Star Trek Actor Says Their Trek Hero Is Just Like Their Marvel Character – Giant Freakin Robot

By Michileen Martin| Published 2 days ago

According to Star Trek: Strange New Worlds actress Rebecca Romijn, if her Trek hero Una Chin-Riley needs a sympathetic ear while Starfleet has her locked up in between seasons, maybe her old Marvel character can come by to listen to her woes. Romijn recently joined her castmates at the 56-Year Mission Star Trek convention in Las Vegas, where she talked about the two characters shes best known for. The actress old fans that her Strange New Worlds character and the Brotherhoods Mystiquewho she played in the X-Men filmsshare some uncanny (we apologize for nothing) similarities.

As reported by TrekMovie, Romijn commented on the similarity between her Star Trek and Marvel roles when asked a question about the upcoming Season 2 of Strange New Worlds. What also is really strange about it, and I probably shouldnt say this, but I kept going back to when I was playing Mystique as a mutant, Romijn mused. I had little bits of dialogue in season 2 that were literally word-for-word things I said in theX-Menseries before. But they are related. They are two characters, and I relate them.

If youve watched Season 1 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, then you can probably guess the nature of the similarities between Una and Romijns Marvel character. Early in the inaugural season of Strange New Worlds, we learn that Una is secretly an Illyrian; a race of genetically-engineered people, and the genetically-engineered are not allowed within a hundred light years of Starfleet service. Season 1 ends on a cliffhanger, with Unas heritage somehow being discovered and Captain Pikes (Anson Mount) First Officer being arrested by Starfleet.

The parallels between Star Treks Una and Marvels Mystiqueor any of Marvels mutantsseem pretty clear. Like Mystique, Una is being attacked for her heritage, and for being different.

Though its still a little surprising for Romijn to say Una and Mystique share word-for-word dialogue. While Jennifer Lawrences version of the character has a lot more to say, Romijns version doesnt speak often and when she does, shes usually speaking through one of her many disguises and in someone elses voice. Considering how sparse her actual dialogue was in the films, its conceivable the lines shared between the characters was no accident.

It will be interesting to see how Romijns Star Trek characters story is resolved in the seasons of Strange New Worlds to come. Throughout Treks narrative, the ban on genetic engineering is often depicted as the last remaining prejudice of the otherwise utopian Federation. But we know Unas story wont end with the Federation doing away with that prejudice, because a century laterin Star Trek: Deep Space Ninewhen the genetic alterations Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig) was forced to endure as a child are uncovered, that engineering is still illegal in the Federation and Bashir almost loses everything because of it.

We also know that Una Chin-Riley cant remain on Strange New Worlds forever since the showrunner hopes to take the story into the timeline of Star Trek: The Original Series, and Unas character was off the ship by then. Not to mention that when the Season 1 finale gave us a glimpse into a possible future, it showed us the Enterprise without Una. Whether or not Romijns Star Trek and Marvel characters ultimately share the same fate remains to be seen.

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