Celia Rose Gooding and Melissa Navia Discuss Their Characters' Arcs In Season 2 Of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Celia Rose Gooding as Uhura and Melissa Navia as Ortegas in STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS. Images: Paramount+.
MARCH 17, 2023 – The first season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds hit so many of the targets that the fanbase wanted to see (a return to an episodic format; high-stakes problems; exploring the characters.) Some 56 years after her introduction, we found out that Number One is not Human and younger versions of legacy characters were introduced in new ways. Fans were happy.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 is expected to debut on Paramount+ sometime this year. We can add season 1 to our physical media collection arriving on Blu-ray and DVD with over 90 minutes of bonus content on March 21, and in 4K UHD when the Steelbook arrives on May 16.
Our friends at Collider were able to catch up with Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding) and Ortegas (Melissa Navia), and in addition to other questions, asked them what we can see their characters in season two. According to Navia,
We're going to get to see more of Ortegas…we get to see a lot more of what has made her this very competent pilot, and why she is so competent and why her crew is loyal to her, and why she's loyal to them. And we've said this before, this is such a fantastic ensemble show, but it's very difficult in 10 episodes to showcase every character and go into their backstory, and what makes them tick.
Regarding the character of Uhura, Gooding added,
Uhura went through a lot in season 1. We saw her lose someone incredibly important to her. We saw her make a lot of big life decisions, and I think in season 2, we just see the consequences of those decisions and of those experiences that she had. We're not going to pretend like Season 1 didn't happen, and well, we're just going to continue to watch her bloom and grow and learn more about the experiences that mold her and shape her into the iconic character we know and love.
When asked what they would like to see their characters do in season two, they threw a lot of ideas out, we’ll share just one each.
Gooding: Flapper Uhura. I want to see it.
Navia: And I'm thinking Suspenders Ortegas and - Mob Boss.
To read more ideas for their characters, as well as many other points, warp on over to Collider.com
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