
A Captain's Log (2021)
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Mary Chieffo as Self
Episodes 3
Mary Chieffo - The rise to prominence and power as a strong female leader
Mary Chieffo is the exclusive guest in part one of a three-part interview episode. Chieffo is famously known as literally the highest ranked female Klingon in Star Trek's glorious history as Chancellor L'Rell from Star Trek: Discovery in seasons one and two. Chieffo talks to Bryan Kreutz and Lili Fox-Lim about what she liked the most about playing L'Rell and what some of her deep insights about the character she brought to life entailed. Bryan is thrilled to reveal one if his favorite episodes of Star Trek: Discovery is L'Rell centric as the Season 2 Episode "Point of Light," is discussed heavily with Mary Chieffo. Chieffo broadly covers her perspective about the Klingon Empire with L'Rell, now the chancellor, detailing L'Rell's ascension. Chieffo also discusses comprehensive details of her favorite memories from filming on the set of Star Trek: Discovery.
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Bryan and Lili continue their affinity for Mary Chieffo' s glorious Klingon role as Chancellor L'Rell, placing her among this talk show's finest Klingon's they've interviewed. Mary discusses the layers of translations and how Star Trek: Discovery Klingon translator Robyn Stewart and dialect coach Rea Nolan assist in also sending her notes, recordings and ways to learn lines in Klingon pronunciations. Mary discusses in detail working with director Jonathan Frakes, actors Shazad Latif, and Ken Mitchell. The discussion with Bryan and Lili shifts Mary enduring working days lasting from 18-20 hours. Mary reveals her and other Klingon's would of been in heavy makeup and rubber drinking smoothies as the only options frequently. Bryan shares his first public memory in detail of Mary Cheiffo being at San Diego Comic Con and asks Mary to share the touching story that encompasses the genre fandom of being yourself in cosplay and through story in regards to Mary's Discovery panel speech in 2018.
Read MoreMary Chieffo - The rise to prominence and power as a strong female leader, Part 3
Bryan and Lili conclude the 3rd part of their extended interview with the one and only powerful woman Mary Chieffo. In Mary Chieffo speaks to hear early days as a child of two successful actor parents in Hollywood then moving into a decision her father Michael Chieffo helped her with in the New York based Julliard school. Mary shares her affinity for Shakespeare tying this in full circle with the Klingon realm and her role as Chancellor L'Rell. Mary conveys she was lucky to play characters in school like Queen Elizabeth, to characters in Richard the III, Macbeth and how drawing out the Klingon Voq relationship with her character L'Rell was a very feminist style of character portrayal layers in Star Trek: Discovery. Mary touches on her film projects, "Every Morning", Plus, "Iago: The Green Eyed Monster", the Tribeca Festival musical prequel to a futuristic take on Shakespeare's Othello.
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