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so you play Spock's adopted sister that's true is there a kind of pressure that comes with that because Spock is arguably to me the greatest Star Trek character of all time I love how they woven me in I did feel a bit of pressure yes because people are familiar with the Vulcan behavior right and so you have to be familiar to them in that way but I am my own woman with my own struggles with this Vulcan indoctrination so I'm different as well the captain is kind of a messed up guy how will that sort of manifest itself in the show and and three of the gear character he's an interesting complicated guy and all the characters I think are born of our times you know it might be set in the future but the pointer Star Trek has always been to reflect our times back of this because I'm not the vanilla hero at the center of it they I think they can explore things that are much more nuanced and three-dimensional than we will have seen before your captain acts as a mentor to first officer Burnham what kind of influence does your character have on her captain Joe Joe brings the humanity back into Michael burden because she grew up in the Vulcan society it's not about wanting to break her spirit and not be this like logical smart and you know get getting things done Michael Burnham but to make her accept that she is human and to be human is to have emotions but to have the good emotions of love and compassion and empathy because without that you won't survive yourself because he's the doctor he has privileged and permission you could say and and so that part of the story has to do with some of the some of the work I'm doing and how that may or may not be affecting me and then there's that question of like how do we talk about it you know and what is it what is this responsibility as as the doctor and also as my partner you know I think I think what's really refreshing is that we're still even in the future dealing with something as very simple and arcane as life work balance these kelpy ins being a prey species on their planet and I'm the first one of my kind to rise above that and to go through Starfleet Academy and to become a high ranking officer on it on a starship bridge so I I hold myself with a certain pride in a certain you know a sense of accomplishment and and and hope for my own future and all that you know I've seen as an outsider but but but definitely embraced you know the first time we meet him so you're a Klingon pretty great how do you think Laurel differs from previous Klingons her heart and her integrity is there her humanity is very much a part of her storyline and I'm so thrilled because of course anytime you play a character you don't want them to be one-dimensional and I feel like she's four-dimensional she's got so many different complexities our show seeks to remind everybody that we need to be our best selves I mean that even if we're in conflict you've got to put your best foot forward and I think it's all about how we resolve our disputes I think this version of Star Trek reminds us of where we can go because we are furthering Star Trek's legacy of diversity and universality