Rapp said that from Stamets’ point of view, “I don’t think there’s any hesitancy. Now that they are headed into the distant future, what does the future hold for their relationship? When we left the pair at the end of season 2, they were heading for reconciliation, after a season in which the two were largely apart, after we saw Culber come back from the dead and try to cope with his new reality. At least that’s what the actors behind those roles, Anthony Rapp and Wilson Cruz, told Showbiz Cheat Sheet at PaleyFest New York earlier this month. Culber in season 3 of Star Trek: Discovery. He has also set his sights higher, pushing himself to be considered for the role of Marvel's first gay superhero after news that the studio was considering green-lighting a film about one.We’re going to see an evolution in the relationship between Lt. Notably, Cruz helped land his role on Star Trek: Discovery by reaching out to its co-creator, Bryan Fuller, who he had worked with previously on Pushing Daisies, on Twitter. And sometimes that meant putting myself out there." But you know, I've had to deal with my own personal struggles and find a way to support myself until the opportunity to do what I love presented itself. However, "I feel like I still had something to say and I think this show is giving me the opportunity to do that. "I feel like I've been counted out a few times," admitted Cruz. Cruz saw his opportunities dry up in an industry that was not ready to embrace openly LGBTQ actors - particularly LGBTQ actors of color. However, this historic representation had consequences. Nearly 25 years ago, he portrayed Rickie Vasquez on My So-Called Life, becoming the first openly gay actor to portray a gay role on a major American television series. "I do think about Culber in terms of that as well - that he had been killed and mourned and people were ready to move on and he found a way of finding himself with another chance."Ĭulber's journey - and the ability to have another chance - resonates with Cruz, who has had to practice resilience in his own life and career. "Our answer to that eventually was, OK, how do we take care of ourselves and get ourselves to a healthier place so that we can continue our fight towards equality? And for me that stands as an inspiration daily."ĭuring the AIDS crisis, "we found our allies and we found strength in each other and the people who love us in order to survive something that was giving us every indication was going to decimate and kill us off," Cruz added. ![]() "If you look at the history of LGBTQ people in this country and also around the world historically, there's example after example of when we have been attacked and murdered and marginalized and erased, and we find a way out of that."Ĭruz points to the worst of the AIDS epidemic, which he lived through as a teenager, as a potent example of how LGBTQ people have practiced resiliency in the face of society's fear and hatred. "That's who we are as a people," he said. When the season is over, Cruz hopes his character can provide "an example of resilience" for LGBTQ people who have survived violence and trauma. But for those concerned with his troubling behavior in the season thus far - including the rejection of his partner, Stamets - Cruz stressed in both vague and specific terms that this is just the beginning of a healing process that will be explored in more detail in future episodes. "I needed the audience to understand that this person was broken by what had happened to him, so that when we did get him back onto this plane that they understood the real consequences and circumstances that he was living under," Cruz explained.Ĭruz, due to the possibility of revealing spoilers, is hesitant to delve into the particulars of how Culber deals with his trauma. ![]() ![]() The actor, 45, also adjusted his workout routine to become "bigger and stronger and leaner" to portray a "brand-new body." Cruz wanted Culber "to feel like he was driving a brand-new car and didn't quite have a handle on it." He listened to the music of folk singer Patty Griffin as well as the audiobook for Cormac McCarthy's harrowing dystopian novel The Road, which was "useful in imagining desperation and the bleakness of the end of the world and end of existence." To prepare for Culber's dramatic transformation and storyline, Cruz immersed himself in culture related to trauma.
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