WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.418 --> 00:00:03.628 I don't know who the hell you are, but- 2 00:00:08.633 --> 00:00:13.638 I am Worf, Son of Mogh. House of Martok. 3 00:00:13.888 --> 00:00:16.933 Son of Sergey, House of Rozhenko. 4 00:00:16.933 --> 00:00:18.852 Mother. Father. 5 00:00:18.852 --> 00:00:21.354 Bane to the Duras family. 6 00:00:21.354 --> 00:00:22.939 Slayer of Gowron. 7 00:00:25.483 --> 00:00:27.402 I have made some camomile tea. 8 00:00:27.402 --> 00:00:28.278 Do you take sugar? 9 00:00:34.034 --> 00:00:34.868 [Jonathan Frakes] Action. 10 00:00:37.787 --> 00:00:40.540 I was approached by the producers 11 00:00:40.540 --> 00:00:43.793 and they said, "We'd like to talk to you- 12 00:00:43.793 --> 00:00:45.879 discuss coming back." 13 00:00:45.879 --> 00:00:49.466 And I had ideas about where I thought Worf 14 00:00:49.466 --> 00:00:51.676 would be at this point. 15 00:00:51.676 --> 00:00:53.678 Michael Dorn felt as though 16 00:00:53.678 --> 00:00:57.515 that Worf was probably a bit more of a samurai. 17 00:00:57.515 --> 00:00:59.851 And that was something that really struck us 18 00:00:59.851 --> 00:01:02.437 as writers though, that's a really interesting place to be. 19 00:01:02.437 --> 00:01:06.357 One must access calm as much as fire. 20 00:01:06.357 --> 00:01:10.445 So I have been, as humans say, working on myself. 21 00:01:10.445 --> 00:01:12.363 The same thing that he's going through, 22 00:01:12.363 --> 00:01:14.699 this kind of spiritual journey trying to find himself, 23 00:01:14.699 --> 00:01:16.034 I'm going through. 24 00:01:16.034 --> 00:01:19.162 That was really interesting that they wrote 25 00:01:19.162 --> 00:01:21.581 the things that I was going through in my life. 26 00:01:21.581 --> 00:01:22.874 You're Starfleet? 27 00:01:22.874 --> 00:01:25.835 Think of me as a subcontractor. 28 00:01:25.835 --> 00:01:28.004 We knew we had this investigation. 29 00:01:28.004 --> 00:01:31.257 We knew we wanted to tie in Starfleet Intelligence. 30 00:01:31.257 --> 00:01:32.967 What if he was freelancing? 31 00:01:32.967 --> 00:01:36.846 Using all of his expertise on the Dominion War 32 00:01:36.846 --> 00:01:39.099 to be a part of this specific operation 33 00:01:39.099 --> 00:01:40.892 for Starfleet Intelligence? 34 00:01:40.892 --> 00:01:45.271 There is something coming. I have known it for a while. 35 00:01:45.271 --> 00:01:48.525 And that was a great chance to redesign him. 36 00:01:48.525 --> 00:01:50.860 First thing on my mind is like, you know, 37 00:01:50.860 --> 00:01:53.029 how are we gonna deal with the makeup? 38 00:01:53.029 --> 00:01:55.782 I've done quite a few Klingons in my career 39 00:01:55.782 --> 00:02:00.745 of working on Star Trek, but Worf could not be changed. 40 00:02:00.745 --> 00:02:01.871 It just shouldn't be. 41 00:02:01.871 --> 00:02:03.915 That's not just everyone else's opinion, 42 00:02:03.915 --> 00:02:06.876 including the audience, but my opinion as well. 43 00:02:06.876 --> 00:02:09.754 The makeup process has just advanced so much, 44 00:02:09.754 --> 00:02:13.508 but it still is gluing things on your face. 45 00:02:13.508 --> 00:02:18.054 So I was actually able 20-some-odd years ago 46 00:02:18.054 --> 00:02:21.975 to be able to work on DS9 47 00:02:21.975 --> 00:02:24.060 and be able to actually see that process happen. 48 00:02:24.060 --> 00:02:27.564 And I didn't do Michael's makeup but a couple friends did. 49 00:02:27.564 --> 00:02:31.109 And now I get to have that opportunity to actually recreate 50 00:02:31.109 --> 00:02:34.279 and, not bring up the level of the makeup, 51 00:02:34.279 --> 00:02:35.822 'cause they were fantastic back then, 52 00:02:35.822 --> 00:02:39.617 but the level of materials we have nowadays 53 00:02:39.617 --> 00:02:41.411 is bigger and better. 54 00:02:41.411 --> 00:02:44.956 Worf originally in DS9 was a foam latex prosthetic 55 00:02:44.956 --> 00:02:47.333 and now it's a platinum silicone makeup. 56 00:02:47.333 --> 00:02:50.086 So, we can actually now start seeing depth 57 00:02:50.086 --> 00:02:53.298 and seeing through the makeup. 