Describing Jason Isaacs as an "unknown actor" is one of the silliest things I think I've heard in a while.
News Jason Isaacs Joins Star Trek: Discovery as Captain Lorca
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Oh stay around a while, we'll top that.
This is fantastic casting news! Since I can't at this moment pour through everything, is it a given that the Captain dies in this series?
All I remember is that the series' point of view is from someone other than the Captain, but I didn't think that meant they would be killed. Just that they would be there, and we don't see them all the time. It's from Number One's point of view.
All I remember is that the series' point of view is from someone other than the Captain, but I didn't think that meant they would be killed. Just that they would be there, and we don't see them all the time. It's from Number One's point of view.
No, there's no "given" that the captain must die. Only that he's not the focus.
Oh no no. It's not a given. People are just speculating that might happen.
Just because Rainsford/Number One is our "POV character" doesn't mean that the rest of the Discovery's crew aren't going to play important roles in the story, so, as others have said, it's definitely not a "given" that Jason Isaacs' Captain Lorca won't last the season.
OK, thank you, Balok's Decoy and Mr. Laser Beam! I was worried I'd missed something in my following the Discovery news!
Not a given no, but since the original synopsis was that we'd see "Number One" progress through the ranks, and this being TV, it kinda suggests he'll die (or be injured / incapacitated in some way) and she'll have to step up in the heat of battle or some other emergency situation to be the new captain.
More dramatic than her just being promoted peacefully and means that an in demand actor like Issac's isn't bound by a multi year TV contract on top of his other multi - year TV contract.
More dramatic than her just being promoted peacefully and means that an in demand actor like Issac's isn't bound by a multi year TV contract on top of his other multi - year TV contract.
If something happens to Captain Lorca in Season 1 of Discovery, it most likely won't happen until the end of the season, since the series is supposed to have a defined serialized arc (ala Babylon 5).
Great news to hear! Issacs is a dream casting choice, imo, for Trek.
colour me very happy right now!
colour me very happy right now!
Oh, a white guy...
I agree. It may depend on what sequences to be filmed were the more complex ones, whether they need some more attention in post-production, any number of reasons. The scenes with Captain Lorca may not demand as much from a visual aspect. He may be the kind of Captain who doesn't go on landing party missions as much and stays on Discovery, any number of reasons.
Does anybody know how long it's taking them to film an individual episode? Because knowing that would give us an idea as to how quickly Captain Lorca shows up in the series relative to its overall narrative and seasonal episode count.
Given the early idea as to how the seasons would work (how a story can be told over multiple episodes), it may be hard to tell that, as well as if they're filming in sequence, which is not always a given.
I'll take that as a "no".
Not of the Discovery.
She's captaining the Shenzou, a separate Starfleet ship to which which Connor, the character played by Series Regular Sam Vartholomeos, is assigned.
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