• Corgana@startrek.websiteOP
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    8 months ago

    I love the frankness of the questions too, asking about the hair and both of them feeling the weight of the franchise and Nichelle Nichols’ legacy on their shoulders.

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      8 months ago

      Yep, and also flipping the “what was the biggest challenge you overcame” standard question on its head.

      And yeah, I was definitely curious about the hair but after learning Gates McFadden wore a bunch of different wigs in TNG, I just kind of let it go. I had no idea there was such thought and additional representation behind the change; that panning shot of her taking the captain’s chair they talked about seems so much more poignant now.