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And now for something strange and new,
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my next guests are part of the upcoming,
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highly anticipated Star Trek series,
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Strange New Worlds, which
continues the adventures
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of Captain Pike, Spock, and Number One,
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aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise,
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coming soon to CBS All Access in the U.S.
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Now, it is my honor to welcome our cast
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and creatives together
for the first time ever
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to talk about the series.
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We have Anson Mount, Ethan
Peck and Rebecca Romijn
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and we also have Executive Producers
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Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers,
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as well as Co-EPs and Writers,
Akela Cooper and Davy Perez.
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Let's start in on some questions.
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This one is for Akiva and Henry.
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When did you decide
that Strange New Worlds
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would actually become a reality?
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Since I know there was a
huge fan push for the show
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to even get made before it was announced.
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I came into
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Season 1 of Disco
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because our partner,
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Alex Kurtzman, was away and
asked me if I could come
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and sort of hang around
the show a little while,
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it was just forming.
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And I didn't know what the show was about.
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I'm a huge Star Trek
fan, but all I knew was
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what was on the internet, and
what was on the internet was,
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it was a show about Captain
Pike and Number One.
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So I came rushing to the first meeting,
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ready to talk about Captain
Pike and Number One,
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only to discover that not only
were they not in the show,
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but from that moment on,
became my singular cause
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of trying to get that era
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of Enterprise storytelling
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My favorite thing I've
read about this show
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has been that if you think of "The Cage,"
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the original pilot as
being the actual pilot,
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that this is the longest pilot to
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series pickup in the
history of television.
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I can't take credit for
it, but I'll say it anyway.
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For Akiva and Henry, Akela and Davy,
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I know you can't say much yet,
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but what can you tell us
about what the show is about?
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Well, one of the most
exciting things about
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this was coming into the room
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and interviewing all the
writers and basically saying,
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"Hey, we wanna really do Star Trek,
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like we wanna do Star
Trek in the classic mode."
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Star Trek in the way that
Star Trek was always--
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the stories were always
told, that it's a ship
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and it's traveling to strange new worlds,
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and we're gonna tell big ideas,
science fiction adventures,
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in an episodic mode, so we have room
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to kind of meet new aliens, see new ships,
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visit new cultures.
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And, you know, while still maintaining--
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audiences are sophisticated,
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and so, if Kirk falls in
love and the love of his life
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dies one week, the next week,
he's gonna still feel it.
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to kind of carry over,
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is to bring a modern character sensibility
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to the kind of classic
episodic storytelling.
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For Anson, Ethan and
Rebecca, after Season 2
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of Discovery, we didn't know
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if we'd actually ever see
your characters again,
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and for each of you,
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can you guys describe the
moment you got that call
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that Strange New Worlds was happening?
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How and when did you hear about it?
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How did you feel?
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Alex had already started
talking to us about
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doing some Short Treks 'cause
we had built this huge,
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very expensive bridge.
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calling Alex because I
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about what are we
actually giving them other
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than just three scenes?
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Is there some way that we
could give this closure?
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Let me think about that."
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and I remember him sort of
nonchalantly eating an apple
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on the phone, and he goes,
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"Hey, so I think we got a show."
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"A what?"
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Only man I know who can go
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But what I found out later,
apparently, that Akiva
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had been pitching this for a while.
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"I'm so glad you didn't tell me that
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when I was working on Discovery,
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'cause I don't think I could
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I got a phone call also
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Your show's going."
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"Are you serious?"
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Asking the most serious
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and like stood in and
stared at cold beverages
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for 20 minutes, and I
called Anson and I was like,
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"Dude, this is crazy."
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And then the three of us got
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I was gonna say, we've been sitting
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on this information for a while.
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Like we've been sitting on it
for, I mean over a year, guys?
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Is that right?
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We didn't get an actual
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It was a long process.
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It also felt like when we were on set,
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something had clicked.
