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Hey nerds!
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I'm Wil Wheaton!
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And this is "The Ready Room,"
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your official behind-the-scenes hub
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for all things Star Trek Universe.
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Today, we'll be looking
at Star Trek: Discovery's
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latest episode, "Terra Firma, Part 2."
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So if you haven't watched
the jaw-dropping conclusion
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to this epic two-part
episode, trust me when I say
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there are massive spoilers coming your way
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in about 30 seconds.
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Spoilers that you
absolutely want to avoid.
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So be sure to watch that episode first
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before you watch our episode
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if only because it was
so unbelievably cool.
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Oh my God.
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To that end
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our special guest today is the only guest
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that makes sense for this
installment of "The Ready Room."
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I am talking about her
most Imperial Majesty,
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Mother of the Fatherland,
Overlord of Vulcan,
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Dominus of Kronos, Regina Andor,
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Philippa Georgiou Augustus
Iaponius Centarius,
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Michelle Yeoh is joining
us all the way from Paris!
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And if that wasn't enough
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we also have an exclusive
clip from next week's episode
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of Star Trek: Discovery coming your way
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after the interview.
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But before we get to that,
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I can't not talk about it anymore.
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The Guardian of Forever!
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The Guardian of Forever!
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The freaking Guardian of
Forever on Star Trek: Discovery!
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I literally jumped up off my
couch when that was revealed.
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How unbelievably cool was that!
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For more details on this
beautiful sendoff for Georgiou,
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let's go to our latest
"Moments of Discovery" video.
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Control room, did you see
the Guardian of Forever? Ah!
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Engage.
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This isn't the Terran Universe.
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A vulnerability is not a death sentence.
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[Michelle] One of the interesting things
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about their relationship
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that we try to highlight in subtle ways
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over the course of the season
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is that they are not each other's person.
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This isn't Prime Georgiou and
this isn't Mirror Burnham.
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They are the mirrors of
one another put together.
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My hand
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is fine.
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- [Tilly gasps]
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See?
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Where I'm from wars would've
started over much less.
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Thankfully we're not there.
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For her to go back and realize
how disconnected she was
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and that she hungered for a connection
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that she didn't even realize at the time.
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And she's now found that with this crew
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and with this person
in particular, Burnham.
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You gave me new life.
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And the rest of your
crew isn't so bad either.
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And it's sad for her at the end
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that she's gonna have to
go and let go of that.
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I think a lot of the struggle
in their relationship
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has been trying to relate to one another
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as the person they knew,
not the person they are.
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But in that final moment together
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they're both able to
admit you are my person.
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I've seen that some
endings are inevitable.
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Mine, Captain Burnham's,
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and perhaps your Philippa was
destined for her end as well.
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You are my Philippa.
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They have found a way
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to love and honor one
another for who they are,
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and that they've both been
changed by one another.
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I just think it's really beautiful
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that they were able to get to that place.
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I'm gonna send you back to a time
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when the Mirror Universe
and the Prime Universe
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are still aligned.
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Then it's time for Georgiou to leave
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and she has no choice.
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That's so you won't fall
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Now she's wanting this
Burnham to come with her
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and that's not possible.
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Can Michael come with me?
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Afraid not.
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This Michael Burnham is
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And then Georgiou is able to leave
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and it's tragic and
wonderful and bitter sweet
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all at the same time.
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Who are you?
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Really?
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[Guardian] Really?
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[echoing] I am the Guardian
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of Forever.
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It was really interesting
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when we start talking about
the Guardian of Forever
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because it's always great
to have these callbacks
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back to TOS.
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Because no matter how far
ahead we are in the future,
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it grounds us into what
Trek is really about.
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[Michelle] At the end I think she realizes
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that wherever she lands
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she can create a new life
that does have connection.
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She doesn't have to go
back to the person she was.
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She is as changeable as all of us
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and she gets to choose the
future she wants for herself.
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And I think that's the
crossroads she finds herself in.
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[portal rumbling]
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When we first read Episode 10 and realized
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that that was gonna be
Michelle's last episode,
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it was pretty emotional
for us on Discovery.
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- It
was really important to us
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that we gave her the
sendoff of an emperor.
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Let's put this on the coolest
location we could find,
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which it is,
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let's build the coolest Gate
of Forever which we could,
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which we did.
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And it was very emotional
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saying goodbye to her on that last day.
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It's a pretty big deal for us.
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[people cheering]
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I am extremely excited
to welcome my next guest.
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The most badass emperor
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Star Trek has ever
known or ever will know.
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Michelle Yeoh, thank you so
much for joining me today.
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It is so cool to meet you.
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[Michelle laughing]
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Well, Wil, hello.
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It is really cool to meet you
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because I've been such a fan of yours
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since you were young Wesley
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in The Next Generation.
I love that.
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I love that so much.
No, I really related,
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I wanted to be
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you.
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You were so cool.
Oh my gosh.
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You were so smart
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and I wanted to be that young, smart kid.
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Ah!
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If I could open up a
portal to my teenage self
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and just let him know that someday
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we're gonna get to have this conversation,
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he's gonna feel so much
better about a lot of things.
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Aww.
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Let us dive into these two
"Terra Firma" episodes.
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Going back to the Mirror Universe.
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Were you as shocked as we all were
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that you were gonna get to go back
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and revisit that universe?
