Mary Chieffo - The rise to prominence and power as a strong female leader, Part 2
Episode 16 · 2023-06-21

- Talk
Episode overview
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.
28 minutes
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7. Daniel Riordan - The Many Moods of an Actor and Alien2023-04-19
8. The Best Guests to Star on Trek2023-04-26
9. Richard Lineback - A memorable career of screen and stage acting2023-05-03
10. Carey Foster - From the beginning of Star Trek as an Orion to Oliva Rose in sciences aboard the Enterprise2023-05-10
11. Steve Hershon - take my hand, double it many times over in Hollywood2023-05-17
12. A Very Pointed Idea - Top 10 Vulcans2023-05-24
13. Vince Niebla - Emmy Award winning fx artist, filmmaker, painter, sculptor2023-05-31
14. Sandra Gimpel - Stuntwoman/actress Star Trek's first villain twice; M-113 salt vampire and veiny Talosian2023-06-07
15. Mary Chieffo - The rise to prominence and power as a strong female leader2023-06-14
16. Mary Chieffo - The rise to prominence and power as a strong female leader, Part 22023-06-21
17. Mary Chieffo - The rise to prominence and power as a strong female leader, Part 32023-06-28
18. Tom Morga - Star Trek stuntman; survival of the fittest2023-07-05
19. Tom Morga - Star Trek stuntman; survival of the fittest, Part 22023-07-12
20. Greg Cox - A continuum of care in written standards of Star Trek legacies2023-07-19
21. Leslie Hoffman - Star Trek stuntwoman; actress, a career of coordinating colossal memories2023-07-26
22. Leslie Hoffman - Star Trek stuntwoman; actress, a career of coordinating colossal memories, Part 22023-08-02
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