Star Trek: Discovery star Sonequa Martin-Green on filming final season ‘we didn’t know would be our last’-Sabrina Barr-Entertainment – Metro

Star Trek: Discovery star Sonequa Martin-Green has opened up on filming the final season of the TV series, which the cast originally ‘didn’t know’ would be the last.

Later this month, the beloved sci-fi show – which first premiered seven years ago in 2017 – is set to come to an end with season five.

The programme began by introducing Trekkies around the world to Michael Burnham (Sonequa), an officer who is recruited onto the USS Discovery as a science expert after being sentenced to life in prison for committing mutiny.

Michael has been on an incredible journey since then, and the actress who plays the iconic character was clearly emotional to be saying goodbye to the programme when Metro.co.uk caught up with her.

Sonequa, 39, explained that any time she speaks directly to Star Trek fans about how much their support has meant to her, ‘it tends to get emotional’.

‘There’s just nothing but gratitude and love,’ she said, as recalled how viewers ‘gave us a chance and let us into their hearts’.

The Michael Burnham star shared how ’emotional’ she feels addressing fans (Picture: Paramount Plus/Metro.co.uk)

Michael has been on a long journey since Discovery began in 2017 (Picture: Michael Gibson/CBS)

Several episodes of Star Trek: Discovery season five have already been released on Paramount Plus, ahead of the eventual finale.

So how does Sonequa think that fans are going to feel when they finally discover how the series has been wrapped up?

‘I wish I could say how it’s going to wrap up. I can’t other than saying how I hope they feel from seeing it, because we ask the biggest questions that you can possibly ask in season five,’ the former Walking Dead star answered.

‘It’s also got this bit of a tonal shift, it’s more fun and adventurous. But the questions that we ask, it just goes as deep as it can.’

Sonequa stars in Discovery opposite fan-favourite Saru, played by Doug Jones (Picture: Paramount Plus/CBS Studios Inc/Michael Gibson/ All Rights Reserved)

Sonequa reflected on what it was like to return to Canada so that she and other members of the cast and crew could give Star Trek: Discovery the send-off it deserves.

‘I think that when Paramount Plus and CBS allowed us to go back to Toronto to actually wrap up the season and the series – because we didn’t know it was our last when we were shooting it – I think we were able to wrap it up in a beautiful way and I think people will be satisfied and I think they’ll feel hopeful from how it ends,’ she stated.

In March last year, it was confirmed that season five would be the last for Star Trek: Discovery, despite it previously being suspected that it would continue for a sixth outing.

At the time, Sonequa said that it was a ‘lot to process’ the imminent conclusion.

We’re going to miss the crew of the USS Discovery! (Picture: Michael Gibson/CBS)

‘It’s been a roller-coaster of emotions and I haven’t even spoken about it publicly yet because it’s a lot to process. It’s a lot to process, but I am overwhelmed with gratitude,’ she told ET.

Explaining that she felt ‘overwhelmed’, she added: ‘We’re sending all these messages of love and nostalgic texts back and forth to each other because it’s a lot. It’s a lot to feel right now. I’m very grateful.’

As Star Trek fans will know, characters have a tendency of returning or taking part in unexpected crossovers… so who knows where the cast of Discovery will venture next.

Star Trek: Discovery is available to watch on Paramount Plus, with new episodes of the final season released on Thursdays.

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