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After three years of Star Trek: Discovery,
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nothing shocks me.
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It's like you're waiting
there to be excited,
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to be, you know, swept off your feet
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and to go, "Wow, is
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cast was just so excited
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to be the mirror of themselves, you know?
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And see.
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And they relished in
playing those characters.
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I mean it just comes oozing out of them
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and everyone was trying to
decide how they would play it.
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I mean I was an old hag.
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I'd been doing it for,
you know, three episodes,
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doing the Emperor
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from the Mirror Universe.
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like Tilly,
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Mary Wiseman, and Sonequa!
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Oh my God, it's maniacal.
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I looked at them and go
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"I really don't want
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We had a really good time
exploring that universe
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for what it was.
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after having been away from it
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and then coming back
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with
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new eyes.
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I think enlightened
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in a certain way
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by
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the Discovery.
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Oh my God, the goody good
shoes from Starfleet.
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From Michael Burnham to Saru and
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blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.
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And it really
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sank deeply in her
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more than she actually wanted to admit
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some of the times.
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two episodes
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going into the Terran world.
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Her story arc is so interesting
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and so satisfying to watch.
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It's to inspiring that
someone from the Terran Empire
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could be changed
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as much
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as she has been changed
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by her time in the Prime Universe.
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And I thought that it was
symbolic and beautiful
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that you and Sonequa start the series
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in the Jordanian desert together,
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kind of like out in the middle of nowhere,
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and then
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you finish
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in a similar
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visual environment.
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And it is almost as if
things have come full circle
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for the two characters,
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going all the way back to
the beginning of Discovery.
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Would you talk a little bit about
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what that experience was like,
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both saying goodbye to Michael Burnham
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and also saying goodbye to Sonequa.
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You're right.
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It seems like a full circle,
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especially in the way of the
scenery, how it all played out.
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To be honest, when we arrived
on location that morning
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it was very different
from what you see now.
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Interesting.
It was
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as far as the eye could
see, it was just gravel.
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Yeah.
It was like,
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it was supposed to be a more desert
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but with stones.
Uh-huh.
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You know, barren kind of thing.
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And then the hand of God
stepped in and said guess what?
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I'm gonna take you guys,
you girls, you ladies
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back in a full circle and gaza-boom!
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Snow started coming in.
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If you looked properly, we
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No you're not at all.
Wearing our leather outfits
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with leather--
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no.
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And as the day progressed
it suddenly went,
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oh my God, the whole landscape
just went completely white.
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Wow.
We were doing
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the entire scene with snow flurries
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and I looked at, yep,
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at one of the shots
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and I go "Oh my God.
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My face is frozen.
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I am speaking like this."
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[both laughing]
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And it's like one of
the most powerful scenes
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but it,
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it really did bring the entire journey
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for these two ladies like to a full circle
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in the sense we started
out in the blistering hot
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in a sandstorm.
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And now we are saying goodbye in this.
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It's beautiful.
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Did you have conversations
with the writers at all
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regarding Georgiou's storyline?
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Did you know
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that she was always going to
be leaving around Episode 310?
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I talked about it with Alex and Michelle
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and I did ask them I said
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"Did we always plan
for Georgiou to leave?"
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Yeah.
And
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it wasn't planned this way.
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Yeah.
But
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it came a point where it was necessary
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if we were to go on more journeys
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Got it.
with Emperor Georgiou
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that some things have to happen.
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And it was,
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if I talk about it now,
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I haven't stopped crying since I...
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[Michelle sighing]
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I get it.
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[Michelle laughing]
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This is not Emperor Georgiou.
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Yeah.
But...
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I completely get it.
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Like these--
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And I wanted to ask you
about how you feel about her.
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Like when we come to these moments,
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and they happen to all of us as actors,
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we come to these moments where
the character arc is finished
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and we've had an incredible
time telling the story
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and we've fallen in love
with our cast members
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and we feel so strongly about it,
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and then we have to let it go.
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And we have to,
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we have to just say goodbye to that.
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How hard is it to say goodbye to her?
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It's never gonna be goodbye.
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Not if I have a hand in that.
Yeah?
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More of a see ya later?
[Michelle laughing]
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But at that moment it was really tough.
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Yeah.
'Cause, you know,
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knowing that
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I won't be seeing my
new family for a while.
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I mean we will always be in touch
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as we are always in touch with each other,
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but it is more difficult because
I related on so many levels
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with the different
characters that we played
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and the actors
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who gave some of the
most amazing performances
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and brought all these characters
that were on paper to life.
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And our writers were just brilliant.
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They gave us--
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they painted a canvas
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and allowed us to step
into these new worlds
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with characters that
have so much background
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and complexities.
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In my 30 years of being in the business,
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Georgiou has been so
fulfilling as an actor
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that it's been awesome.
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And so for that reason
alone, I'm never going away.
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They have me there.
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You got to play a tremendous
range with Georgiou.
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She starts out as a renegade.
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She starts out--
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she never stops being a badass
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but she starts out
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really being antagonistic
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and
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when she goes back to the Mirror Universe
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we see how much she has changed
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compared to her fellow Terrans.
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Would you talk a little bit
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about playing those scenes
with that different context?
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As Captain Philippa Georgiou
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she was the core of goodness, the heroic,
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everyone's hero and you want
that person to be your mentor,
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and when she died, the writers, everybody,
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kept her spirit alive.
