A custom image of Callum Keith Rennie in a Starfleet uniform in front of a blue and yellow image of Discovery in Star Trek Discovery
The Big Picture As Captain Michael Burnham embarks on one last adventure with her crew, Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 is bringing a few new characters along for the ride. Chief among those newcomers is the blunt, war-worn Captain Rayner. Played by Battlestar Galactica alum Callum Keith Rennie, Rayner is Burnham's new second in command on the Discovery, taking over after Saru took a different position at Starfleet.
Release Date September 24, 2017 Cast Sonequa Martin-Green , Doug Jones , Anthony Rapp , Emily Coutts , Mary Wiseman , Oyin Oladejo Main Genre Sci-Fi Seasons 5 Rennie is no stranger to science fiction, having had roles in such series as The Umbrella Academy, Jessica Jones, and Battlestar Galactica.
Rennie Calls 'Star Trek: Discovery's Latest Episode "Amazing" "Face the Strange," is such a classic Star Trek episode, employing the ever-entertaining sci-fi trope of sticking our main characters in a time loop, both to put an obstacle in their path as well as to bring them face to face with some of their own demons. For Rennie, the episode really put the science in science fiction. "It was like, 'Whoa! What's happening? I don't get it.
Rayner Will Have to Shorten the Distance Between Himself and the Discovery Crew While it doesn't sound like we'll be getting any flashbacks to Rayner's time on the Antares Rennie believes that he'd spent a similar amount of time with that crew as Michael has with hers. "We didn't get to inhabit that, I get to make it up in my own mind," he said. "But for me, it was more like a pirate ship that I had.
Star Trek has quite a long list of original alien species created for the franchise, and Rayner just happens to be a Kellerun, a race that hasn't been seen since Deep Space Nine. In classic Trek fashion, Kelleruns appear mostly human with the most visible difference being the shape of the ears. As he follows in the footsteps of the likes of Leonard Nimoy and any actor who has ever played a Vulcan or a Romulan, I asked Rennie about getting into prosthetics for the role.
"I pat myself on the back because I made it through, and there was this wonderful group energy that helped me do that. The good naturedness of the show was something that I maybe haven't worked on. There was a wholehearted goodness about it, which was quite nice, which overlapped into how people treated each other and mutual respect.
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