The Stars Come Out for the L.A. Premiere of STAR TREK: PICARD [REPORT]
Last Monday night, the cast and crew, along with members of the media, and a few lucky Star Trek fans gathered at the Arclight Theatre on Sunset Boulevard in L.A. for the premiere of the highly-anticipated series Star Trek: Picard. Dan Davidson and Bill Smith of the Trek Geeks podcast were in attendance at the black carpet event to greet and interview several of the stars. Davidson provided us with the report below.
The evening began with a delightful interview with composer Jeff Russo. As the composer for not just Picard but also Star Trek: Discovery, Russo is certainly familiar with Star Trek. Discussing what his inspirations were for the Picard theme, Russo told us:
Series showrunner, co-creator, and executive producer Michael Chabon told us about his lifelong fandom of Star Trek. We asked Chabon if he ever imagined that the would be running a Star Trek show. His answer was somewhat surprising, saying:
Evan Evagora, who plays the mysterious Romulan character Elnor, told us about his first day on the set of Picard and shooting with a legend like Patrick Stewart, he told us:
Hanelle Culpepper, who directs the first three episodes of the series, is not only the first woman to direct a Star Trek series premiere but also the first African American woman to direct within the franchise. She seemed to truly appreciate the importance of being a role model to young women, saying:
“Follow your dreams. Anything is possible!”
As the evening went on, Dan and Bill had a few moments with Star Trek: Discovery star Wilson Cruz. As the third season premiere of Discovery gets closer, he teased that the season is going to be amazing and said that he cannot wait for everyone to see what happens with his character Dr. Hugh Culber. We asked him what it’s like to be a part of the phenomenon of Star Trek.
Next up was Michelle Hurd, who plays the former Starfleet intelligence officer Raffi Musiker on Picard. She told us about her initial excitement when she got the part on the series and the later realization of what she was going to be a part of.
Rounding out the evening, we spoke with Brent Spiner, who returns to the role of Data in the series for the first time in nearly two decades. After giving his classic Patrick Stewart impersonation, we asked him what it was like returning to the Star Trek family.
“Well for us, we see each other all the time. There hasn’t been a year since TNG and the movies that we haven’t gotten together so for me it was just another day.”
Star Trek: Picard L.A. Premiere Notes
Guests in attendance at the premiere were shown the first “chapter” of Picard, consisting of the first three episodes. While I won’t give any detailed information about the series itself, I can say this:
Star Trek: Picard premieres on CBS All Access in the United States and broadcast on CTV Sci-Fi Channel, prior to streaming on CraveTV in Canada on January 23. It will debut on Amazon Prime Video for the rest of the world on January 24.
The first season of Star Trek: Picard will star Patrick Stewart (Jean-Luc Picard), Isa Briones (Dahj), Santiago Cabrera (Cristobal “Chris” Rios), Michelle Hurd (Raffi Musiker), Alison Pill (Agnes Jurati), Harry Treadaway (Narek) and Evan Evagora (Elnor). The series will also guest star Star Trek: The Next Generation alum Jonathan Frakes (William Riker), Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi), Brent Spiner (Data/B4), Jonathan Del Arco (Hugh the Borg) along with Star Trek: Voyager‘s Jeri Ryan (Annika Hansen/Seven of Nine).
Dan Davidson and Bill Smith are the host of Trek Geeks and Discovering Trek, part of the Trek Geeks Podcast Network. The duo live-streamed the event on their Facebook page and will have full audio of the interviews they conducted with the cast and crew in an upcoming episode of the podcast.
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Dan Davidson is an IT Professional who lives in Merrimack, NH where he lives with his beautiful wife, Susan and two dogs, Kali and Arya. In addition to Star Trek, he is an avid Disney fan and travels to Walt Disney World at least once a year. When not recording TrekGeeks, he likes to watch Star Trek, play with his two dogs, watch more Star Trek, visit family, crossstitch, and watch Star Trek.
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