Bryan Fuller Wanted Angela Bassett as Starfleet Captain

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With the news earlier this week that Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies) would be the show runner of the new streaming based Star Trek series came more speculation than you can shake a stick at. The latest: Blavity is reporting is that the director at one point expressed interest in a Starfleet crew commanded by none other than Angela Bassett. The quote comes from an interview with DenofGeek in 2013...

I want Angela Bassett to be the captain, that’s who I would love to have, you know Captain Angela Bassett and First Officer Rosario Dawson. I would love to do that version of the show and but that’s in the future to be told.

Bassett, fresh off her role on American Horror Story, is presumably available. We'll have to wait and see if she's up for the role!

Mick Joest

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