Mm-hm.
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So when Emperor Georgiou
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from the Mirror Universe turns up,
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everybody is horrified
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because we all know what
the Terran world is about.
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But she was born into a world
where a sign of weakness,
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any vulnerability means instant death.
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Mm-hm.
And she did not come up
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by being kind to the people around her.
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She threw her weight
around and she was skilled
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and she was masterful in manipulation
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and I think she learned how to
read people instantaneously,
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who were her people that she could trust
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and people she had to destroy.
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Mm-hm.
Then, of course,
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here comes
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Sonequa Martin-Green,
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or Michael Burnham.
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Yeah.
The good Michael Burnham.
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And it changed her.
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It completely showed
her this is the Michael,
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this is the daughter that
she had always wanted.
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I mean why do you build an empire?
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You don't live forever.
Right.
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You build it for the people that you love.
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And for her the one person
that she truly loved
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was Michael Burnham.
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And upon meeting the good Michael Burnham
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she realized we have to change.
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So when she was given
the second chance by our
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glorious Guardian of the Portal
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Yes.
to go in,
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that was when she was also being weighed
365
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to see if she had changed
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because it is very obvious
367
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that Emperor Georgiou's
journey has not ended.
368
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Right.
It has not come to an end.
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But it depends on her
whether it will end abruptly.
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So in that way,
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I loved when she walks through the portal
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and she realizes, oh my God,
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I am dressed as the Terran Empire
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and I can see all my
soldiers in front of me
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expecting the badass Emperor,
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and you can see in her eyes
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she has changed dramatically
and drastically.
378
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It's a really beautiful,
very Star Trek redemption arc
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that says we all have choices to make.
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We can overcome what is expected of us.
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We don't have to
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fulfill a destiny that
someone chose for us,
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we get to do our own things.
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And one of the things I have
always loved about Star Trek
385
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is that it works on multiple levels.
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We have this deeply philosophical level
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that rides with the entertainment,
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but we also have this incredible
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action, science fiction level of it
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and I wanted to switch gears
391
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and talk about that for a moment.
392
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You have some amazing fight
sequences this season.
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This latest episode in particular,
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you have this incredible,
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just amazing all-out melee with the crew.
396
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Would you talk a little bit about
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filming some of these more
physically challenging scenes
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this season?
399
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Well, thanks to our stunt
team led by Chris McGuire
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Mm-hm.
and his whole team.
401
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They are just brilliant.
402
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And my stunt person, you
know, people that are,
403
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who was part of that core team,
404
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understands the kind of action
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they want to bring to the table.
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I mean the scenes are written for us.
407
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It's setup for us in that way.
408
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Yeah.
409
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But when I walk up to Chris,
we talk about the drama.
410
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Why are we fighting?
411
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Mm-hm.
Because that will change the
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dimensions and the diversity
of the styles of fighting.
413
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Mm-hm.
414
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Are we just doing a street brawl?
415
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But then when I fight
with Michael Burnham,
416
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these are two high warriors.
Right.
417
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So there has to be a
different style of fighting.
418
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Are they fighting to kill each other
419
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or are they fighting a defensive way?
420
00:16:29.154 --> 00:16:31.365
We have to understand that.
Yeah.
421
00:16:31.365 --> 00:16:36.328
Well I mean it's a beautifully
choreographed dance
422
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that is just a joy to watch.
423
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Safety first.
424
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That's the most important thing.
425
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No matter where she is,
426
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whether she is in the Prime Universe
427
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or she is in the Mirror Universe,
428
00:16:48.382 --> 00:16:51.927
Georgiou always has the
most amazing costumes.
429
00:16:51.927 --> 00:16:55.014
Just the most incredible,
beautiful outfits
430
00:16:55.014 --> 00:16:56.265
I have ever seen.
431
00:16:56.265 --> 00:16:59.810
In these two episodes,
you got to wear that crown
432
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and that incredible fur cape.
433
00:17:02.229 --> 00:17:03.772
Do you have a favorite piece
434
00:17:03.772 --> 00:17:05.441
that Gersha Phillips designed for you
435
00:17:05.441 --> 00:17:07.609
whether Mirror Universe or Prime Universe?
436
00:17:07.609 --> 00:17:08.986
I am,
437
00:17:08.986 --> 00:17:11.947
full disclosure, I have been so envious
438
00:17:11.947 --> 00:17:13.824
of the incredible clothes
you have gotten to wear
439
00:17:13.824 --> 00:17:15.284
all season long.
440
00:17:15.284 --> 00:17:18.787
It's almost like she is in this
like futuristic fetish gear
441
00:17:18.787 --> 00:17:22.416
that is just so, so cool!
[Michelle laughing]
442
00:17:22.416 --> 00:17:24.001
That is so funny.
443
00:17:24.001 --> 00:17:27.629
Gersha Phillips and her team, they rock.
444
00:17:27.629 --> 00:17:31.008
They rock to the universe and back.
445
00:17:31.008 --> 00:17:31.842
Yeah.
446
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Every time I walk into their creative room
447
00:17:34.595 --> 00:17:36.055
I'm just prepared
448
00:17:36.055 --> 00:17:40.225
because Emperor Georgiou has
the most stunning outfits.
