Star Trek: Discovery’s Jason Isaacs is kind of rare as far as Trek actors go in that he’s an actual fan of the franchise (his fellow castmember Anthony Rapp also has some Trekker street cred, as anyone who follows him on Twitter can attest to). And for Isaacs, who plays the Discovery’s Captain Gabriel Lorca, that doesn’t just mean that he knows the ins and outs of James T. Kirk’s Enterprise, or that he can namedrop episode titles. No, he also understands that, at its best, Gene Roddenberry’s creation has to be meaningful to audiences in a way that reflects what is important in the real world of the here and now.
I spoke to Isaacs recently during a break from shooting Discovery in Toronto, and we dug in on this notion of making Star Trek count for something beyond just entertainment, as well as how Lorca is a wartime captain, what the character thinks of the Klingons, why it’s O.K. to have conflict among Starfleet members, and more. Read on for highlights from our chat…
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I spoke to Isaacs recently during a break from shooting Discovery in Toronto, and we dug in on this notion of making Star Trek count for something beyond just entertainment, as well as how Lorca is a wartime captain, what the character thinks of the Klingons, why it’s O.K. to have conflict among Starfleet members, and more. Read on for highlights from our chat…
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