Because often in a producer/creator, those two things are not necessarily compatible. I gave it a minute, even though the phone call came directly from Alex Kurtzman. How did it feel when they approached you about returning to the role? It’s craftsmanship that I have to stand back and sort of say, “Wow.” These are men who are not only incredibly smart and very, very gifted, but who can somehow enter into the imagination of a six-year-old kid and produce the dialogue that would be in accordance to that personality. And being a part of this is teaching me that it’s a very rare and very excellent form of art. There is a genius to animation that I hadn’t given enough thought to, myself. And these guys–Kevin and Dan Hageman–are just terrific to work with. Every inch and step of the way, from the hair, which you know, was diabolically difficult for real Janeway. Children need to respond to the eyes, the mouth. So that the eyes are a little enhanced, the face itself is a little shortened, a little square, the mouth is more facile. We were in VERY close collaboration because it’s important to me that my physical features be exaggerated in just the right way. And at this point in time-26 years later-it should be nothing short of a pleasure.ĭid you have any input on the animated design of Hologram Janeway?Ī wonderful question. To have her in my pocket like that and to have her spring out with such alacrity and such vivacity, pleases me very much. Which is a wonderful gift after having worked so hard for seven years to create the real Captain Janeway. You have done animation voice work before, but what is it like performing a character that you previously played in live-action?Įasy. So it’s kind of an extraordinary sleight of hand, If you will. She embodies what was real, and she’s giving this demographic something through a genre that is not real. That’s what’s so provocative, and what will prove to be so evocative about this Janeway. But all of the characteristics, and all of the virtues, and some of the flaws are much in evidence. How different will Janeway be on Prodigy, given she is a hologram? The Captain Janeway hologram aboard the USS Protostar (CBS/Paramount+) It has to have all of our human qualities, of course. It wouldn’t be interesting to me as a voice actor. So there’s nothing clinical about this hologram, nor would it work if it were. She responds to some more positively than she does to others, and vice versa. She likes some better than she likes others. She must be endowed with vitality, with heart, and with a capacity for great warmth and affection. To use a good Star Trek expression: she must be fully alive. How much of Captain Janeway’s personality will we see with Hologram Janeway? Or is she just like educational software?Īs I said a moment ago, that would be futile. And that’s what Hologram Janeway is with all of these kids. Otherwise, they wouldn’t listen, right? What kid listens to an adult who’s shouting at them, or sternly reprimanding them or simply telling them what to do? A kid listens when the adult is interested in the kid. And it’s a very felt relationship she has with these kids. So it’s not as if they’re responding to some sort of machine. And the kids respond to those qualities accordingly. Suffice it to say that the hologram is very much like Captain Janeway and has many of her traits, and all of her sort of better qualities. I don’t think I am allowed to tell you how that is, that is a spoiler. But you soon come to understand that she is leading them in an unexpected way. Initially, she’s there for purposes of mentorship and guidance. This interview has been edited for clarity.Įlla Purnell has said each of the characters learns something in their arc from Hologram Janeway, but does Hologram Janeway have her own arc? Speaking to TrekMovie and a handful of other outlets in a group interview during New York Comic Con, Mulgrew talked about returning to the character and gave us some insights into what’s different and what’s not so different about Hologram Janeway.
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The series premiere of the animated kids series Star Trek: Prodigy arrives next week, which will include the return of Star Trek: Voyager’s Kate Mulgrew, voicing Hologram Kathryn Janeway.
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