449
00:17:40.225 --> 00:17:42.144
She needs her own collection.
450
00:17:42.144 --> 00:17:45.064
The outfits, the corsets, the rubber,
451
00:17:45.064 --> 00:17:47.149
the leather, the boots,
Yeah.
452
00:17:47.149 --> 00:17:48.817
and the jewelry.
Yeah.
453
00:17:48.817 --> 00:17:49.818
My God.
454
00:17:49.818 --> 00:17:54.448
That tiara, when I looked at
it I was like my, gee, wow!
455
00:17:54.448 --> 00:17:57.659
Somebody's gonna be really
jealous up there [laughing].
456
00:17:57.659 --> 00:17:59.703
And it sets like a halo.
457
00:17:59.703 --> 00:18:00.537
Yeah.
458
00:18:00.537 --> 00:18:02.039
It's very grand.
Yeah.
459
00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:04.083
And I have so much fun.
460
00:18:04.083 --> 00:18:08.670
Lena Headey says that
when she put on the corset
461
00:18:08.670 --> 00:18:13.342
and the dress and the wig
to become Cersei Lannister
462
00:18:13.342 --> 00:18:15.844
she was just automatically
463
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just constricted and uptight
464
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and just like it made the
character just explode out of her.
465
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When you put on Georgiou's regal
466
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just badass clothes,
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that honestly, all of her
clothes should go on a tour.
468
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Like the costumes should go on a tour
469
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with the jewelry and everything
so we can see them up close.
470
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But when it's on--
Right?
471
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Do you feel that?
472
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Is it one of those
things where it comes on
473
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and it's just like, oh, this
little extra piece of her
474
00:18:42.663 --> 00:18:46.041
just explodes into being because
the costumes pull it out?
475
00:18:46.041 --> 00:18:49.336
Emperor Georgiou is like contained.
476
00:18:49.336 --> 00:18:51.171
Oh, how interesting.
Is in armor.
477
00:18:51.171 --> 00:18:52.631
Yeah.
It's like a protection.
478
00:18:52.631 --> 00:18:55.217
If you look at it, you know, her cape,
479
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her armor that sits around
her and her sword by her side,
480
00:18:59.054 --> 00:19:00.973
it keeps you very upright
481
00:19:00.973 --> 00:19:02.683
'cause you can't like slouch
482
00:19:02.683 --> 00:19:04.226
and, you know, do weird things in it.
483
00:19:04.226 --> 00:19:06.228
But it exudes power.
Yeah. Yeah.
484
00:19:06.228 --> 00:19:08.313
But it doesn't come exploding out.
485
00:19:08.313 --> 00:19:09.731
It's like [grunting].
486
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And you want it like all kept in.
487
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Oh that's great.
488
00:19:12.568 --> 00:19:15.112
That's what Gersha and her team has done
489
00:19:15.112 --> 00:19:17.489
is like they speak for themselves.
490
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The episode that we just saw
491
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has very strong ties
to the original series.
492
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Very obviously, the Mirror Universe
493
00:19:24.413 --> 00:19:26.248
in the original series
episode "Mirror, Mirror."
494
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We've had the fortune,
495
00:19:28.250 --> 00:19:30.294
good fortune of visiting that
universe a couple of times.
496
00:19:30.294 --> 00:19:33.797
But the ending has this amazing reveal
497
00:19:33.797 --> 00:19:38.010
when we find out that it
was The Guardian of Forever
498
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from the City on the Edge of Forever
499
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that made all of this possible.
500
00:19:44.933 --> 00:19:47.352
How amazing is it
501
00:19:47.352 --> 00:19:50.355
to see Discovery paying homage
502
00:19:50.355 --> 00:19:52.774
and connecting to the rich legacy
503
00:19:52.774 --> 00:19:54.985
of the original Star Trek series?
504
00:19:54.985 --> 00:19:56.945
That is kudos to the showrunners,
505
00:19:56.945 --> 00:19:59.114
you know, Alex and Michelle, you know?
506
00:19:59.114 --> 00:20:03.452
And the writers who really
bring all these nuances
507
00:20:03.452 --> 00:20:04.578
back to the front
508
00:20:04.578 --> 00:20:06.872
because at the back of their head
509
00:20:06.872 --> 00:20:09.291
they know all the things
that they need to do
510
00:20:09.291 --> 00:20:13.629
to make sure that this
world is kept to what it is.
511
00:20:13.629 --> 00:20:16.465
So homages like this
are so important, right?
512
00:20:16.465 --> 00:20:19.134
And the Guardian of
the Portal, of Forever,
513
00:20:19.134 --> 00:20:22.429
is so apropos to what's happening now.
514
00:20:22.429 --> 00:20:24.973
Yes.
He says to Georgiou,
515
00:20:24.973 --> 00:20:26.767
"When you're ready go forward.
516
00:20:26.767 --> 00:20:28.435
Go through the door."
517
00:20:28.435 --> 00:20:30.854
And what we are saying today is
518
00:20:30.854 --> 00:20:32.397
we have a pandemic.
519
00:20:32.397 --> 00:20:35.275
This is the time when
we have to move forward.
