![]() “We don’t always get to choose our mentors.”īecause Lower Decks is ostensibly focused on the activities of the lower-level crew members in Starfleet, it stands to reason that the careers of these underdogs can only go so far. I don’t feel like I’m hanging out in the wind anymore.”Īs Tendi has her biggest season of Lower Decks yet, Inverse caught up with Wells to talk about how this kind of comedy works, how Lower Decks is different than any show she’s done before, and whether or not she’ll do the one thing fans keep asking her to do. ![]() “And I get what we’re talking about when we’re talking about all the other versions of the shows. “I get all the jokes now,” Wells tells Inverse. Now, she’s further into a performance that is bringing new life to one of Star Trek’s worst tropes: the seductive alien slave. (The green-skinned alien race appeared in the very first episode of Trek ever: the original pilot, “The Cage,” filmed way back in 1964.) In 2020, Noël Wells - the voice actress who helps bring Tendi’s character to animated life - admitted that some of these jokes went over her head. In Star Trek: Lower Decks, the show’s upbeat Orion character - D’Vana Tendi - is often hit with in-universe prejudices informed by the earliest of Star Trek canon.
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