YOU KNOW MY NEXT GUEST FROM "THE
WALKING DEAD."
SHE NOW HOPES TO LIVE LONG AND
PROSPER AS THE STAR OF "STAR
TREK: DISCOVERY" ON CBS ALL
ACCESS.
>> COUNTDOWN, 10
MINUTES, 15 SECONDS.
WARNING, PROXIMITY
ALERT.
SCANNING FOR DATABASE
RECOGNITION.
ICONOGRAPHY CONFIRMED.
KLINGON.
>> I'M FROM THE UNITED
STATES FEDERATION OF--
>> Stephen: OH, THAT'S
NOT GOOD.
PLEASE WELCOME SONEQUA
MARTIN-GREEN.
♪ ♪ ♪
( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: I'M PRETTY
DAMN EXCITED
>> OH, MY GOSH!
ME, TOO!
>> Stephen: HOW LONG--
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING
ME.
>> Stephen: YOU WORK
AT CBS AND I-- I HAVEN'T
HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THIS
YET.
THEY ARE BEING SUPER
PROTECTIVE OF THIS SHOW.
>> YEAH, EXTRA LOCKDOWN.
>> Stephen: IT TAKES
PLACE BEFORE THE
ORIGINAL SERIES, RIGHT?
>> YES, YES, 10 YEARS
BEFORE.
10 YEARS BEFORE.
AND WE'RE-- WE'RE--
WE'RE DISCOVERING A LOT,
DISCOVERING EACH OTHER
THROUGH THE DISCOVERY OF
OURSELVES, HONESTLY.
>> Stephen: THERE'S A
CROSSOVER BETWEEN THE
TWO SERIES UPON.
TELL ME IF I'M GETTING
SOMETHING WRONG OR STOP
ME IF I'M SAYING
SOMETHING NOBODY IS
SUPPOSED TO KNOW.
ONE OF THE CROSSOVER
SPHRZ YOUR SERIES AND
THE ORIGINAL IS CERIC,
WHO IS SPOCK'S FATHER,
RAISES YOU.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: BUT YOU'RE
NOT VULCAN.
>> RIGHT.
>> YOU'RE HUMAN.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: BUT YOUR
PARENTS WERE KILLED BY
KLINGONS.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: I'M A
LITTLE OBSESSED ABOUT
ANY DETAILS I CAN GET
OUT OF IT.
SO ARE YOU-- DO YOU HAVE
A MOTION IF YOU WERE
RAISED BY VULCANS?
>> I DO, BECAUSE I AM
HUMAN.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
>> SO I AM A HUMAN IN
THE CULTURE OF VULCAN.
RIGHT.
SO THERE'S ASSIMILATION
HAPPENING THERE.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
>> AND THERE'S CULTURE
SHOCK THAT HAPPENED
THERE.
>> Stephen: HOW MUCH
OF THE AUDITION WAS JUST
DOING THIS?
>> YOU KNOW, THAT'S REAL
GOOD.
EXCEPT YOUR THUMB HAS TO
BE --
>> Stephen: HAS TO BE
ON THE SIDE?
>> YOU HAVE TO BRING
YOUR THUMB OUT.
THERE YOU GO!
THAT'S IT!
THAT'S IT!
IT CAME QUITE NATURALLY,
SO IT WAS MEANT TO BE.
>> Stephen: THE VULCAN
PHILOSOPHY--
>> YES.
>> Stephen: THE BASIS
OF IT.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
YOU HAVE BEEN RAISED BY
VULCANS.
>> GET IT RIGHT.
>> Stephen: IS
"INFINITE DIVERSITY IN
INFINITE COMBINATIONS."
DOES AMERICA NEED A
LITTLE "STAR TREK" RIGHT
NOW?
>> ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
YES!
OH, MY GOSH!
THINGS ARE AT A FEVER
PITCH AT THIS POINT,
RIGHT, DIVISION AND
SEPARATIST THINKING.
I THINK IT'S SO
IMPORTANT BECAUSE PEOPLE
NEED TO SEE WHAT WE CAN
BE AND WHAT WE CAN
BECOME.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT
THIS SHOW DOES.
IT ALWAYS HAS, SO WE'RE
JUST GOING BOLDLY IN THE
WAY IT ALWAYS HAS.
>> Stephen: THE
ORIGINAL SHOW-- OF ALL
OF THE SHOWS, BUT GENE
RODDENBERRY, CREATED THE
ORIGINAL SHOW, DEALT
WITH CURRENT SOCIAL
SOCIETAL ISSUES OF ALL
KIND BY PUTTING THEM IN
SPACE.
>> YES, BECAUSE
HONESTLY, THE FANTASY OF
IT, PROVIDES A SORT OF--
IT TAKES AWAY THE BAR
YERK RIGHT?
SO PEOPLE CAN LET GO.
THEY CAN SUSPEND THEIR
DISBELIEF AND BE
IMAGINATIVE, AND IN
DOING THAT, THE MESSAGE
COMES THROUGH
SUBCONSCIOUSLY.
THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF
SCI-FI, RIGHT?
>> Stephen: WOW,
SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE
BRAINWASHING US.
>> AND THEN...
>> Stephen: CBS IS--
THEY'VE THROWN THE
KITCHEN SINK AT THIS.
THIS IS A HUGE
PRODUCTION.
WHAT IS THE-- WHAT IS,
LIKE, THE CRAZIEST
LOCALE OR THE BIGGEST
THING THAT YOU WERE
INVOLVED IN DOING IN
SHOOTING THIS?
>> YEAH, OH, MAN.
OKAY, WELL, EVERYBODY IS
ON THEIR TOP GAME,
NUMBER ONE.
I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT,
BEHIND THE CAMERA AND IN
FRONT OF THE CAMERA.
AND WHEN WE WERE-- WE
SHOT IN JORDAN.
AND THE JORDANIAN CREW
WAS SO AMAZING, SO WARM
AND WELCOMING.
AND THE PRINCE OF JORDAN
CAME TO VISIT SET ONE
KAY, AND HE BROUGHT HIS
SON, AND THEY WERE
"TREK" FANS WHICH WAS
AMAZING AND I WAS SO
THROWN OFF BECAUSE I GO,
"HOW DO YOU-- HOW DO YOU
GREET ROYALTY?
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME.
DO I NEED-- DO YOU NEED
ME TO BOW?
DO I NEED TO CURTSY?
AM I GOING TO HAVE TO
KISS HIS HAND?
THAT'S FIEB, IF THAT'S
CUSTOMARY.
AND WHAT DO NEED TO DO
HERE?"
HE WAS SO DOWNED TO
EARTH THE HAND SHAKE WAS
FINE.
IT WAS KIND OF
ANTICLIMACTIC.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE AN
AMERICAN, YOU SAY THE I
BOW TO NO KING.
THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
IT.
"STAR TREK: DISCOVERY" PREMIERES
SEPTEMBER 24 ON CBS ALL ACCESS.
