Star Trek: Lower Decks‘ Jack Quaid shares his hilarious behind-the-scenes memories of playing live-action Ensign Brad Boimler in the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds crossover episode, including posing as “Captain Boimler” sitting in the USS Enterprise’s Captain’s chair. The SAG-AFTRA strike began in July just before Strange New Worlds season 2, episode 7, “Those Old Scientists”, dropped on Paramount+. The actors hitting the picket lines meant they were all forbidden from publicly discussing struck work, which was especially painful for Lower Decks’ Jack Quaid and Tawny Newsome, who couldn’t share their delight at being on set with the cast of Strange New Worlds.
On Instagram, Jack Quaid finally got to post some of his BTS pics and videos playing Ensign Brad Boimler in the Strange New Worlds crossover. Jack shared images with Tawny Newsome’s Ensign Beckett Mariner, director Jonathan Frakes, writers Bill Wolkoff and Kathryn Lynd, and Ethan Peck, who plays Lt. Spock, and is one half of the Boimler/Spock duo dubbed “Spoimler.” Check out the posts below:
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Star Trek: Lower Decks are available to stream on Paramount+.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
- Release Date:
- 2022-05-05
- Cast:
- Melissa Navia, Babs Olusanmokun, Ethan Peck, Jess Bush, Celia Rose Gooding, Rebecca Romijn, Bruce Horak, Anson Mount, Christina Chong
- Genres:
- Adventure, Sci-Fi, Action
- Seasons:
- 2
- Story By:
- Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman, Jenny Lumet
- Writers:
- Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman, Jenny Lumet
- Network:
- Jenny Lumet
- Streaming Service:
- Paramount+
- Franchise(s):
- Star Trek
- Directors:
- Chris Fisher, Amanda Row
- Showrunner:
- Henry Alonso Myers, Akiva Goldsman
Star Trek Lower Decks
- Release Date:
- 2020-08-06
- Cast:
- Jack Quaid, Gillian Vigman, dawnn lewis, Noel Wells, Eugene Cordero, Fred Tatasciore, Jerry O’Connell, Tawny Newsome
- Genres:
- Animation, Adventure, Action
- Seasons:
- 3
- Summary:
- The animated comedy series Star Trek: Lower Decks follows the support crew on one of Starfleet’s least significant ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, in 2380. Ensigns Mariner (Tawny Newsome), Boimler (Jack Quaid), Rutherford (Eugene Cordero), and Tendi (Noël Wells) have to keep up with their duties and their social lives often. At the same time, the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies.
- Story By:
- gene roddenbury
- Writers:
- Gene Roddenberry
- Network:
- Paramount
- Streaming Service:
- Paramount+
- Franchise(s):
- Star Trek
