May 2006

In the Uk & Ireland the latest Star Trek magazine (official) has been released and continues with it’s official review of the 40 years of Star Trek. This time the focuse is on Deep Space Nine, the darker, and very well written show which spanned seven years. It features interviews with Nana Visitor, Rene Auberjonois and Rick Berman. Sci Fi Pulse has a review of the magazine here

“We wanted an African American lead. We felt it would be a good thing to do. But we wanted the right actor and if we couldn’t find an actor we felt was right for the character of Benjamin Sisko, we would have gone Hispanic, white or whatever. We read actors from India. We read a number of actors from France and Belgium. We read Black and White and Hispanic actors for the role, but we were hoping we could find somebody who was African American who would work, and we felt we did when we met Avery Brooks.”

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