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вЂњWe love all the big ideas that came out of those shows, but we're trying to also meld it with a contemporary understanding of character,вЂќ says the showrunner. He also points out that audiences are more sophisticated about character development than they were decades ago. But I think those values probably look different in 2022 than they did in the 1960s.вЂќ вЂњHow we looked at our show was, вЂWell, what if Gene Roddenberry were making it today?вЂ™вЂќ Alonso Myers tells IGN.

For Alonso Myers, he understands that itвЂ™s вЂњjust sort of the way that they didвЂќ TV back then, but he also credits Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry for being revolutionary in how he depicted diversity in the 1960s.

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Of course, that was never quite the case in the past for Original Series characters like Uhura, who was typically relegated to the oft-quoted вЂњhailing frequencies openвЂќ type dialogue and not much more. And that continues for all the cast throughout the first five episodes of the show (press have previewed Episodes 1-5 at the time of writing), with just about every character getting a storyline of their own at some point.

In the debut episode alone, in addition to series leads Anson Mount (Captain Pike) and Ethan Peck (Spock) getting plenty to chew on, characters like Jess Bush's Nurse Chapel, Christina Chong's La'an Noonien-Singh, and Celia Rose Gooding's Cadet Uhura all have moments to shine. One of the most appealing aspects of Strange New Worlds is the way the show is leaning into its ensemble cast. What if Gene Roddenberry Were Making Star Trek Today?

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