you that I think that Michelle gets to play a part that has so many dimensions to it and is so perfect for where we want to go over the course of the season and maybe even beyond,” he said.<\/p>\n

Kurtzman was full of praise for Jones, who will play the alien science officer Lt. Saru. “Doug Jones, you know, one of the greatest. What he did in Pan’s Labyrinth<\/em> has embedded itself in my mind forever,” said Kurtzman. “So when you think about the opportunity, what you want to do when you’re creating a creature of some kind is cast an actor who has the ability to pull off the bulk of it in a practical way.”<\/p>\n

As for Rapp, who plays science officer Lt. Stamets, “I’ve been a fan of Anthony’s for a long time,” said Kurtzman. “He’s just a brilliant actor. It’s always just about how do you find actors who are, it’s always who’s right for the part, but it’s also there’s a lovely diversity that Star Trek<\/em> has always been about. As we build the cast, because there are still a lot of parts to cast, we were excited that people seemed to be so excited about our first three choices.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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