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We were really hoping that this
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It just took a while for us
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a ton of moments on set
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where we were all like, "This is great.
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We get along wonderfully."
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can you guys talk a little bit about
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how you'll be developing the central trio?
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Not just as colleagues, but as
friends as they clearly are,
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which is heartwarming.
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building off of the dynamic
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that Disco like so wonderfully built.
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has been coming up with
cool and unique situations
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and scenarios to put them in,
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that will bring out certain aspects
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of their personalities
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and see how they would
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complement each but also
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and just see how those puzzle pieces fit.
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Like that's been the most fun for us.
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and I'll just add one little thing
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that we did have conversations
about Pike and Number One,
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sort of being almost like
parental figures to the ship
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and in specific, Spock, 'cause
Spock is a younger Spock,
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he's not the wise old Spock
from the original series.
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This is the young guy who's
just out of Starfleet Academy
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and still finding himself
and what kind of Spock
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will he become?
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mentor relationships,
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mentee relationships, and
oftentimes you can learn
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from your own kids just
as much as you teach.
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So there's a lot of interesting
relationship dynamics
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that's played in there.
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Anson, we saw in Discovery
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what a born leader Captain Pike is,
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but he also know harbors the
knowledge of his tragic future.
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Can you kind of talk about this
unique side of the character
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and how you'll inform your
performance, if at all?
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The most honest thing I can say
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is I'm still figuring it out,
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and it's gonna--I think
more of that weight
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is gonna come down on the
shoulders of the writers,
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but Pike didn't just learn how he dies,
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he learns in what circumstances.
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So we do know that at some
point he's going to be presented
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with a promotion opportunity
to Fleet Captain,
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and he has to accept that
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in order for the fate
to come into existence.
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So what is it that's going to allow him,
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both in terms of circumstance and emotion,
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to accept that promotion.
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It's a tough question,
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but I think we'll figure it out together.
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I know that I'm excited to
watch you figure it out,
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so I'm sure all the fans are as well.
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Ethan, in the final scene
of Discovery Season 2,
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we finally saw the Spock that
fans are pretty familiar with
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from the original series.
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So are you excited to explore
more of that iconic side
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of the character post
the Discovery encounter?
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Yeah, I'm very thrilled
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to find the balance in Spock, right?
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He's between two worlds
of logic and control
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and sort of emotional volatility
that we all struggle with.
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And so, it's gonna be
an enormous challenge
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and there are plenty of scenarios
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in which we could sort of play with that,
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and I'm very excited to see
what the writers come up with
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and I'm just gonna throw
myself in, I can't wait.
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Awesome.
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And for Rebecca, of the
three main characters,
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Number One is by far the most enigmatic.
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So for you, what are you
most interested to learn
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about your character moving forward?
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being such an old pilot,
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the writers have this
very unique opportunity
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where they've had this
character that's existed
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since the beginning of the canon;
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she's never been written.
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I can't wait to find out
how vast her skillset is,
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what are the arrows in her quiver?
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My number one question
is what's her backstory,
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and I had a delightful meeting
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with the writer's room
a couple months ago,
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and they floated an idea
for Number One's backstory
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that I'm not gonna share right now
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'cause it is--it blew my
mind when they said it,
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but that's all I can say.
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Well, if you're excited,
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I know everyone else will be excited.
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So man, now I just really
want the show to come out.
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For Akiva and for Henry,
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how will this show set itself apart
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from previous Star Trek series?
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Well, I think as Henry said earlier,
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we're returning to a more episodic model
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so that the storytelling is more contained
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with episodic values,
while the character arcs
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are stretched in some more
serialized continuity.
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But in addition to that,
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I think that what you heard is that
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this is a love child, right?
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There's this fundamental
opportunity to feel
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like you're part of a thing
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you've always wanted to be part of.
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That we do for a living,
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a thing that we would do for free, right?
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I mean, none of us didn't
play Star Trek, right?
