If so, she has an exotic look that would work well.
Posted on 12/14/2016 7:31:05 PM PST by SMGFan
Star Trek: Discovery finally has its star. The Walking Dead's Sonequa Martin-Green will headline the first Star Trek series in over a decade for CBS All Access, TVGuide.com has learned. Martin-Green will play a lieutenant commander in the new series hitting CBS' streaming network in May 2017. This is the first time that a Star Trek series won't be anchored by a character playing a captain, but according to Entertainment Weekly, who first reported the news, Martin-Green's character's position as lieutenant will have "caveats."
Casting an African-American female to lead the series was a big priority for the show's original showrunner, Bryan Fuller, who left the show earlier this fall due to his other creative commitments. Sonequa Martin-Green's casting follows the announcement that Rent alum Anthony Rapp will also be playing the openly gay Lt. Stamets, an "astromycologist" and Starfleet Science Officer.
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“astromycologist”
Is that like a gynecologist on Uranus?
quote “Casting an African-American female to lead the series was a big priority for the show’s original showrunner”
and... that’s exactly why it will most likely fail.
the biggest priority should of been selecting the best people, no racial quotas.
oh well.
They should name it “Star Trek: Agenda”
As a hardcore trekkie ... I won’t be watching. I’m tired of Gollywood shoving PC down our throats
On the plus side, it seems that Sasha isn’t long for the post-zombie-apocalypse world.
LOL
“astromycologist”
Is that like a gynecologist on Uranus?”
It involves Gerbils.
If so, she has an exotic look that would work well.
Are nerdy boys no longer the targeted audience for sci fi?
Yep. That means she dies on TWD.
GOOD. Can’t stand her.
They should just make the show about Negan. Best character on the show so far.
“Casting an African-American female to lead the series was a big priority”
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I’m so old I can remember when making a show people wanted to watch was a “big priority”.
Nothing left to live for after Abraham met Lucille.
star trek be all booty-shakin’ and sheeeeet. I bet on the first episode she’ll redesign the dilithium matrix and kung fu kick all the bad guys
Oops!
That should have been leading role instead of Commanding Officer.
Astromycologist: an expert on space mushrooms
Female centric science fiction is all the rage now and it sucks without exception. Will the captain be some nitwit man who can’t do anything right?
And GOOD WRITING was a priority!
We’re on Easy Street.
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