SNW Cast Beams into London ... Literally

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JUNE 7, 2023 – There is nothing new about a Star Trek panel at a convention, but this one was a little more Trek than the others. Not unlike in the holographic communications we saw in Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds cast members Celia Rose Gooding, Melissa Navia, Rebecca Romijn, and Ethan Peck arrived on stage at MCM Comic Con in London at the end of last month as live holograms to discuss the upcoming second season of SNW.

TrekMovie is reporting on the discussion and the technology that made it happen. Gooding and Navia were in New York, and Romijn and Peck were in Los Angeles while they simultaneously took the stage in London thanks to technology from ARHT, a Canadian company that specializes in capturing and transmitting 3D holograms.

The cast each reflected on what is coming up for the show and their characters this season. They all agreed that they took some “big swings” with the genre, encouraged, as Navia said, by “… proof that what we were doing was working and the fans embraced it and the world was as excited to get it as we had been to make it….”

Gooding said that they’ll be “charting uncharted territory” with Uhura, and Navia said that we’ll see where Ortegas’ capabilities and rapport with Captain Pike have roots in her backstory. Past and history come up for Uhura as well, including her relationship with Hemmer. Peck said it was “super-fun and exciting” to work with Carol Kane, who will be arriving this season as the new engineer.

For more on the Strange New Worlds panel in London, including a behind-the-scenes video, beam over to TrekMovie.

Season two of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds premieres next Thursday, June 15, on Paramount+.