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And here we are playing Star Trek,
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but somebody's giving us sets and costumes
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and, occasionally, even a check.
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And so, we are situated
not just in the context
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of all our own affection for the object,
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we're also situated in the
history of the object, right?
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We, unlike the new shows,
Discovery or Picard,
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this exists in its own space,
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in a space where it is both imagined
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generally by those who came before us,
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but never has actually been
delved into specifically.
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That it's the opportunity of dreams
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that a lot of people have already dreamt.
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And so now we're going to find our way
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through that and work not to be...
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sentimental.
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We get to dream other people's
dreams by dreaming our own,
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and that's kind of insane.
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It's a space that other people
are already holding dear,
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that we now have to be the custodian.
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I have this reminder every day
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'cause I have a 10-year-old
and a 13-year-old.
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And I have been--as I've been
watching a lot of old Trek,
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I've been introducing them to the show
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and much to sort of my--I
guess, not really a surprise
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but it's been a real joy--is that my kids
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have become the biggest Trekkies
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that you can possibly imagine.
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Yeah, this has been the great surprise
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and fun of this job is that they--
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this is maybe the first
show I've worked on,
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where they are really
excited to see the show.
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And what's been fun is,
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everyone here has told a
story about their childhood
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and how Trek came into it.
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And here, I feel like we're--as
we create this next chapter,
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it's been 20 years since
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Voyager ended, and Voyager
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was a kind of an episodic
model, and here we are doing it
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for a new generation.
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And like I have--it's
nice to have that vision
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right in front of you to
see that new generation
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excited about it.
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Henry and Akiva kind of touched
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on this question a little bit before,
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but Akela and Davy, I
kind of want you guys
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to delve in a little bit
more on how much you guys
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will be balancing the episodic storylines
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with the more serialized style
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of the newer Star Trek shows
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when breaking into Strange New Worlds.
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Well, we'll have like
individual, one-off plots.
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The character arcs are
what's going to carry us
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through in a more
serialized fashion. Though,
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I will say there's probably one plot point
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that we will be sprinkling
through the series
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until we actually get to the episode,
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and that's all I can say about that.
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And what's really cool.
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And we've all touched on
it, is that we sort of look
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at each episode is what
is the thing we're saying?
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And what is the audience gonna experience?
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And so, that's the fun of going
back to an episodic style.
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It's like, what cool type
of episode will this be?
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What kind of a thing will
we walk away from it,
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in a close-ended kind of way?
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And that's the episode of the week.
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But these are the characters
that--Pike and Number One
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and Spock, they're the trio
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that we're gonna fall in love with
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and they're gonna have their
character emotional things.
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And we're gonna, they're gonna grow
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and devolve and evolve and come
back and enjoy all of that.
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For Rebecca, little change of pace here.
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Your husband, Jerry, is also a number one
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on Star Trek: Lower Decks.
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So how much do you guys
talk about Star Trek,
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watch Star Trek together?
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I know you said that you
watch it with your kids,
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like how is Star Trek in the household?
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It is nonstop competition at our house.
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We are continually--we can't
stop letting each other know
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that we are the best number--that I am,
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that I let him know over and over again
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that I am the best number one.
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He has brought it to my attention
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that number one means
you're second in command,
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which I've explained to him,
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I am second in command
to our cat, ironically,
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whose name is Captain.
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He's the only one that
I'm second in command to.
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Oh my goodness, this could
be its own miniseries,
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honestly, like you guys
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are setting up something amazing here.
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I am the better number
one. I've let him know.
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We'll let you have that crown today, 100%.
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In our house! Because
I don't wanna, listen,
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I don't wanna tick off Jonathan Frakes--
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there are other people that I,
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this is in our own household, like in-
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In the world of number ones,
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I don't know.
If I have to call Jonathan
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and tell him your crown has
been taken away today, I will.
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I will give it to you, it's okay.
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You are the superior number one.
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You're brave. Thank you.
