{"id":50793,"date":"2019-05-08T13:20:59","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T20:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=50793"},"modified":"2019-05-08T13:22:04","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T20:22:04","slug":"star-trek-discovery-actors-speak-at-paley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2019\/05\/star-trek-discovery-actors-speak-at-paley\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Trek: Discovery Actors Speak At Paley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At last night&#8217;s<em> Star Trek: Discovery For Your Consideration<\/em> event at the <em>Paley Center<\/em>, fans came to listen to some of those who created and some of those who were actors in <em>Star Trek: Discovery<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In attendance at the Trek panel were actors <strong>Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Ethan Peck<\/strong>, and <strong>Wilson Cruz<\/strong>; and Executive Producers <strong>Alex Kurtzman, Heather Kadin<\/strong>, and <strong>Michelle Paradise<\/strong>, plus Visual Effects Supervisor <strong>Jason Zimmerman.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50795\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Paley-2-STCom-050819.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Paley-2-STCom-050819.jpg 580w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Paley-2-STCom-050819-50x19.jpg 50w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Paley-2-STCom-050819-150x58.jpg 150w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Paley-2-STCom-050819-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Paley-2-STCom-050819-450x175.jpg 450w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Paley-2-STCom-050819-50x19@2x.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n \t<em>Star Trek.com<\/em> shared photos and some of the panel discussion. The executive producers spoke of giving value for money, since <em>Discovery is on CBS All Access<\/em>. &#8220;[When you&#8217;re] starting with something like <em>Star Trek<\/em> that has an enormous fan base, the first thing [you think about] is how do we be true to what Trek is at its core,&#8221; said Executive Producer<strong> Heather Kadin<\/strong>. &#8220;And then [we ask], &#8216;How do we bring it into the modern age?&#8217; If fans are going to pay for a show that they&#8217;ve never paid for before, then they&#8217;d better be getting their money\u2019s worth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s incredible to come on and have the opportunity to [help run the show] for season three,&#8221; said Paradise, who is the co-showrunner for next season. &#8220;It&#8217;s <em>Star Trek<\/em>; it&#8217;s iconic; so that is a dream come true within itself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Paley3-STcom-050819.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Paley3-STcom-050819.jpg 580w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Paley3-STcom-050819-50x19.jpg 50w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Paley3-STcom-050819-150x58.jpg 150w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Paley3-STcom-050819-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Paley3-STcom-050819-450x175.jpg 450w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Paley3-STcom-050819-50x19@2x.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[The cast] took it so seriously and realized how important it is,&#8221; said Martin-Green. &#8220;We just care [about the franchise] so much. I had to learn a lot about the universe, about what it means to be Vulcan, [and] about what it takes to carry a story like this. I had to learn a lot about quantum mechanics and xeno-anthropology. I like to know what I&#8217;m talking about, so I spent a lot of nights in the rabbit hole of <em>Wikipedia<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kurtzman spoke about finding the right actor to play Spock. &#8220;Each [would-be] Spock actor brought something very specific to the part,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The question is, how do you find an actor who embodies the spirit of Spock, but [is] going to bring enough of themselves to the table that their spirit shines through. I could tell that [Ethan] was going to dive into that part.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jones found himself facing a major change in his character Saru. &#8220;I relate to Saru on a deep level with that fear thing. I&#8217;m scared right now!&#8221; he said. &#8220;[But] I thought, &#8216;If Saru can do it, so can I.&#8217; That&#8217;s been a lot to overcome. I have to redefine how I look at myself in the mirror as Saru. How does his posture change? How does he see himself now? That&#8217;s all changed after the fear. It should come out in subtleties [of acting].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So why did<em> Discovery<\/em> jump into the future? &#8220;Part of it was knowing we had all these canonical issues that needed to be squared away,&#8221; said Kurtzman. &#8220;Jumping them to the distant past or the future was the only answer. The challenge of season three is going to be this: How do you reinvent the world and the future while staying true to everything that <em>Star Trek<\/em> is at its core?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So it looks like <em>Discovery<\/em> will be staying in the future, doesn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At last night&#8217;s Star Trek: Discovery For Your Consideration event at the Paley Center, fans&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50794,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2413],"tags":[9844,9843],"class_list":["post-50793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cast-crew","tag-paley-center","tag-star-trek-discovery-for-your-consideration"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/TrekPaley-1-StarTrekcom-050819.jpg",580,225,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/TrekPaley-1-StarTrekcom-050819-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/TrekPaley-1-StarTrekcom-050819.jpg",580,225,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/TrekPaley-1-StarTrekcom-050819.jpg",580,225,false],"large":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/TrekPaley-1-StarTrekcom-050819.jpg",580,225,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/TrekPaley-1-StarTrekcom-050819.jpg",580,225,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/TrekPaley-1-StarTrekcom-050819.jpg",580,225,false],"newsphere-slider-full":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/TrekPaley-1-StarTrekcom-050819.jpg",580,225,false],"newsphere-featured":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/TrekPaley-1-StarTrekcom-050819.jpg",580,225,false],"newsphere-medium":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/TrekPaley-1-StarTrekcom-050819.jpg",580,225,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"T&#39;Bonz","author_link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/author\/tbonz\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/categories\/cast-crew\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Cast &amp; Crew<\/a>","tag_info":"Cast &amp; Crew","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50793"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50798,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50793\/revisions\/50798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}