Whether you love Star Trek,
don't know much about it or want to
introduce your kids to the franchise.
The new animated series Star Trek
Prodigy is a great way to do that.
It follows a motley crew of young
aliens who must figure out how to work
together while navigating a greater
Galaxy in search of a better future.
I caught up with two of the stars,
Brett Gray and Ella Purnell,
to find out more.
Brett and Ella so great to meet you
and Congrats on Star Trek prodigy.
Thank you so much.
I love this so much.
I am not a self described Trekkie.
I've seen you know some of the movies,
but this is kind of perfect.
Not just for kids,
but for people like me who really
need a good intro into this universe.
What was it like stepping
into this Star Trek universe?
Yeah, well I was sort of like you.
I of course, we all know that
like the iconic things right,
this and Captain Kirk and
Spock and all those. Things,
but I had no way sort of into Star Trek.
It's a lot to sort of jump into it's
55 years worth of history so it can be
quite intimidating, but you're perfect.
Your nail on the head head.
I don't know how that goes,
but you hit the nail on the head.
There we are
at the nail on the head, Brad.
It's the perfect introduction for anyone
who knows something about surgically.
It has not sort of had that sort of
introduction in it follows this wildly
group of teenage aliens who sort of
are also discovering the Star Trek
universe and sort of what that means
and how they have to carry that.
So it's totally awesome introduction,
and it's gorgeous animation, just the
most incredible animation you'll see.
I will agree with you on that.
I mean, way to keep your attention,
grab your attention,
and it's really good.
It's really, really good.
What we have seen so far, Ella.
The thing with Star Trek is there's a
lot of made up languages made up words.
How did you guys handle all this?
Star Trek ISM
is the ISM? Yeah, it's so long.
I mean, my character is the communications
manager and she's been taught how to speak
hundreds and thousands of languages which
was extremely entertaining for everybody.
Listening to me during my voiceover
sessions because I had to.
I had to speak Klingon.
I mean, for Star Trek fans,
they'll know that that stuff up there was
a weird sort of cat language that we made.
I mean it it's been very,
very funny and the intense.
But yeah, I.
I also wasn't that familiar
with Star Trek when I joined,
so I'm I'm new to this as well.
I'm coming into this fresh.
Yeah, I mean, we just had in Baltimore.
We just had Comic Con and our
car version of Comic Con still
big but lines out the door.
So now you are going to have
to be a part of this, right?
I mean getting up onstage,
meeting all the fans and it's gotta
be interesting being the voices and
then being out there for everybody.
It's gotta be something to
look forward to. Yeah,
yeah, totally. I actually just did
my first New York Comic Con with Star
Trek prodigy like a few weeks ago.
And it was that same exact experience
getting out there in front of people.
And you get to really see the excitement
around star trekking around our series.
So it's really awesome to see
and the fans have been super
welcoming and super open with us.
We have the incredible Captain Janeway.
On our show.
So it's been awesome to sort of like
have a Kate Mulgrew with us to sort of
introduce us to the Star Trek world.
It's like no better send off or say,
you know there's no better person to come
with to have your back so it's awesome.
And obviously we know animation.
I mean so many times you do it in
many different different areas,
but also with the pandemic.
Have you been able to come
together, meet each other?
Not yet, and I'm holding out
because I would love to.
We always joke about the fact that if we
actually worked together in person, actually.
Get anything done because
we're both quite energetic.
Lively voiceover actors
and easily distractible.
I could say that for myself.
But no, everything's been.
Everything's been in COVID.
I think break you've called
it in your bathroom for
our record in my bathroom.
Yes, my my shower it was a time
good good sound sound,
reverberation in there look
down reverberation. We're actually
redoing all of it now as we speak.
Well, you live and you learn.
I mean, we're all figuring
it out as we go right?
It's amazing, but so many things
that happen behind the scenes.
But you two are incredible.
So much energy and Congrats and
welcome to the Star Trek universe.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Star Trek prodigy is streaming
now on Paramount Plus.