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I do wanna be clear
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without violating any
confidentiality agreements,
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that I have already begun agitating
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for the crossover episode.
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Oh.
Oh.
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Oh.
Wait, with Lower Decks or...
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So like a live action, a
live action, animated...?
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Roger Rabbit?
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I was about to say,
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is this some sort of
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
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Like, I'm into it.
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I love it.
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Fun.
Oh man, we're getting
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a bunch of exclusives, let's,
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that--panel over, that's the best news.
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In space, anything can happen, you guys.
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One dimension could be animated
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and they find a portal to it.
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We're writing an episode
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right now.
We've never seen subspace.
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Oh man, I love this.
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For Anson and Ethan and Rebecca,
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what kind of research did you guys do
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to prepare for these roles?
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And are you rewatching more Star Trek now
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that Strange New Worlds is happening,
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if that's even possible?
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I mean, you guys do
watch a lot of Star Trek.
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I've just been rewatching
the original series.
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I've got, like I said,
I've got it on my DVR.
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There are things these days
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that wake me up in the wee hours,
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maybe other people are going
through that these days,
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and watching the original series
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at two in the morning
sometimes helps. It's soothing.
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It's nice to have around.
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I just, I went back and
I--obviously, I rewatched "The Cage"
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and "The Menagerie," and
I read what I could find
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in canon online, but
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I think most of my preparation
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as an actor usually is just
a way to calm my nerves.
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I had to come in and discover the Pike
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that was in a different part of his life
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then he had been in those episodes.
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So, luckily I had the
support of great writers
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and a team that made
sure that those writers
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were present on the set
during their episodes
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when they're being shot,
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and I depended upon them most of all.
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Yeah, I spent a lot of time
with the original series
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with Leonard Nimoy and his Spock.
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I read I Am Not Spock and I Am Spock
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that--He wrote both.
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And I read a book called The
Nature of--The Order of Time
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by Carlo Rovelli, which is
a theoretical physics book
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that I thought really connected to
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what they were sort of tapping
into on the Discovery ship.
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And yeah, as I go forward,
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I'm probably gonna rewatch
the episodes I watched
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of the original series,
watch it all over again.
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And I'm actually getting
into some older philosophy.
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'Cause I realized this is
such a virtuous person,
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and so I want to kind of explore
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what people have been thinking about
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over the millennia
basically, 'cause I feel
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like that's what Spock would do.
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So I picked up some Aristotle
and some Kant and Confucius
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and we'll start there and see how it goes.
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I love it, some deep Method work there.
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For Akiva and Henry, as
we move closer and closer
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to the original series era,
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will we start to see
more of that aesthetic
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reflected in Strange New Worlds?
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One of the great joys
of this job has been...
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We meet weekly with our
incredibly talented production
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and design team, and we look
over these incredible sets.
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For us, I think the fun of
it has been figuring out
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how to keep continuity with the past,
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how to keep some of the
amazing design elements
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from the '60s that were
incorporated in the first one
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and update it for a modern audience.
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The Enterprise is sexy
is all I got to say,
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it's a sexy, sexy ship.
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I think everybody loves their own ship,
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but I gotta agree with you, it
is, it is a pretty sexy ship.
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For the creative team,
Akiva, Henry, Akela and Davy,
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as the title suggests, this show
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will clearly be introducing
new planets and alien species.
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But given the time period
the show is set in,
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there seems to be plenty of
opportunities for references
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to legacy material as well.
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Obviously, without any spoilers,
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is there something you
guys are talking about
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in the writer's room
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you can give us a little taste of?
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The storytelling itself is using sci-fi
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to say something about the world around us
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and that in and of itself is, like, a way
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to touch upon the legacy.
