Jameela Jamil calls her arc on Star Trek: Prodigy “weird”

Star Trek: Prodigy is bringing in Jameela Jamil for a role she describes as “weird”.

Star Trek: Prodigy has given fans an appetizer of what to expect in the first half of its first season. We had cameos from characters like Spock and Odo, two Kathryn Janeways, a mystery surrounding the Protostar and its former captain Chakotay, as well as a group of rag-tag kids banding together to travel the universe.

They’ll be meeting old faces and new ones in the second half of the season, including The Next Generation’s Thadiun Okona, voiced by the returning Billy Campbell. Not to mention Ronny Cox’s return to the franchise, reprising his Next Generation character Admiral Edward Jellico.

That’s not all, however, as new faces and new characters will be appearing, like Jameela Jamil, who just had her turn in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. She won’t be playing a Marvel villain this time around, however, as she’ll be playing a Trill named Asencia and she’ll be part of Admiral Janeway’s USS Dauntless bridge crew.

Jamil spoke to the press at New York Comic Con (via Trek Movie.com) and revealed that she found it weird to be playing a character that will live on “forever”.

"Question: Having been in DC, Marvel, and now Star Trek – these characters are going to live on pretty much live forever. Is that a weird feeling for you? Do you ever think about that?Jamil: Yeah. It is weird. It’s exciting, though, because the stuff meant so much to me. I didn’t really have friends when I was a kid, and I didn’t go out much. I had a pretty f—ing miserable childhood. This stuff was my whole escape, entertainment. So to know that I might be a part of someone else’s escape is truly one of the great privileges. I don’t think by any stretch of the imagination actors save lives. But I do know that they accidentally kind of saved mine. And so just to be able to be a part of that for someone else feels great."

Star Trek: Prodigy’s second season is shaping up to be huge

Prodigy didn’t get the love from the main streak Trek fan that I was hoping for but many new fans seem to have attached themselves effortlessly to the new animated show. The series has a total of 40 episodes that have already aired, are yet to air, or will air at some point over the next year or so, and more are very much expected.

It felt like the first 10 were just an appetizer to what’s to come and by the looks of it, they’re going to take the idea Lower Decks is built on (cameos) and actually fortify it with story and long-lasting content.

The next few seasons of Prodigy should be must-see TV for any Star Trek fan, regardless of age.