Star Trek: Discovery’s Lead, Sonequa Martin-Green, Fulfills Gene Roddenberry’s Ultimate Vision
We finally know who will be taking the lead in Star Trek: Discovery, the first new Trek TV series in over a decade, when it launches on CBS’ streaming platform next May: Sonequa Martin-Green, who plays Sasha on The Walking Dead. While she won’t be a captain, Entertainment Weekly reports, she’ll be playing Rainsford, a lieutenant commander “with caveats,” aboard the U.S.S. Discovery.
Regardless of insignia, Martin-Green’s casting in Star Trek: Discovery fulfills a long held ambition on the part of the show’s original showrunner. Bryan Fuller, who has since departed from the show, has said for years that he wants an African-American woman to play the lead in his Star Trek project. But more importantly, this news also brings Discovery closer to living up to the ideals that Star Trek always tried to live up to.
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