‘Star Trek’ Showrunner Gushes About Stacey Abrams Cameo: ‘Can’t Think Of Anyone Better To Represent The President Of Earth’

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams made a shock look on the final episode of “Star Trek: Discovery” season 4, IndieWire reported. She appeared within the episode because the president of Earth.

The previous state consultant is an avid “Star Trek” fan, besides, viewers had been shocked to see her appearing within the sci-fi sequence.

“I’m nonetheless floored after I take into consideration Stacey gracing us together with her presence in our Season 4 finale,” actress Sonequa Martin-Inexperienced mentioned breathlessly to Deadline. “We spent a lot of our time fanning out and pretending to be cool in her midst.”

Martin-Inexperienced performs Discovery captain Michael Burnham, the primary black lady captain. She went on to name Abrams “a legend within the making and a civil hero, and she or he was an absolute delight to work with.”

“She wowed us together with her attraction, humility, and generosity, and she or he whipped out some appearing chops too!” Martin-Inexperienced continued. “It was an honor for me as a Black lady to face together with her within the story. It’s an expertise I’ll cherish for the remainder of my life.”

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Trekkie Stacey Abrams makes a Star Trek cameo.
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Showrunner Michelle Paradise advised IndieWire how she’s nonetheless in disbelief that Abrams was on the present. “Actually, the variety of instances I’ve seen the episode, each time I see her face, I’m like, ‘Wow, that basically occurred. That’s superior.’”

The casting course of began as a hypothetical.

“And as we received into season 4 and received midway by means of breaking it, we realized: We’d like an individual to signify Earth. After which the query grew to become: who ought to that individual be? I don’t keep in mind the place the concept got here from, truthfully. However I texted Alex to say, ‘What do you consider Stacey Abrams?’ Instantly, [he sent] exclamation factors,” Paradise advised the publication.

“And he mentioned, ‘Let’s arrange a gathering. Let’s discuss to her. Let’s see.’ So we did. And he or she was so form. And we received on Zoom together with her, and we pitched her the place we had been for the season and who this character was and what this character would signify. And requested if she can be part of this with us. Actually, I can’t consider anybody higher to signify the president of Earth in all of that.”

Paradise revealed that Abrams helped develop the character, too.

“When she noticed the script and we began speaking about costumes and stuff like that, it was simply actually wanting her enter on these issues,” the showrunner mentioned. “It’s a personality that she must embody. She’s so collaborative and was actually simply fantastic about all of it. It actually was simply such a deal with to have her there and get to have her in Toronto on set.”

Abrams is a SAG-AFTRA cardholder. Her earlier appearing credit embrace voicing herself on the two-episode election themed animated “Black-ish” in October 2020.

As for whether or not Abrams could have one other “Star Trek” cameo, Paradise mentioned she’s greater than open to it.

“Oh my gosh, I might love that,” Paradise mentioned. “I imply, I do not know. She’s definitely busy doing different issues.”

Abrams is operating for governor in Georgia in 2022 after a failed bid in 2018. The Atlanta resident famously refused to concede to her opponent, Gov. Brian Kemp, as a result of she believed voter suppression skewed the election outcomes.

Abrams has since launched Truthful Struggle, a gaggle created to “put in place the guardrails that guarantee each American has an equal alternative to make their voice heard and be pretty represented.”

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