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Comment on Star Trek executive producer wants more Strange New Worlds episodes, and I’m nervous
MSugarhill@feddit.de 10 months ago
Hey, with more episodes we might have gotten a proper Ortegas episode…
xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 10 months ago
Stormygeddon@startrek.website 10 months ago
But we had her episode. We know her name is Erica Ortegas and that she flies the ship. What else do we need?
StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 10 months ago
It’s likely the impact of the sudden and unexpected death of Melissa Navia’s husband led to a lightning of her role in the second season.
She’s written about how hard it was for her to go into production just a couple of months after that. She was a musical theatre performer as a child, so it’s likely that a larger singing role was planned for her in 2 x 09. We can be thankful that she has apparently decided to stick with her career after some profound doubts in 2022z
MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I hope Melissa continues to find the fandom to be a source of surrogate family. It was nice to see the fandom’s outpouring of empathy and support after her tragic loss. It’s not the same, but since it seems to have given her some comfort, I hope that dynamic can be something special for her for a long time.
MSugarhill@feddit.de 10 months ago
Oh damn. I had no idea.