520
00:20:35.275 --> 00:20:37.736
We have to leave behind all of the burden,
521
00:20:37.736 --> 00:20:38.862
all of the bad things,
522
00:20:38.862 --> 00:20:41.573
and all of the luggage
that we have, behind,
523
00:20:41.573 --> 00:20:44.910
step through the portal,
and make it a better world,
524
00:20:44.910 --> 00:20:46.411
and be a better person.
525
00:20:46.411 --> 00:20:48.372
So it seems like the homage we are paying
526
00:20:48.372 --> 00:20:52.042
is like also a reminder of
what we can do for ourselves
527
00:20:52.042 --> 00:20:53.126
and for our planet.
528
00:20:53.126 --> 00:20:55.003
That's like the ultimate Star Trek message
529
00:20:55.003 --> 00:20:57.381
is "We are better than this."
530
00:20:57.381 --> 00:21:01.468
We, together, can do more
than we are doing right now.
531
00:21:01.468 --> 00:21:04.596
Yeah, that is the ultimate
Star Trek message.
532
00:21:04.596 --> 00:21:07.349
It is interesting to me how
when you did this episode,
533
00:21:07.349 --> 00:21:10.394
none of us knew we were
going to be doing this now.
534
00:21:10.394 --> 00:21:12.354
None of us knew we were
gonna be in a pandemic
535
00:21:12.354 --> 00:21:14.564
and that we would be talking to each other
536
00:21:14.564 --> 00:21:17.234
from two continents right now.
537
00:21:17.234 --> 00:21:18.318
I know, but that's,
538
00:21:18.318 --> 00:21:20.570
I guess, you know, we are so--
539
00:21:20.570 --> 00:21:23.615
a lot of the times when you
think the way the writers think,
540
00:21:23.615 --> 00:21:25.242
they're almost ahead of themselves.
541
00:21:25.242 --> 00:21:27.703
Star Trek always told me,
when I was a little boy,
542
00:21:27.703 --> 00:21:29.621
Star Trek always said "There's a future."
543
00:21:29.621 --> 00:21:34.459
And Star Trek always said like
this moment is not great, but
544
00:21:34.459 --> 00:21:38.046
there are better moments
ahead, when we work together,
545
00:21:38.046 --> 00:21:40.632
when, you know, when we come together.
546
00:21:40.632 --> 00:21:43.218
That message seems to
547
00:21:44.511 --> 00:21:45.595
parallel
548
00:21:45.595 --> 00:21:48.557
Georgiou's character arc.
549
00:21:48.557 --> 00:21:53.061
I think it kind of tracks the
larger message of Star Trek
550
00:21:53.061 --> 00:21:54.271
which is
551
00:21:54.271 --> 00:21:59.234
we can do more together
than we can do alone.
552
00:21:59.401 --> 00:22:00.902
And I feel like
553
00:22:00.902 --> 00:22:04.740
from seeing her as the wholesome
Captain of the Shenzhou
554
00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:08.952
to being the terrifying
Emperor of the Terran Empire,
555
00:22:08.952 --> 00:22:12.664
to being an agent of Section 31,
556
00:22:12.664 --> 00:22:16.418
to seeing her finish
off this transformation,
557
00:22:16.418 --> 00:22:19.838
going through the portal
back to the Mirror Universe.
558
00:22:19.838 --> 00:22:20.756
When you look back
559
00:22:20.756 --> 00:22:24.301
on all these individual
pieces of her experience,
560
00:22:24.301 --> 00:22:28.138
how do you feel about your
character's journey on the show
561
00:22:28.138 --> 00:22:30.140
from Season 1 to now,
562
00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:33.393
and is there anything
we haven't talked about
563
00:22:33.393 --> 00:22:36.730
that you deeply care about
that you want to touch on
564
00:22:36.730 --> 00:22:38.774
while we still have some time
in "The Ready Room" today?
565
00:22:38.774 --> 00:22:39.858
Wow.
566
00:22:39.858 --> 00:22:41.360
We only have some time?
567
00:22:41.360 --> 00:22:42.611
Wow, we're gonna need a lot of time--
568
00:22:42.611 --> 00:22:45.030
We'll take as much time as you've got.
569
00:22:45.030 --> 00:22:45.864
[Michelle laughing]
570
00:22:45.864 --> 00:22:46.698
[Michelle] No.
571
00:22:46.698 --> 00:22:48.867
I do believe there is
always good in people.
572
00:22:48.867 --> 00:22:50.327
Yeah.
And this is what we've seen
573
00:22:50.327 --> 00:22:52.829
with the Terran Emperor.
574
00:22:52.829 --> 00:22:56.458
And she is the epitome
of the Terran world.
575
00:22:56.458 --> 00:22:58.543
If she can change,
576
00:22:58.543 --> 00:23:01.922
just what she can do to
inspire other people to do.
577
00:23:01.922 --> 00:23:02.756
DiscoveryMm-hm.
578
00:23:02.756 --> 00:23:06.635
But change don't come so
easily because we're weird.
579
00:23:06.635 --> 00:23:09.805
You know, we resist changes
as if it's going to destroy us
580
00:23:09.805 --> 00:23:13.266
but certain changes in
our lives are necessary
581
00:23:13.266 --> 00:23:14.768
to make it better.
582
00:23:14.768 --> 00:23:18.313
But we have to be also
surrounded by good people
583
00:23:18.313 --> 00:23:21.400
who understand what are the necessary ways
584
00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:23.110
and changes to make.
