![]() Husk about how McMahan helped him figure out how to approach his character in this specific, new context. Shimerman talked to Lofton and co-host Ryan T. Give me Jake Sisko on set, how would you perform this? You know, for Ira for whoever was there.’ You know what I mean? And then we get interesting choices there too, where at the last minute, I’ll be like, ‘Wait, take that speeded up slightly.’ Then we have this this bank of stuff we take and then we listen to all the audio and we stitch it all together. Give me the Deep Space Nine like you’re on set, don’t worry about it being an animated show. Give me a take that you wish I had asked for that, like that I missed,’ and then the last one is usually because sometimes I have a blind spot and a performer will give me something where I’m like, ‘Yeah, that’s better than I would have thought of because your whole other artists that’s working right, thinking about it.’īut then other times, I’m like, ‘Now we’ve done the Lower Decks version. I’d be like, ‘Okay, pretend I’m the world’s worst director. And then I’ll be like, ‘Okay, this line when you do it, give me three of this one, where you heighten how pissed you are, because I’m not sure how pissed I want you to be.’Īnd then like, at the end of it, I usually ask for two things. McMahan: I’d be like, ‘Okay, let’s run the scene back and forth.’ And we’ll record the audio doing it and then we have a baseline. Here is how McMahan described how it might go (with the conceit that he’s directing Cirroc Lofton as Jake): Showrunner Mike McMahan was a guest on 7th Rule the previous week and he talked to Lofton about his process when directing actors for Lower Decks. The Cerritos arrives at Deep Space 9 Recording their Lower Decks dialogue It was… how we used to film our show, they didn’t have the bang-bang-bang jokes that they normally have on Lower Decks, they actually use the Deep Space Nine kind of tempo a little bit in this episode. And even the pace of certain things in the music. I felt transported back to Deep Space Nine because of the exterior shot because of the music. Lofton: I actually felt like I was visiting Deep Space 9. Lofton agreed and noted how the rhythm of the show even felt a little different as a result. It was surprising how that music affected me just being shown on national TV one more time. Shimerman: I agree with Nana-when I heard the music, I too was choked up. And then of course, they’ve got a laugh right there, which I laughed right along with, so it got me right at the top with everything it could. Visitor: I’ll tell you, seeing the station, and hearing the music when I watched the episode was surprisingly emotional. Visitor said she got emotional, but also got the Lower Decks vibe immediately. Much like those of us watching, all three Deep Space Nine vets had strong reactions when they saw the finished episode, particularly when the Cerritos arrived at the station and circled those pylons. Husk, Armin Shimerman, and Nana Visitor on The 7th Rule podcast Everyone loved their first glimpse of the station So I assumed that would be a good thing.Ĭirroc Lofton, Ryan T. And it was a nod of recognition by the fact that they recreated our characters, you know, that Kira and Quark came back, that is a nod of recognition. Shimerman hadn’t seen the show, but was still enthusiastic about resurrecting Quark. ![]() I’d seen Lower Decks, so I already trusted that they they have a finger on the pulse of what makes Star Trek so great, so I knew that that was already in play. It’s just like, “You want to do this?” “Yeah.” “Okay, let’s go.” It wasn’t like we’re going to be good to you or anything like that. It was sort of the way I was cast in just about any job. ![]() Getting the call to guest starĬirroc asked both actors if there was a lot of discussion about how their characters’ returns would be handled before they agreed to guest star, and Visitor said no, there was no big discussion about how things would go or how Kira would be represented: Their Ds9 co-star Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) co-hosts The 7th Rule podcast and seized the opportunity to invite his former colleagues on to talk about resurrecting their roles 23 years after the DS9 series finale. Last week, we finally got the long-awaited Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode of Lower Decks, “ Hear All, Trust Nothing.” The visit to the titular space station included appearances from two of its well-known inhabitants, Colonel Kira Nerys and Quark, voiced by original actors Nana Visitor and Armin Shimerman.
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