Star Trek DS9 Documentary Interview with Ira Steven Behr, Kai De Mello-Folsom, Nana Visitor, Armin Shimerman and Andrew Robinson
If you’re a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fan, on May 13th something very cool is playing for one night only in movie theaters around the country: What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The film is a feature length documentary that was partly funded by the fans and it’s loaded with new interviews with almost everyone involved in the series, tons of DS9 footage in HD for the first time, and so much more. However, while I enjoyed the entire doc, my favorite part was a sequence where showrunner Ira Steven Behr got a few of the original writers together to brainstorm ideas for a season 8. While it was just done for the documentary, after you hear what they came up with, you’ll wish they were getting ready to make a new season because the storyline was very cool.
A few days ago, I got to sit down with Ira Steven Behr, producer Kai De Mello-Folsom, Nana Visitor (Major Kira) , Armin Shimerman (Quark) and Andrew Robinson (Garak) at the Collider office for an extended interview about Deep Space Nine. During the wide-ranging conversation we talked about how the documentary happened, what it will take to get the show remastered in HD, how they pulled off making twenty-six episodes a year, how things changed during the writing process, if they were nervous about getting renewed each year, who took home what from set and why, their reaction to the series finale, when Andrew Robinson realized Garak was a fan favorite, and so much more. As a longtime fan of DS9, this is one of those interviews I was so happy to be able to do and I hope you enjoy hearing what they had to say.
Finally, if you’re a fan of DS9, I absolutely suggest checking out the documentary next week. You can get more details on where it is showing here.
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