585
00:23:23.110 --> 00:23:25.946
And for Georgiou, she was very blessed
586
00:23:25.946 --> 00:23:28.198
that Michael Burnham and the Discovery
587
00:23:28.198 --> 00:23:31.701
crashed back into the Mirror Universe,
588
00:23:31.701 --> 00:23:34.996
and she met the good people of Starfleet,
589
00:23:34.996 --> 00:23:37.332
you know. From Tilly--
590
00:23:37.332 --> 00:23:38.458
I really,
591
00:23:38.458 --> 00:23:43.458
as a person, I really relate
to the character Tilly.
592
00:23:44.005 --> 00:23:44.881
Because--
Me too.
593
00:23:44.881 --> 00:23:45.715
Right?
594
00:23:45.715 --> 00:23:47.592
Ah, I feel so seen right now.
595
00:23:47.592 --> 00:23:49.010
[Michelle laughing]
596
00:23:49.010 --> 00:23:52.305
And I love looking up at
Saru who's like six foot,
597
00:23:52.305 --> 00:23:53.348
Yeah.
seven foot tall.
598
00:23:53.348 --> 00:23:56.101
And even though the
Emperor is so much shorter,
599
00:23:56.101 --> 00:23:57.769
you know, it's not the stature.
600
00:23:57.769 --> 00:23:59.354
It's like,
601
00:23:59.354 --> 00:24:01.356
all right, we're toe-to-toe on this.
602
00:24:01.356 --> 00:24:03.567
And, you know, when Saru
tries to dismiss her
603
00:24:03.567 --> 00:24:05.318
the Emperor's like, "Not a chance buddy."
604
00:24:05.318 --> 00:24:07.404
And she's already, she left.
605
00:24:07.404 --> 00:24:08.238
So
606
00:24:08.238 --> 00:24:11.616
she has learned to give and take
607
00:24:11.616 --> 00:24:14.202
from the people in the Starfleet
608
00:24:14.202 --> 00:24:16.455
and I think that's how she grew
609
00:24:16.455 --> 00:24:19.708
and that's how she learned about humanity.
610
00:24:19.708 --> 00:24:21.960
And I think for all of us,
611
00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:23.503
as a human being,
612
00:24:23.503 --> 00:24:26.798
this character has brought
to light, you know,
613
00:24:26.798 --> 00:24:28.884
to the forefront, so many things
614
00:24:28.884 --> 00:24:30.844
that we all strive to be.
Yeah.
615
00:24:30.844 --> 00:24:31.887
You know, and sometimes when we think,
616
00:24:31.887 --> 00:24:33.638
ah, it's a hopeless situation.
617
00:24:33.638 --> 00:24:35.682
Maybe it's not so hopeless.
618
00:24:35.682 --> 00:24:37.559
It's only hopeless because we think it is
619
00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:38.643
and we haven't tried.
620
00:24:38.643 --> 00:24:43.523
She is a beautiful example
of the Star Trek philosophy
621
00:24:43.523 --> 00:24:44.816
that no one,
622
00:24:44.816 --> 00:24:47.360
no one is beyond redemption.
623
00:24:47.360 --> 00:24:49.154
There is redemption for everyone
624
00:24:49.154 --> 00:24:51.072
if they're willing to put in the work.
625
00:24:52.491 --> 00:24:53.283
Yes.
626
00:24:53.283 --> 00:24:55.118
If they're willing to put in the work.
627
00:24:55.118 --> 00:24:56.077
And that's--
Yeah.
628
00:24:56.077 --> 00:24:58.079
I think that is the most
important message, as well,
629
00:24:58.079 --> 00:24:59.206
is that we must be,
630
00:24:59.206 --> 00:25:01.124
we must open our hearts to that.
631
00:25:01.124 --> 00:25:03.335
It's only ourselves to be blamed
632
00:25:03.335 --> 00:25:05.045
if we can't change.
633
00:25:05.045 --> 00:25:07.672
So, I thank my writers, my God.
634
00:25:07.672 --> 00:25:10.509
They have been like my,
635
00:25:10.509 --> 00:25:11.593
my pedestal.
636
00:25:11.593 --> 00:25:13.595
They have been my solid foundation
637
00:25:13.595 --> 00:25:17.724
of how I could just play and
explore with this character.
638
00:25:17.724 --> 00:25:19.142
I love Georgiou.
639
00:25:19.142 --> 00:25:21.102
I hope that she is not gone.
640
00:25:21.102 --> 00:25:22.646
I hope that we will see her again
641
00:25:22.646 --> 00:25:24.189
at some point in the future.
642
00:25:24.189 --> 00:25:25.857
Georgiou is never going away.
643
00:25:25.857 --> 00:25:27.776
Excellent.
She will live on and on.
644
00:25:27.776 --> 00:25:28.610
[Michelle laughing]
645
00:25:28.610 --> 00:25:30.695
Well, I know I speak for myself,
646
00:25:30.695 --> 00:25:32.781
and I suspect I speak for
a great deal of fandom
647
00:25:32.781 --> 00:25:34.658
when I say "Excellent."
648
00:25:34.658 --> 00:25:36.368
[Michelle laughing]
649
00:25:36.368 --> 00:25:39.371
Thank you so much for
coming to "The Ready Room"
650
00:25:39.371 --> 00:25:40.789
and spending some time with me today.
