Comparing the Picard casting call to the actual announced characters...

[eschaton]

So, I thought it would be interesting to look back at the casting call from back in March, and see how this aligns with the characters - and if it gives us any further insight into them.

Connie: A mercenary pilot of a transport ship and a widow with a death warrant on her head, issued by her home planet. Casting call asks for an African American in her 30’s. Connie is described as having a quick temper while also being quick to forgive.

I'm not sure we've seen this character yet, unless the race and/or gender has been flipped.

Lawrence: The main pilot of Picard’s ship, Lawrence is an experienced and talented thief with a ‘dodgy moral compass and questionable loyalty. Listed as male in his 30’s, Lawrence appearance is only described as ‘handsome’.

This is Christobal Rios - played by Santiago Cabrera, since we know the character is both the pilot as well as an ex-thief.

Starton: Joining in on the research element of Picards mission, Starton is a scientist specialising in positronic brains and who just happens to be terrified of being in space. This role is seeking another male in his 30’s. His casting call hints at self depreciating charm with an unmentioned character evolution throughout the run.

This is kind of a mystery. Is Agnes Jurati (Alison Pill's character) a gender-flipped version of this? Or is this the Romulan Narek? Obviously this probably connects very strongly with the "resurrection" of Data. I'm leaning towards Jurati being a gender-flipped character, because she appears to be looking at B-4's disassembled body with Picard in the beginning of the trailer.

Dr Smith: In what sounds like a combination of Data and Voyagers EMH, Smith is a hologram programmed to constantly learn but never become too self aware. He’s designed to assist with nearly any emergency from engineering to science and while he has difficulty understanding others emotions, he is designed to be calm and have a tonne of empathy to dish out.

Again, I don't think we've been introduced to this character yet.

K’Bar, a teenage Romulan martial artist who is extremely devoted to Picard. K’Bar is the only child of a predominantly female spiritual group who is himself impulsive and dangerous. Casting asks for martial arts skills and optional fencing.

This is pretty clearly the Elnor character played by Evan Evagora. He's young, Romulan, and we've seen him with some sort of martial arts weapons.

Indira: A woman in her early 20’s who’s highly intelligent, but with a lack of social awareness. Cut off from home, Indira is still finding her place in the galactic world and sounds like she needs to find maturity while under the guidance of Picard

Again, it is clear who this is - Dahj played by Isa Briones.

Alana: A former intelligence officer who see’s conspiracies and lies everywhere, Alana is an alcoholic and drug user with an incredible memory and brilliance as an analyst. Alana is irritated with her own vulnerability and sounds as if she’s got more confidence than most will be able to handle. The role is seeking a woman in her 40’s to 50’s.

This is pretty clearly Raffi Musiker, played by Michelle Hurd. Right age, and the character having a substance abuse problem has also been confirmed.

So from the casting call, four of them are linked to announced characters, but it's hard to say with the three others.

 

[WarpFactorZ]

This is kind of a mystery. Is Agnes Jurati (Alison Pill's character) a gender-flipped version of this?

I'm pretty sure that in the trailer, it's Jurati who opens the drawer that contains B4's body. So, that suggests she's into positronic research.

 

[eschaton]

I'm pretty sure that in the trailer, it's Jurati who opens the drawer that contains B4's body. So, that suggests she's into positronic research.

Yeah, I said as much. So if Jurati is "Starton" that makes Narek much more likely to be a race/gender flipped version of Connie. The "death warrant issued by home planet" thing does seem to imply an alien in retrospect, since the Federation doesn't typically issue death warrants.

The hologram is still a total mystery though. Unless the hologram evolved into a straight-up revival of Data, with his personality downloaded into an EMH matrix.

 

[Jedman67]

Dr Smith

Possibly an early iteration of the Data/B4 character, in case talks with Spiner didn't work out.

 

[WarpFactorZ]

Possibly an early iteration of the Data/B4 character, in case talks with Spiner didn't work out.

Yeah, I'm thinking that Data is a holographic projection that Picard uses to seek advice / solace concerning his ghosts.

 

[Tuskin38]

Good analysis.

 

[Paul Weaver]

Yeah, I'm thinking that Data is a holographic projection that Picard uses to seek advice / solace concerning his ghosts.

Or halucination.

Shame they don't just have Data's head.