Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s Chase Masterson on working with Voyager stars Garrett Wang and Tim Russ on parody film Unbelievable!!!!!

Tim Russ, Chase Masterson and Garrett Wang star in Unbelievable!!!!!

Last week saw the premier of the Star Trek parody film Unbelievable!!!!, starring rapper Snoop Dogg as well as more than 40 actors from across the Star Trek franchise. The film’s premier took place last Saturday, August 1st, during a special virtual convention. The virtual convention was complete with a Q&A panel featuring Chase Masterson from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Garrett Wang from Star Trek: Voyager, Anthony Montgomery and Dominic Keating from Star Trek: Enterprise, and others. Masterson spoke with Trek Report ahead of the event and she was all too happy to share her thoughts on the production.

Unbelievable!!!! is the story of four astronauts, played by Masterson, Wang, Star Trek: Voyager’s Tim Russ and a marionette, Captain Kirk Stillwood, voiced by Kevin Carlson. The astronauts return to Earth to find that it has been taken over by aliens from Mars under the control of Major LeGrande Bushe, played by Snoop Dogg. Masterson, who hadn’t shared the screen with Russ and Wang before, enjoyed working with her newfound co-stars. “Garrett is such a cut-up all the time - he’s very funny,” Masterson said. “Tim tends to be more quiet, but he has a dry sense of humor.”

When it came to working with so many other Star Trek actors, Masterson said, “It was a lot of fun. I’ve had friendships with most of these people for many years and not actually worked with them. Since we see each other at conventions, we know each other very well.” Masterson also noted that having so much of the Star Trek family involved was a major incentive to join the production.

As it is with many independent films, Unbelievable!!!! was filmed in pieces, taking several years to complete. This challenge seemed to bring the production together, in Masterson’s view. “The feeling on set was one of mutual support because we didn’t really know everything about this film as it came together,” she said. “We just thought that we’d embark upon this together to see how it goes.” It must have gone well, as Masterson promised audiences they were in for a great time. There’s no firm date yet for the general release of Unbelievable!!!!!, but you can head to their Facebook page to stay up to date. That’s at facebook.com/officialunbelievablethemovie.

In addition to her on-screen work, Masterson is also the founder of the Pop Culture Hero Coalition, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to use the appeal of film, television and comics to take a stand against bullying, racism, misogyny and other forms of intolerance. To find out more about Pop Culture Hero Coalition and make a donation, head to PopCultureHeroCo.org.