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More cast announced

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Kenneth Mitchell‏Verified account @MrKenMitchell 5h5 hours ago
Kenneth Mitchell Retweeted Star Trek

QAPLA! Absolutely thrilled & honored to be apart of the new #StarTrekDiscovery series. A responsibility I will not take lightly. #KOL

Rekha Sharma‏Verified account @TheRekhaSharma 7h7 hours ago
Cat's outta the bag!!! SO HAPPY to be working on Star Trek Discovery
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Kenneth Mitchell posted on Instagram on March 30th that he was going to Toronto, now we know why, heh.
 
wayoung said:
...I09 has one of these as an entire role switch, a previously cast Klingon now playing a starfleet officer, with the Klingon character being recast. Four months into production.

http://io9.gizmodo.com/star-trek-discovery-switches-an-actors-role-mid-produc-1794747543

I'm still hoping for the best (remember Westworlds production?).
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You and io9 are reading too much into this. The change might have happened a long time ago, they thought he fits the role better this way and they already had him under contract. They weren't rushing out to announce it. Maybe we will be getting some trailer soon and this announcement is just a heads up so the fan base doesn't start crying out that they didn't announce him as a (probably) human.

As for the news: I'm very happy for Rekha Sharma I loved her in BSG, she was one of my favorite character especially how she embraced her cylon side.
 
USS Einstein said:
io9 was making a big fuss saying Discovery is in trouble, recasting Kol so late - any truth to this, or can it happen in TV? Myabe they recast Latif a while back and just didn't say? io9 is known for hyperbole at times, so I dunno if they are just running articles dissing the show's production for clicks.
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wayoung said:
No reason it can't be both. The production is obviously troubled but that doesn't mean the final product won't benefit from the turmoil.
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TV shows and movie go through this all the time. Always have.

The internet has just made it more noticeable. Plus media sites are jumping on every little thing for click bait.

If people had social media back in the 1980's the Sirtis/Crosbie thing would be getting massive attention.
 
LtChange said:
You and io9 are reading too much into this. The change might have happened a long time ago, they thought he fits the role better this way and they already had him under contract. They weren't rushing out to announce it.
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Exactly. Many people think that casting announcements happen straight away after the contracts are signed but this not the case. Often an actor is already working on set or has even competed the role by the time the news is released.
 
USS Einstein said:
Unless we hear otherwise I guess these guys are still big Klingon characters:
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Maybe. The serialised natured of the story could mean that we going to get a lot of characters who really contribute, as opposed to just being minor players. However, not every casting announcement necessarily means a major character. Maybe CBS are just making the occasional announcement that has a positive aspect to maintain interest while distracting from the alleged "troubles".

I'm hoping that the Klingons are indeed a major aspect of the story and they are represented as a truly alien and violent, war making race. TNG portrayed them as just a bunch of people with a bit of anger management problems.
 
This series is already about 6 months late to filming. It's extremely possible they had to recast because an actor had other commitments and became unavailable.
 
Captain Indecisive said:
If people had social media back in the 1980's the Sirtis/Crosbie thing would be getting massive attention.
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Were they even announced as the other roles before being switched? I though it was something that happened during auditions.

Starbreaker said:
It's extremely possible they had to recast because an actor had other commitments and became unavailable.
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The actor is still on the show, they just moved him to a different role. Though I guess it is possible this character he is playing now has less screen time.
 
LtChange said:
You and io9 are reading too much into this. The change might have happened a long time ago, they thought he fits the role better this way and they already had him under contract. They weren't rushing out to announce it. Maybe we will be getting some trailer soon and this announcement is just a heads up so the fan base doesn't start crying out that they didn't announce him as a (probably) human.
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You obviously didn't read anymore in the thread,quoting one out of context one post I made two pages ago in an ongoing conversation with others, which mentions this exact scenario as a possibility.

Maybe instead of quoting and reacting to single posts from pages prior you read the thread before replying?
 
Clare McConnell looks like she'd make a good Klingon, not sure if it's the eyebrows or forehead or what but I can see it.
 
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Sounds like Rehka is a REAL fan, and perfect for this series. Hope the writers do her justice.


Interesting that the new additions... they are "leaders in the Klingon Empire", but seem to be younger white people. I agree with the person who said the more diversity for Earthers, the better. So the switching, at this point, doesn't bother me. We'll see how it works out after it actually airs
 
I thought that as well - but there's always the possibility that they're filming out of sequence. If that big Klingon set was needed for the first two episodes and then came back later on, say for episodes 9/10, it's make sense to film 1, 2, 9, 10 then deconstruct the stage for something else instead of taking it apart after 2 and rebuilding it for 9.

Same goes for actor schedules - maybe some were only free for a block so their episodes were filmed first etc.

Of course, they could just be filming really slowly and carefully and that theory is way off. Just seems odd to have so many cast announced right now and for Chris Obi to have left Toronto if they've only filmed the two episodes.
 
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