INTERVIEW: Carlos Albornoz on Star Trek: "I really love Buckley so much"
Nurse Chapel (Jess Bush) treats Buckley (Carlos Albornoz) on STAR TREK:STRANGE NEW WORLDS. Image: Paramout+
AUGUST 29, 2022 - The penultimate episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1 featured one of the most alien characters the Star Trek franchise has ever seen. Buckley (a nickname given him by the little girl he protects) has an untranslatable language and is from an unknown species. Carlos Albornoz, the actor inside the cumbersome costume, describes putting the helmet on as “like being inside Iron Man.”
I had the opportunity to talk with him about his relationship with the character, how he and the puppeteers who made the unique costume move worked together, and what he wants the writers of SNW to know.
T is the Managing Editor for Daily Star Trek News and a contributing writer for Sherlock Holmes Magazine and a Shakespeare nerd. He may have been the last professional Stage Manager to work with Leonard Nimoy, has worked Off-Broadway and regionally, and is the union Stage Manager for Legacy Theatre, where he is currently working with Julie Andrews. after which he’ll be working on Richard III at Elm Shakespeare Company.