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We're obviously gonna be, like, mining
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as much as we can of the original series,
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and if we can reach
into Next Gen some way,
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but a lot of us--
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and the conversations we're having--
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are like, those original series episodes
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and that TNG era and Deep Space Nine,
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were using episodic television
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to say something really introspective
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or really important
about the world around us
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and about ourselves as human species
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and what we could be in the future,
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and that kind of legacy storytelling
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is how we're sort of gonna
really look at each episode
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as we move forward.
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I think they wanted spoilers.
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I know, I wanna say it, but I can't.
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It's understandable.
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And finally, since we're
all here for Star Trek Day,
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what does it mean to
all of you to be a part
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of this legacy as Star Trek,
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since you guys aren't just fans,
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but now you're in it, like you said,
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you get paid to play Star Trek.
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Star Trek is important
to us for the same reason
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that we'd like to think it's important.
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Star Trek is not value neutral.
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Star Trek is the future we want.
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It is a galaxy that is
multicultural, multiethnic,
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multigendered; it is a galaxy
where empathy prevails.
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It is a galaxy where goodness resonates
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and kindness and compassion
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and the ability to build bridges,
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and those are the grammar of exploration.
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And Star Trek has always been of value
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because it's a carnival
mirror on our time.
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It lets us look at the world around us,
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by looking at an imagined
world, and we need that.
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We need hope, we need those
values, we need optimism,
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certainly as sorely as any time before us.
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Maybe we're tied for when
the original series came out.
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So, on Star Trek Day, we
hope to make Star Trek
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so that every day has the
values that Star Trek prefers.
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And we mean it.
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Building on what Akiva just said.
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It's, I mean, it's never felt
like a more important time
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to be telling stories based
on these themes of optimism
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and a bright future, and I can't wait
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to start telling those stories
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because I think we've all
been having a hard time.
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And actually, I just started--
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the world has become overwhelming lately.
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And I mean, I just broke
down in tears the other day
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about the post office.
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I mean, it's just everything,
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and I know everyone's going through it.
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And I actually just
started feeling envious
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of the writer's room
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that they get to channel these
themes right now of optimism.
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And the thing is, what
we--what these stories
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that we're telling--they are imaginary,
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we're making it up, but
those themes are not.
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Those themes of optimism and bright future
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need to be inspired and manifested
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and the writers get to
be living that right now,
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and I can't wait to start
telling those stories.
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It's just, it's an honor to
be a part of it, obviously,
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it's such an incredible
family to be a part of,
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but especially now I wanna
start telling these stories.
508
00:22:09.150 --> 00:22:10.440
So thank you, writers.
509
00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:12.368
I'm jealous that you're already living it.
510
00:22:12.368 --> 00:22:15.320
Come on over. Come on in.
511
00:22:15.320 --> 00:22:19.212
I think one possible
definition of the human being
512
00:22:19.212 --> 00:22:24.212
is the cross section of
curiosity and creativity,
513
00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:26.871
as manifested by that need
514
00:22:26.871 --> 00:22:30.463
we have to walk past--
515
00:22:30.463 --> 00:22:32.120
walk away from the circle of firelight
516
00:22:32.120 --> 00:22:35.040
and into the darkness
to see what's out there,
517
00:22:35.040 --> 00:22:39.000
is an incredibly beautiful
thing about our species.
518
00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:42.141
And I think that
519
00:22:43.108 --> 00:22:48.108
Star Trek fully realizes that.
520
00:22:48.790 --> 00:22:50.940
When you think about
our current endeavors,
521
00:22:52.090 --> 00:22:54.980
we're pouring billions
of dollars and man hours
522
00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:58.130
and ingenuity into getting people to Mars,
523
00:22:58.130 --> 00:23:01.527
and pretty much everybody is going,
524
00:23:01.527 --> 00:23:02.777
"Yeah, that makes sense."
525
00:23:04.060 --> 00:23:06.600
But when you do step back and
think about it, it's crazy,
526
00:23:06.600 --> 00:23:09.390
but there's something in
us that needs to do that,
527
00:23:09.390 --> 00:23:14.390
to expand, and Star Trek, it just reflects
528
00:23:15.110 --> 00:23:17.290
what's best about us in that sense.
