{"id":49245,"date":"2018-09-26T12:41:01","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T19:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=49245"},"modified":"2018-09-26T12:41:01","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T19:41:01","slug":"coutts-on-landing-the-detmer-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2018\/09\/coutts-on-landing-the-detmer-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Coutts On Landing The Detmer Role"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emily Coutts<\/strong> character, Keyla Detmer, is recognizable to Trek fans due to her haircut and the eyepiece she gained after Star Trek: Discovery<\/em>‘s Battle of the Binary Stars. The actress spoke to StarTrek.com<\/em> about joining Discovery<\/em> and about Detmer and that unique eyepiece.<\/p>\n

Coutts wasn’t a Star Trek<\/em> fan before being cast in Discovery<\/em>. “I knew people were very into it, that it was a show about imagination and about a world that I really didn’t know much about, but that was really exciting for a lot of people and really important for a lot of people,” she said. “But I hadn’t seen much of it. My family didn’t watch it. So, when I got the call I had to brush up and learn everything, and the more I learned, the more I realized how much of a magical world this is. We get to create a reality that is full of hope and full of what the future hopefully is going to look like.<\/p>\n

“I started with The Original Series. My boyfriend gave me a ‘best-of’ list, and he enjoyed showing me, because he was a big fan. And then I went to TNG<\/em> and really enjoyed that one and watched a lot of episodes. So now I’m still going through the shows. I’m just starting Voyager<\/em> and watching the films.”<\/p>\n

Coutts auditioned for a role on the show, but after a few months had gone by and she had heard nothing, she figured that she was out-of-luck until she got the call while abroad. “I auditioned once in the room with a Toronto casting director, and that was in October, and I didn’t hear anything until January,” she explained. “So, I had assumed, like every actor does, that I didn’t get the part. And then I got a call when I was traveling overseas in Morocco. I had very limited reception, and I was on a rooftop with some friends, and I just saw this Star Trek<\/em> email come through from my agent. I was like, ‘No way.’ It just made the trip.”<\/p>\n

Coutts has her own ideas on Detmer’s history and character. “I did come up with a backstory,” she said. “I’m also waiting for that collaborative process of revealing the character and the backstory. I’m excited to hear about what the writers are thinking for her.<\/p>\n

“She’s extremely dedicated to her job. She’s a bit awkward and nervous. Because she came from the Shenzhou<\/em>, she was used to one atmosphere, and then she gets thrown in with Lorca, the Discovery<\/em>, and things are very different. His energy is very different. So, I think she’s just trying to maintain her calm, be professional, and grow her knowledge and rank with the people around her.”<\/p>\n

Coutts spoke about the unique eyepiece, saying that “it’s fixing an injury from the Battle of the Binary Stars<\/em>,” and “hopefully we will find out more about the piece soon.”<\/p>\n

What can fans expect in the second season? “It’s going well,” she said. “Very well. I love the scripts. Every time we read a script, we’re all just sitting in the room after, tears or laughter, everything in between. It’s going to be a great season.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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