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Zoe Saldana Talks Uhura
By Ryan 'The Rican with the Irish name' McLelland on January 30, 2008
Zoe Saldana had stopped by BlackFilm and talked a bit about her career including her role as Uhura in the upcoming J.J. Abrams Star Trek prequel.On what attracted her to the role Saldana said, "J.J. Abrams had expressed an interest in working with me and he had liked my work. For an actor, that's all you need. That's all you want. To get the acknowledgement and respect from your peers; and so I went out and met him. He then said, 'I don't need to see you anymore' and I felt really good. I felt like I did it. I earned it." On the original series, "I never saw that. I was not a fan until now and I have so much admiration for what they did, and how much the series continues to grow after 45 years and I had the honor of meeting Nichelle Nichols and working with Leonard Nimoy and it was fantastic." On meeting Nichols, the original Uhura, "I was able to sit down with her and she told me the whole story of how Uhura came to be and where they were going with her character, but it all fell into place the moment she walked into the door and auditioned for the part. She named the character herself and it was a special thing and she felt as an artist, she was going to make the part big." And on trying on the Starfleet one-piece uniform, "It was very interesting. The moment everything came together from the hair, the costume, being on the set, and then you start to feel, 'Okay, this is real. This is amazing and fun'." There's lots more to the article which you can check out right here!
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