529
00:23:17.290 --> 00:23:18.470
Yeah, I believe that Star Trek
530
00:23:18.470 --> 00:23:22.110
has never been afraid to
shine light where it is dark,
531
00:23:22.110 --> 00:23:25.410
and I'm incredibly proud to
be one of those torchbearers.
532
00:23:25.410 --> 00:23:27.453
And I hope that it will inspire,
533
00:23:29.310 --> 00:23:32.410
not just those that see
it, but in the future,
534
00:23:32.410 --> 00:23:35.260
people that see it. It's
inspired me, certainly,
535
00:23:35.260 --> 00:23:36.890
and makes me wanna be a better person.
536
00:23:36.890 --> 00:23:40.500
I think it's all about
graduating ourselves
537
00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:45.050
to sort of greater unity and
acceptance and curiosity.
538
00:23:45.050 --> 00:23:47.480
Reflecting on what Star Trek means to me
539
00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:52.480
as a black woman,
watching Uhura and Sisko,
540
00:23:53.870 --> 00:23:57.380
it was black people made it to the future.
541
00:23:57.380 --> 00:23:58.900
And in a lot of science fiction,
542
00:23:58.900 --> 00:24:01.770
you don't actually see people
of color in the future,
543
00:24:01.770 --> 00:24:03.510
especially in the '70s and '80s.
544
00:24:03.510 --> 00:24:06.870
And so, for me, that was a symbol of like,
545
00:24:06.870 --> 00:24:09.610
you are here, like, you made it.
546
00:24:09.610 --> 00:24:10.920
And as Akiva pointed out,
547
00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:13.350
like when the original series came out,
548
00:24:13.350 --> 00:24:15.470
it was a time of turmoil and upheaval.
549
00:24:15.470 --> 00:24:17.240
And we're in that now,
550
00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:19.120
but in the history of Star Trek,
551
00:24:19.120 --> 00:24:21.930
they also went through a
lot of turmoil and upheaval
552
00:24:21.930 --> 00:24:23.510
and they made it through.
553
00:24:23.510 --> 00:24:26.210
And I think that's like the
best message for Star Trek,
554
00:24:26.210 --> 00:24:29.470
especially now, is that
there is a way through,
555
00:24:29.470 --> 00:24:32.690
and there is hope, and
there is a positive future
556
00:24:32.690 --> 00:24:33.870
and we will all get there.
557
00:24:33.870 --> 00:24:37.110
And being a writer on the
show, it's also, it's like,
558
00:24:37.110 --> 00:24:39.680
I saw "you are here"
in the black characters
559
00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:41.960
in the future, and now
I'm in the writers room,
560
00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:45.070
and I am here. And it hits me sometimes
561
00:24:45.070 --> 00:24:46.640
that like, I grew up watching this
562
00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:48.470
with my parents my whole life,
563
00:24:48.470 --> 00:24:50.720
and now I'm writing on
a show that they love,
564
00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:54.560
and that I love, and I am
here, and it's wonderful.
565
00:24:54.560 --> 00:24:56.080
Yeah, I'm having a moment too.
566
00:24:56.080 --> 00:24:57.540
I'm trying not to, like, choke up
567
00:24:57.540 --> 00:25:01.494
because--Why did I say that?
Now I'm gonna choke up!
568
00:25:01.494 --> 00:25:04.810
Oh no...
569
00:25:04.810 --> 00:25:07.200
I'm a son of an immigrant, and my father,
570
00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:10.380
he came to this country, and
he would look to the stars,
571
00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:12.040
like he wanted to go to space
572
00:25:12.040 --> 00:25:13.660
and he didn't make it to space,
573
00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:16.210
but Star Trek was close
enough for him, you know?
574
00:25:17.901 --> 00:25:21.070
And so, he put a love of that exploration
575
00:25:21.070 --> 00:25:23.743
and that curiosity inside of me.
