{"id":45953,"date":"2017-05-22T11:11:13","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T18:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=45953"},"modified":"2017-05-22T11:11:13","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T18:11:13","slug":"burton-and-discovery-actors-weigh-in-on-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2017\/05\/burton-and-discovery-actors-weigh-in-on-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Burton And Discovery Actors Weigh In On Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"

LeVar Burton<\/strong>, The Next Generation<\/em>‘s Geordi LaForge, saw the new trailer for Star Trek: Discovery<\/em> and the actor was impressed by what he saw.<\/p>\n

“Looks beautiful,” he said. “And I love the fact that, again, true to the values of Star Trek<\/em>, that, at least from what I’ve seen on the clip, that the command structure is women of color.”<\/p>\n

Burton was referring to the casting of Sonequa Martin <\/strong>and Michelle Yeoh<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“At first glance, I’m encouraged,” he said. “It looks awesome.”<\/p>\n

Supervising Producer Ted Sullivan<\/strong> responded to Burton’s comments, via Twitter<\/em>. “Thanks @levarburton<\/em>,” he said. “We’re excited by our cool characters & actors like Michelle & @SonequaMG<\/em> too!”<\/p>\n

Sullivan is an active presence on Twitter<\/em>, where he often posts picture of a little Gorn figure he has named jasongorn, as well as throwback pictures from other Star Trek<\/em> series and movies. Recently he posted a picture of the little figure seated on an airplane en route to Canada, where Discovery<\/em> is being filmed. “#jasongorn<\/em> contemplating the final frontier,” said the tweet, accompanied by a picture of the little green guy.<\/p>\n

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The recent throwback photo featured a scene from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home<\/em>. It’s not one that this writer has seen before, so be sure to follow Sullivan on Twitter<\/em> for more cool pictures and of course, Star Trek: Discovery<\/em> updates!<\/p>\n

Anthony Rapp<\/strong> (Lt. Stamets) is also active on Twitte<\/em>r, and this weekend he posted a photo of some of the Discovery<\/em> actors out having dinner. “Saturday night outing with this fantastic gang,” he said. Included in the photo are Mary Chieffo<\/strong> (Klingon warrior L’Rell), Jason Isaacs<\/strong> (Captain Lorca), and Shazar Latif<\/strong> (Lt. Tyler).<\/p>\n

Speaking of Isaacs, the actor explained why he wasn’t seen in the Discovery<\/em> trailer. “For those curious why I wasn’t in the trailer…it’s because I wasn’t in the trailer,” he said, adding that “#AllGoodThingsToThoseWhoWaitClarice.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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