Whoopi Goldberg Teases Her Return as Guinan in STAR TREK: PICARD Season 2
Almost a year ago, Patrick Stewart appeared on The View to promote the premiere of the first season of Star Trek: Picard. While there, he invited Whoopi Goldberg to join Season 2. Well, it looks like the producing and creative team managed to work out a deal with Goldberg as the actress is teasing her return as Guinan on the series.
In an interview with SFX Magazine Goldberg confirmed that she'll be a part of Star Trek: Picard Season 2 and said:
"I haven't seen [Star Trek: Discovery] – but I did watch the first season of Picard, which was great. From time to time, I talk to Patrick [Stewart] about Star Trek. Hopefully, I will be joining their cast for a little while next year. I'm very excited about that."
For those of you not familiar with Guinan in Star Trek: The Next Generation, she is an El-Aurian race of long-living psychically-endowed "Listeners." She was 600 years old TNG and served as the lounge hostess of the U.S.S. Enterprise. As a bartender, she was also a close confidant of Jean-Luc Picard.
It makes sense to bring her back for the Picard series, but there are so many other characters that I hope to see appear in the series more than here. It’ll be interesting to see who actually does end up appearing in Season 2.
What are your thoughts on Goldberg reprising her role as Guinan after all these years?
Via: Trek Movie