576
00:25:24.760 --> 00:25:28.960
And now, here I am, I get to go to space.
577
00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:33.100
I get to go to this place in the future
578
00:25:33.100 --> 00:25:37.403
full of what we could become
and what is the best of us.
579
00:25:38.890 --> 00:25:41.080
So yeah, it means a lot.
580
00:25:41.080 --> 00:25:46.080
It's a very personal and a
fantastic and overwhelming thing,
581
00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:49.863
and I'm not going to choke up!
582
00:25:49.863 --> 00:25:50.943
You keep saying it...
583
00:25:50.943 --> 00:25:52.830
I know, I know.
584
00:25:52.830 --> 00:25:54.363
Ah shoot, sorry.
585
00:25:55.540 --> 00:25:58.720
Anyway, Star Trek means
a lot to me and my family
586
00:25:58.720 --> 00:26:02.980
and Star Trek Day is just,
587
00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:05.240
it's a great way to celebrate all of that.
588
00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:07.350
I think one of the greatest
things about Star Trek
589
00:26:07.350 --> 00:26:10.260
is that it is an ensemble.
590
00:26:10.260 --> 00:26:14.180
It is made up of people
from all different races
591
00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:15.530
and planets and creeds.
592
00:26:15.530 --> 00:26:20.530
And I think that the--doing
the show is the same thing,
593
00:26:20.760 --> 00:26:25.400
and I'm incredibly grateful
to, on Star Trek Day,
594
00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:26.960
to be here working with this team
595
00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:29.170
and all of their
incredible personal stories
596
00:26:29.170 --> 00:26:32.730
that they have brought
and gifted to the show.
597
00:26:32.730 --> 00:26:34.793
So, I wanna end by saying,
598
00:26:34.793 --> 00:26:37.320
just to say thank you to everyone.
599
00:26:37.320 --> 00:26:39.464
Now that we're all
emotional and teary-eyed
600
00:26:39.464 --> 00:26:42.450
and really feeling connected,
601
00:26:42.450 --> 00:26:44.180
I just wanna thank you guys so much
602
00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:45.116
for joining me for this chat.
603
00:26:45.116 --> 00:26:48.240
This was beautiful and inspirational.
604
00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:50.840
And just seeing your love
and passion for Star Trek.
605
00:26:50.840 --> 00:26:53.240
I know in my heart and
know that all the fans
606
00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:54.640
in their hearts that Strange New Worlds
607
00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:57.730
is going to be just, just mind-blowing.
608
00:26:57.730 --> 00:26:59.750
Thanks so much for
joining me for this chat.
609
00:26:59.750 --> 00:27:02.970
I cannot wait to see what's
coming on Strange New Worlds.
610
00:27:02.970 --> 00:27:04.530
Again, for those watching at home,
611
00:27:04.530 --> 00:27:07.700
we'll be coming soon to CBS All
Access in the United States.
612
00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:09.670
And again, today on Star Trek Day,
613
00:27:09.670 --> 00:27:11.060
you too can pitch in and support
614
00:27:11.060 --> 00:27:13.060
our Star Trek United Campaign.
615
00:27:13.060 --> 00:27:15.047
For every person that tweets the hashtag
616
00:27:15.047 --> 00:27:18.700
#StarTrekUnitedGives, CBS
All Access will donate $1
617
00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:21.300
to organizations who
do the real world work
618
00:27:21.300 --> 00:27:23.750
of championing equality, social justice,
619
00:27:23.750 --> 00:27:26.030
and the pursuit of
scientific advancements.
620
00:27:26.030 --> 00:27:29.380
So thank you guys so much,
and take care everybody.
621
00:27:29.380 --> 00:27:30.623
Get those tissues.
622
00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:35.409
Bye, happy Star Trek Day!
Happy Star Trek Day!
623
00:27:37.724 --> 00:27:38.924
Live long and prosper.