No matter what side of the galaxy you’re on as far as your opinion of Paramount+’s first direct-to-streaming “Star Trek“movie”,Article 31,” we can at least all agree (hopefully) that the fun cameo at the very end of the film was unexpectedly entertaining and leaves room for a potential sequel.
Spoilers ahead: If you haven’t seen the movie yet, watch ours How to watch Star Trek: Episode 31 guide for more information.
That specific scene takes place when Empress Philippa Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh) and her motley crew of black ops agents complete their first mission to save the United Federation of Planets from a doomsday bomb called The Godsend. Everyone reunites outside the borders of Federation space at Georgiou’s nightclub/casino on the space station, The Baraam, to share a celebratory toast for a job well done in averting an apocalyptic disaster.
An incoming holographic transmission arrives from the Director of Section 31 of the covert unit delivering their next dangerous mission and destination. This Control character is played by Michelle Yeoh’s good friend and “Everything, Everywhere, All At Once” co-star Jamie Lee Curtis!
She appears as a purple-skinned cyborg and is immediately recognized as the warning voice of the priority message sent to the Alpha Team leader at the beginning of the film after the shocking flashback sequence that shows Georgiou becoming Earth Emperor.
Control addresses the assembled team that includes Alok (Omari Hardwick), Rachel Garrett (Kacey Rohl), Quasi (Sam Richardson) and Fuzz’s sassy wife Wisp (Sven Ruygrok) to tell them that their group of commandos will remain on the operation and asks, “Is Has anyone been to Turkana IV?” That particular planet is a nerdy callback to the colonized world that was home to Lt. Tasha Yar and her sister Ishara Yar from “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”
Director Olatunde Osunsanmi explained to EW how Michelle Yeoh helped make the arrangements that brought Curtis into the “Star Trek” universe for the first time.
“We talked as producers about who should play this role,” he tells EW. “We went through a few names and then we got to, ‘What if it was Jamie Lee Curtis? Okay, okay, which one of us knows Jamie Lee Curtis? Oh yeah! Michelle knows Jamie Lee Curtis.’ Michelle says, ‘Sure, I’ll put in a good word.’ But then we realized at the same time that Alexa’s cousin – the cousin of the best producer of ‘Star Trek’ Alex Kurtzman – also represents Jamie Lee Curtis, so we were able to talk to her through two different ways, and everything came together very easily.”
Will Curtis be brought back for a Star Trek: Episode 31 sequel or another streaming movie? It’s more likely that this was a one-and-done project given the unfavorable reviews, but we’d certainly never bet against it!
“Star Trek: Division 31” is currently streaming exclusively on Paramount+.
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