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We have two big updates to pass along to fans of Mike McMahan and Paramount+’s Jack Quaid & Tawny Newsome-starring Star Trek: Lower Decks. Over the summer, we learned that Quaid’s Boimler and Newsome’s Mariner would be crossing over with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds during its second season. Now, Newsome is discussing what the filming experience was like with Wil Wheaton during a special episode of The Ready Room, marking the midpoint of “Lower Decks” Season 3 this week. But before we get to that, Wheaton revealed a preview image for S03E06 “Hear All, Trust Nothing.” But why only an image and not a scene? Because Wheaton wants you to know that the episode is so jam-packed with easter eggs that showing anything else would be spoiling a lot of things. But we do have that image screencapped for you below:
And along with the sneak preview of S03E06 “Hear All, Trust Nothing,” Wheaton speaks with Newsome (Ensign Beckett Mariner) to discuss Mariner’s evolution in the first half of the third season, reveal some behind-the-scenes secrets, and a whole lot more. But the part you really want to check out begins at the 17:45 mark as Newsome offers some behind-the-scenes details on filming the crossover with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds:
Previously, Quaid shared some details on what fans can expect from the upcoming Lower Decks/Strange New Worlds crossover with EW, including that Quaid’s Boimler & Newsome’s Mariner will be appearing in physical form, and Jonathan Frakes is directing the episode. In addition, Quaid opens up about his bromance with Ethan Peck (Spock) and what it was like donning a Starfleet uniform. In addition, Quaid dropped a teaser about the third season of Lower Decks that includes some Deep Space Nine talk.
Quaid & Ethan Peck: “Spoimler”? “It was great. That cast was awesome. Ethan Peck and I have a bromance for the ages. We call it Spoimler: Spock and Boimler. It’s amazing, but that whole cast is so friendly and welcoming and cool. We just had a ball, and we got to be directed by Jonathan Frakes. So what could be better?”
Quaid on Getting to Wear a Starfleet Uniform: “[Boimler] holds such a special place in my heart. He’s one of my favorite characters I’ve ever played, but to be able to fully inhabit him, put on the uniform, make my hair purple, all that stuff, that was such a good time.” But as much of an honor as it was? The uniforms have a high “sweaty” factor. “I figured it would be sweaty ’cause I tend to sweat a lot, but my God, that thing is not breathable. It looked really good, but there were those first few fittings where I had the purple hair, I had the uniform on, it just blew my mind. The coolest part was I was able to study the show and look at how the artist animated Boimler and how he moved, and I was able to put a little bit of that in there,” Quaid added.
“Deep Space Nine” Factors Into “Lower Decks” in Many Ways: “We actually get to see the station, we get to walk the promenade, and you get to see some familiar faces. I’m just so excited that fans get to see that, cause we started the tease in one of the early seasons where a ship was docked at ‘Deep Space Nine.’ It was in a flashback, and fans freaked out about that, but I think it’s gonna make a lot of ‘Deep Space Nine’ fans very, very happy.”
Developed by Emmy Award-winner Mike McMahan (“Rick and Morty,” “Solar Opposites”), STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS, an original animated comedy series, focuses on the support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, in 2380. Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford and Tendi have to keep up with their duties and their social lives, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies. Season two will follow the adventures of our favorite Starfleet support crew in the U.S.S. Cerritos as they deal with changes in group dynamics, chasing promotions, and tons of sci-fi missions.
Star Trek: Lower Decks stars Tawny Newsome (Ensign Beckett Mariner), Jack Quaid (Ensign Brad Boimler), Noël Wells (Ensign D’Vana Tendi), Eugene Cordero (Ensign Samathan Rutherford), Dawnn Lewis (Captain Carol Freeman), Jerry O’Connell (Commander Jack Ransom), and Gillian Vigman (Doctor T’Ana). Produced by CBS’ Eye Animation Productions, Secret Hideout & Roddenberry Entertainment, and developed/created by McMahan, the animated series is executive produced by McMahan, Alex Kurtzman (Secret Hideout), Heather Kadin (Secret Hideout), Rod Roddenberry (Roddenberry Entertainment), Trevor Roth (Roddenberry Entertainment), Katie Krentz (219 Productions), and Aaron Baiers (Secret Hideout).
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