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2 days ago · In a conversation at a Star Trek convention (via YouTube), the now 71-year-old Colm Meaney shared that he had numerous struggles during his early days in the industry. According to the actor, his natural Irish accent did not work well with the casting directors habituated with the stereotyped “sing-song” Irish accent in American movies, popularized by Barry Fitzgerald.
4 days ago · O'Brien was played by reliable Irish actor Colm Meany, star of John Houston's "The Dead," "Dick Tracy," and "The Commitments" (and its sequels). He was a hard worker, and during his 12-year stint ...
5 days ago · Seitz questions the place of social reproduction in Star Trek’s theoretically classless, anti-racist, post-sexist society via Chief Miles O’Brien (Colm Meaney) and Keiko O’Brien’s ...
4 days ago · Set 800 years after the events of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the new show will introduce a brand-new generation of cadets, eager to make their mark on Starfleet history. Nobody knows that struggle better than Star Trek: DS9 character, Lt. Nog (Aron Eisenberg). Nog was the first Ferengi to join Starfleet Academy, and Star Trek: Discovery has ...
2 days ago · Why is the pilot of Star Trek so different? "The Cage" Was Rejected For Being "Too Cerebral". As a result, the original pilot was given the ax for being "too cerebral" (via The Star Trek Compendium). Conversely, the second pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before" introduced Star Trek's first villain and had all the violent chills and thrills that ...
5 days ago · But the one that stands out for me is the Star Trek Deep Space 9 episode Hard Time. Dublin born Colm Meaney gives the most heart wrenching masterclass in portraying someone on the very edge of suicide.
3 days ago · This quality of estrangement in Klingon allows viewers to connect empathetically with Star Trek, but the language rooted enough in our own cognitive understanding of language that we can both learn it like we can any other language and understand how it functions in the world of Star Trek.
