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(CBS) – Star Trek: Prodigy is acceptable to spell wherever nary Star Trek bid has gone earlier arsenic the archetypal introduction successful the Star Trek franchise designed for kids! This animated Paramount+ archetypal follows a motley unit of young aliens who indispensable fig retired however to enactment unneurotic portion navigating a greater galaxy, successful hunt for a amended future. These six young outcasts cognize thing astir the vessel they person commandeered – a archetypal successful the past of the Star Trek Franchise – but implicit the people of their adventures together, they volition each beryllium introduced to Starfleet and the ideals it represents.
CBS’ Matt Weiss caught up with Brett Gray and Ella Purnell, 2 of Prodigy‘s talented dependable actors, to sermon their characters, becoming a portion of the Star Trek beingness and what it’s truly similar successful the dependable actor’s studio.
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MW- Good greeting Ella, Brett! Star Trek: Prodigy is disposable present connected Paramount+ with a caller occurrence dropping tonight. This is the archetypal Star Trek bid for kids, what does it mean to beryllium portion of a Star Trek first?
EP- It’s incredibly honoring. It feels similar a immense privilege to beryllium capable to accidental if this truly kicks disconnected that my brothers volition emotion it and possibly it keeps going to my aboriginal kids; I don’t know. It feels similar a caller moment successful clip and successful history.
That being said, there’s evidently a batch of unit coming into thing that is truthful good known and good loved. It’s nary casual feat but everyone’s been truly welcoming. The full squad has been beauteous and present we are!
BG- I decidedly echo those aforesaid sentiments. It’s super, ace intimidating coming into thing arsenic immense arsenic Star Trek. I ever thought it was immense but present I truly recognize however ample and however loved this franchise is. I person adjacent much unit connected myself present than I did astatine the opening successful my blissful ignorance, but it’s awesome.
It’s wholly an grant to beryllium capable to beryllium a portion of a archetypal and to assistance span the younger procreation to Star Trek. Hopefully the younger procreation tin instrumentality distant what’s made Star Trek what truthful beloved for the past 50-plus years. Hopefully we tin bash that justness and adhd to it if possible.
MW- And Brett your character’s sanction is Dal, wherefore don’t you present america to who helium is?
BG- Yeah, Dal is simply a 17-year-old alien. He is chaotic and scrappy and benignant of the person of this unit that falls unneurotic erstwhile helium discovers this elephantine vessel successful his enslaved labour camp. So we’ll get to spot his travel with uncertainty and his aforesaid discovery.
He has nary thought what taxon helium is oregon wherever helium comes from. He’s benignant of searching for himself and helium finds that done his squad members and different people. It’s an unthinkable arc.
MW- And Ella who is Gwyn?
EP- Yes truthful I play Gwyn who is simply a 17-year-old alien from a taxon called the Vau N’Akat. Gwyn is the girl of “The Diviner” who is benignant of the evil villain of the show. He’s the feline who is keeping each these young children enslaved who go the unit of the ship. So she has a spot of affectional baggage to woody with, arsenic 1 would imagine.
The quality of her quality arc is that we get to spot her spell from idiosyncratic who is mildly traumatized from increasing up a batch faster than she should have. She yet gets to beryllium herself and marque friends and go portion of a family, a existent family.
MW- What’s it similar doing dependable work? Is it a amusive process?
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EP- This is my 2nd voiceover occupation truthful I don’t person each that overmuch to comparison it to but personally I emotion it. There’s a batch of state that comes with it. I deliberation maine and Brett enactment the aforesaid mode that we’re precise weird and precise energetic.
I’ll marque the weirdest, craziest faces and similar leap astir the room. If Gwyn is falling oregon getting deed I’ll punch myself successful the chest, things similar that [laughs].
BG- Yeah, I wholly spell nuts successful the signaling booth. I bash each these manus motions and if I’m moving I benignant of jog successful place. I conscionable bash immoderate it takes to benignant of consciousness retired the moment. I’m definite our enforcement producers deliberation I’m a seed but it’s fine. [laughs]
It’s really, truly fun, ace freeing. This is my archetypal voiceover occupation truthful it’s been awesome to leap successful and spot the process of however it each works.
MW- Maybe we request to get you 2 immoderate thorax protectors oregon armor for the booth.
EP- [Laughs] Yes, please!
BG- I deliberation that would assistance [Laughs]
MW- See what we tin do. Last question present earlier I fto you some spell for anyone who hasn’t seen the archetypal occurrence and wants to get into Star Trek: Prodigy however was you picture this caller adventure?
EP- Excitement, drama, talent, beauty, fun, epic storytelling.
MW- What much could you inquire for? Thank you some truthful overmuch and each the champion moving forward!
EP- Thank you, Matt!
BG- Thanks man!
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Star Trek: Prodigy is disposable to watercourse on-demand present with Paramount+.
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