651
00:25:40.789 --> 00:25:42.582
I am incredibly grateful.
652
00:25:42.582 --> 00:25:43.792
It's been a real pleasure.
653
00:25:43.792 --> 00:25:44.960
Thank you.
654
00:26:03.645 --> 00:26:05.313
A little earlier I talked with Michelle
655
00:26:05.313 --> 00:26:07.649
about some of Georgiou's
epic fight scenes.
656
00:26:07.649 --> 00:26:09.442
Now we have even more insights
657
00:26:09.442 --> 00:26:12.112
into the making of these
action-packed set pieces
658
00:26:12.112 --> 00:26:15.448
with Discovery's own Stunt
Coordinator, Chris McGuire.
659
00:26:15.448 --> 00:26:16.449
Take a look.
660
00:26:32.173 --> 00:26:33.675
I grew up a karate geek.
661
00:26:33.675 --> 00:26:36.261
I grew up doing martial arts.
662
00:26:36.261 --> 00:26:39.681
My brother and I would reenact
all the Bruce Lee movies
663
00:26:39.681 --> 00:26:42.309
and, you know, we would just
reenact these fight scenes.
664
00:26:46.438 --> 00:26:47.731
We have
665
00:26:47.731 --> 00:26:49.190
the wonderful Chris McGuire
666
00:26:49.190 --> 00:26:52.861
who is the captain of orchestrating
those fight sequences.
667
00:26:53.695 --> 00:26:54.988
Whenever you're doing a fight sequence
668
00:26:54.988 --> 00:26:57.198
you always want to go back to the story.
669
00:26:58.283 --> 00:27:00.035
We purposely made the conscious decision
670
00:27:00.035 --> 00:27:03.830
to make sure that the fight felt rough.
671
00:27:03.830 --> 00:27:05.332
Not clean.
672
00:27:05.332 --> 00:27:06.583
Messy.
673
00:27:06.583 --> 00:27:08.376
And the reason why it felt messy
674
00:27:08.376 --> 00:27:09.753
is because our emotions
675
00:27:09.753 --> 00:27:13.048
were hindering our physical movement.
676
00:27:13.048 --> 00:27:15.050
Character-wise, they're two brothers
677
00:27:15.050 --> 00:27:18.762
who haven't seen each
other in quite some time
678
00:27:18.762 --> 00:27:21.139
and there's a lot of built-in
resentment and whatnot.
679
00:27:21.139 --> 00:27:24.934
When you have two very physical actors
680
00:27:24.934 --> 00:27:27.020
in a very emotional scene,
681
00:27:27.020 --> 00:27:30.565
every single beat of that fight
needs to be choreographed.
682
00:27:30.565 --> 00:27:32.817
When you're fighting with family,
683
00:27:32.817 --> 00:27:35.403
and I can say this from
experience, I have four brothers,
684
00:27:35.403 --> 00:27:38.907
there's certain barriers
that you can punch through
685
00:27:38.907 --> 00:27:40.659
because you're family.
686
00:27:40.659 --> 00:27:44.120
So in actuality you go harder.
687
00:27:44.120 --> 00:27:46.790
So we had to have the openness in the room
688
00:27:46.790 --> 00:27:48.333
to really go hard for each other.
689
00:27:48.333 --> 00:27:50.126
So in this fight sequence
there are headbutts,
690
00:27:50.126 --> 00:27:53.296
there are kicks, very heavy punches.
691
00:27:53.296 --> 00:27:55.840
And I think it needs to be that raw.
692
00:27:55.840 --> 00:27:56.675
It had to be
693
00:27:56.675 --> 00:27:57.926
'cause you always want different fights
694
00:27:57.926 --> 00:27:59.552
to have different textures.
695
00:27:59.552 --> 00:28:02.472
And, again, it informs the
story and the relationship
696
00:28:02.472 --> 00:28:04.057
between these brothers.
697
00:28:04.057 --> 00:28:08.812
And I really do hope that
that translates on screen.
698
00:28:08.812 --> 00:28:09.813
[yelling]
699
00:28:11.106 --> 00:28:13.441
I love moving my body and
I do some fighting outside,
700
00:28:13.441 --> 00:28:14.275
not professional,
701
00:28:14.275 --> 00:28:17.570
but just doing some light
kickboxing or Muay Thai.
702
00:28:17.570 --> 00:28:19.114
But to actually do it
703
00:28:19.114 --> 00:28:21.324
knowing that you are
fighting against somebody
704
00:28:21.324 --> 00:28:24.577
and embodying a character that
is fighting for their life,
705
00:28:24.577 --> 00:28:25.912
it's a completely,
706
00:28:25.912 --> 00:28:28.248
completely different thing.
707
00:28:28.248 --> 00:28:31.000
Your whole mind and body has to,
708
00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:33.211
has to be in it.
709
00:28:33.211 --> 00:28:35.964
You have to believe you're
about to kill this person.
710
00:28:37.465 --> 00:28:40.719
What we'll do is rehearse,
rehearse, rehearse, rehearse.
711
00:28:40.719 --> 00:28:42.303
It builds into their muscle memory
712
00:28:42.303 --> 00:28:43.972
so that they're not having to think about
713
00:28:43.972 --> 00:28:46.975
whether their left foot goes
there or right foot goes there.
