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TheStar Trekfranchise has gone above and beyond ordinary franchises. With veteran actor Patrick Stewart being iconic in the franchise, the movies, series, and, spin-offs received much love and fame.
However, in 2022, the seriesStar Trek: Strange New Worldsreceived something that none of the series had ever received before. With their imaginative worlds, this MCU star revealed that NASA wrote them a personal thank-you letter!
When NASA Sent TheStar TrekFranchise A ‘Thank You’ Letter
It happened right after the world opened again in 2022. When the series went into production and movies resumed production, MCU star Anson Mount portrayed the role of Black Bolt inDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Meanwhile, he was also attached to the 2022 series titledStar Trek: Strange New Worlds, and portrayed the role of Christopher Pike in it. Well, before the show was released to the world,Anson Mountsat for an interview withThe Hollywood Reporterto talk about the upcoming show.
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During his talks, Mount revealed that he felt glad when he received a personal ‘thank you’ letter from NASA!
And it was also the feeling of finally because we had been held back so long due to the pandemic. Some acquaintances from NASA wrote a letter to the cast and crew, which I got to read
He further continued,
Explaining how much Star Trek meant to them and how much it means to scientists, and how powerful the imagination can be in crafting our future.
Well, starring inStar Trek: Strange New Worldswas indeed a remarkable experience for Anson Mount since the series was inspired by the OG 1960sStar Trek: The Original Series!
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WithPatrick Stewartbeing an integral part of the franchise,Star Trekwas going to become quite famous. However, on the outside, things were calm. But on the inside, Stewart had to bring about some changes in the franchise.
When Patrick Stewart Brought His Own Writer
It was the year 1996 when a film titledStar Trek: First Contactwas released starring Patrick Stewart in the lead role. With Jonathan Frakes set as the director of the film, Stewart reportedly ran into some problems with the story arc of the film.
When he joined the franchise,Patrick Stewart had already shouted at his castmatesduring the initial days ofStar Trek: The Next Generation.However, when they were filming forStar Trek: First Contact,Stewart asked for a different writer personally for his character!
In an interview withTHR, writer Ronald D Moore revealed that Stewart pressurized the crew to get him his own writer. However, things didn’t work out.
There was a point where Patrick wanted some rewrites of his scenes, and he pressed Rick to bring on his own writer to do that. Rick did it, and Brannon and I were not happy. I wasn’t particularly aggrieved about it, but then, that didn’t work out.
Although the production ran into some problems, the writer was ultimately removed from the film and Ronald D Moore handled the rest. Luckily, a coherent tone throughout the film was maintained.
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Star Trek: First Contact wasreleased in theaters in 1996 and received a rating of 7.6/10 on IMDB, and a whopping 93% on Rotten Tomatoes.
First Contactand the 2022 seriesStar Trek: Strange New Worldsare available to stream on Paramount+ in the U.S.
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