58 00:02:54.132 --> 00:02:56.593 With 4K, all of our edges show more, 59 00:02:56.593 --> 00:02:58.553 all of our makeup shows more, 60 00:02:58.553 --> 00:03:00.346 so we as artists have to step up 61 00:03:00.346 --> 00:03:03.349 and technology is making us become better artists. 62 00:03:06.436 --> 00:03:08.688 When you see Worf for the first time, 63 00:03:09.939 --> 00:03:12.108 it's one of the biggest badass reveals 64 00:03:12.108 --> 00:03:13.067 that you've ever seen. 65 00:03:13.067 --> 00:03:15.445 I mean it's, it's pretty amazing. 66 00:03:17.113 --> 00:03:20.909 It's a way to get some wish fulfillment 67 00:03:20.909 --> 00:03:24.329 because you wanted to see Worf kick ass. 68 00:03:24.329 --> 00:03:25.580 And God does he look great 69 00:03:25.580 --> 00:03:29.167 with the samurai sword that we call the Kur'leth. 70 00:03:29.167 --> 00:03:31.920 Dan Curry designed all the weapons 71 00:03:31.920 --> 00:03:33.213 in Next Gen. We brought him back, 72 00:03:33.213 --> 00:03:35.340 he designed this sword. 73 00:03:35.340 --> 00:03:38.843 At first it was, you know, getting back 74 00:03:38.843 --> 00:03:42.889 and fun to work and of course it became, 75 00:03:42.889 --> 00:03:45.350 okay, we're working, you know, this is. 76 00:03:45.350 --> 00:03:47.393 it's not just playtime. 77 00:03:47.393 --> 00:03:50.980 Your best special effect is actor action. 78 00:03:51.856 --> 00:03:56.027 Preparing Michael Dorn for fight sequences was, it was fun. 79 00:03:56.027 --> 00:04:00.531 We referenced TNG and Deep Space Nine 80 00:04:00.531 --> 00:04:03.076 as far as his power is concerned and just to kind of 81 00:04:03.076 --> 00:04:07.580 look back to see how the fights were choreographed before. 82 00:04:07.580 --> 00:04:08.623 He was into it. 83 00:04:08.623 --> 00:04:10.833 He works really hard and wants it to look really good. 84 00:04:10.833 --> 00:04:14.629 So, we've had some really hardcore rehearsals 85 00:04:14.629 --> 00:04:17.799 and fight preparation, things of that nature. 86 00:04:17.799 --> 00:04:19.759 Worf, you're a legend. 87 00:04:19.759 --> 00:04:23.179 You're exactly as I imagined you to be. 88 00:04:23.179 --> 00:04:25.139 Also, not so much. 89 00:04:25.139 --> 00:04:26.891 It was a pretty amazing experience 90 00:04:26.891 --> 00:04:27.934 to work with Michael Dorn. 91 00:04:27.934 --> 00:04:31.688 I'm Black and white and my parents were both activists. 92 00:04:31.688 --> 00:04:35.066 And one of the reasons that we would sit 93 00:04:35.066 --> 00:04:37.026 around the television as a family 94 00:04:37.026 --> 00:04:39.279 at night and watch Star Trek was 95 00:04:39.279 --> 00:04:43.283 because the world of Star Trek was representative. 96 00:04:43.283 --> 00:04:47.620 And, you know, Michael Dorn played an integral part in that. 97 00:04:47.620 --> 00:04:50.748 So, to be given that honor to share the screen 98 00:04:50.748 --> 00:04:54.711 with Michael Dorn, it was a beautiful gift. 99 00:04:54.711 --> 00:04:57.380 Michelle Hurd, she and I have bonded, you know, 100 00:04:57.380 --> 00:04:58.840 and we got very close. 101 00:04:58.840 --> 00:05:01.843 We really are alike as actors, you know, 102 00:05:01.843 --> 00:05:03.386 saying, "Hey, what about this?" 103 00:05:03.386 --> 00:05:04.887 "Oh, that's good! What about that?" 104 00:05:04.887 --> 00:05:05.722 "I don't know." 105 00:05:05.722 --> 00:05:08.057 "What about-" you know, and just kind of back and forth 106 00:05:08.057 --> 00:05:10.643 To have those two characters 107 00:05:10.643 --> 00:05:13.146 who were both, in the worlds that they lived in, 108 00:05:13.146 --> 00:05:17.650 these outsiders that were able to find a path. 109 00:05:17.650 --> 00:05:19.944 And to bring those two together, 110 00:05:19.944 --> 00:05:23.448 there's a shorthand of their experiences. 111 00:05:23.448 --> 00:05:25.408 There's moments where they can look at each other in the eye 112 00:05:25.408 --> 00:05:27.618 and they already know what the other is thinking. 113 00:05:27.618 --> 00:05:29.037 We had that same shorthand. 114 00:05:30.496 --> 00:05:34.542 And it made for a beautiful relationship on screen and off. 115 00:05:34.542 --> 00:05:38.212 I'm so appreciative that I have this beautiful man 116 00:05:38.212 --> 00:05:40.340 as my friend in my life forever. 117 00:05:40.340 --> 00:05:44.552 You and I, Raffaela, are now partners.