714
00:28:46.975 --> 00:28:50.103
And then they can totally,
safely, of course,
715
00:28:50.103 --> 00:28:52.981
immerse themselves in
the character and let go.
716
00:28:54.274 --> 00:28:56.359
But Chris is so good
717
00:28:56.359 --> 00:28:59.320
in terms of helping you move
718
00:28:59.320 --> 00:29:01.364
the way your body naturally moves
719
00:29:01.364 --> 00:29:03.116
because not everybody fights the same way,
720
00:29:03.116 --> 00:29:04.909
not everybody moves the same way.
721
00:29:04.909 --> 00:29:07.787
I would throw a punch and
he's like, "Oyin, really close
722
00:29:07.787 --> 00:29:10.749
you're not gonna hit somebody like that.
723
00:29:10.749 --> 00:29:12.292
Your fingers will break."
724
00:29:12.292 --> 00:29:13.835
So you have to really be committed.
725
00:29:13.835 --> 00:29:14.711
[metal clashing]
726
00:29:16.629 --> 00:29:20.967
So we did a big sequence in Episode 10
727
00:29:20.967 --> 00:29:23.011
in the Mirror Universe
728
00:29:23.011 --> 00:29:27.223
where Georgiou has a
fight with Mirror Burnham.
729
00:29:27.223 --> 00:29:29.058
It's just you and me now, mother.
730
00:29:29.058 --> 00:29:30.935
[Chris] Michelle is always very specific
731
00:29:30.935 --> 00:29:31.978
as to what she wants
732
00:29:31.978 --> 00:29:34.355
and what she doesn't want in a sequence.
733
00:29:34.355 --> 00:29:36.649
So in this particular sequence
734
00:29:36.649 --> 00:29:39.152
she wanted to be on the
defensive the entire time.
735
00:29:40.153 --> 00:29:42.363
She didn't wanna throw a punch or kick
736
00:29:42.363 --> 00:29:43.823
and she wanted it designed
737
00:29:43.823 --> 00:29:46.451
so that she had absolutely no choice
738
00:29:46.451 --> 00:29:50.288
but to kill Mirror Burnham
at the end of the sequence.
739
00:29:50.288 --> 00:29:53.708
So we design something. Michelle comes in
740
00:29:53.708 --> 00:29:56.544
and she tells us what she likes
and what she doesn't like.
741
00:29:56.544 --> 00:29:58.338
That's very exciting
'cause I've been a fan,
742
00:29:58.338 --> 00:30:00.381
you know, growing up.
743
00:30:00.381 --> 00:30:02.675
And then we sort of roll the camera
744
00:30:02.675 --> 00:30:04.886
and sit back and I can guarantee you
745
00:30:04.886 --> 00:30:06.596
you're gonna see something pretty special.
746
00:30:40.630 --> 00:30:43.675
As we bring ourselves back
from The Edge of Forever,
747
00:30:43.675 --> 00:30:45.426
inquiring minds would like to know
748
00:30:45.426 --> 00:30:47.929
where is the Discovery crew heading next?
749
00:30:47.929 --> 00:30:50.431
Well, I'm going to give you just a hint
750
00:30:50.431 --> 00:30:53.393
with this brand new exclusive sneak peak
751
00:30:53.393 --> 00:30:56.938
from next week's episode of
Star Trek: Discovery. Enjoy.
752
00:31:16.833 --> 00:31:17.625
[Saru] Wherever she is,
753
00:31:17.625 --> 00:31:19.377
I'm sure she's getting help.
754
00:31:19.377 --> 00:31:20.712
Lucky to have each other.
755
00:31:22.630 --> 00:31:25.008
You're a part of that, you know?
756
00:31:25.008 --> 00:31:25.842
You have them.
757
00:31:27.260 --> 00:31:28.595
And you have us.
758
00:31:29.470 --> 00:31:31.180
I miss her already.
759
00:31:31.180 --> 00:31:32.682
We're sort of a package deal.
760
00:31:34.684 --> 00:31:35.894
You have me too.
761
00:31:40.648 --> 00:31:41.482
You're back?
762
00:31:42.817 --> 00:31:44.193
Is that Gray?
763
00:31:44.193 --> 00:31:45.028
Gray's here?
764
00:31:46.529 --> 00:31:49.115
You're lucky that we are
at a memorial service,
765
00:31:49.115 --> 00:31:51.117
or I'd be giving you a piece of my mind.
766
00:31:53.286 --> 00:31:54.996
I'll just be checking something.
767
00:31:54.996 --> 00:31:55.830
Yeah.
768
00:31:57.248 --> 00:31:59.083
Thank you, as always,
769
00:31:59.083 --> 00:32:01.419
for joining me here in "The Ready Room."
770
00:32:01.419 --> 00:32:04.756
Next week we have
representatives from both sides
771
00:32:04.756 --> 00:32:06.883
of Star Trek: Discovery's
galactic conflict
772
00:32:06.883 --> 00:32:08.217
beaming into "The Ready Room."
773
00:32:08.217 --> 00:32:10.720
Doug Jones will be representing Starfleet
774
00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:13.932
and Janet Kidder will be
representing the Emerald Chain.
775
00:32:13.932 --> 00:32:16.476
Until then, I'm Wil Wheaton.
776
00:32:16.476 --> 00:32:18.269
Live long and prosper.