‘Star Trek: Voyager’ star Robert Beltran accused of breaking actors’ strike rules and endorsing homophobic comments on X
‘Star Trek: Voyager’ star Robert Beltran accused of breaking actors’ strike rules and endorsing homophobic comments on X
Fans at the STLV 'Star Trek' convention reported that Robert Beltran broke strike rules onstage.
Well that’s not very Chakotay
Ok, well I always thought it was weird Chakotay didn't get mentioned much in newer trek. I thought it was mostly because his character was a massive fail in attempting to portray an indigenous character but maybe it is also just because the actor himself sucks?
he’s not the only Trek (or even the only VOY) actor to run afoul of fans because said Bad Things™ on Twitter.
In 2017, Manu Intiraymi, who played Icheb on VOY, tweeted some nasty comments in defense of Kevin Spacey who was accused of sexually assaulting DIS actor Anthony Rapp when he was 14. Not only did Trek fans collectively have an aneurysm (and rightly so), Paramount cut ties with him over the incident. Not long after, his character, Icheb, was killed especially brutally in an episode of PIC— while also portrayed by a different actor. Many interpreted that as those working on Trek telling Intiraymi exactly how they felt about his comments— while also closing the door on his ever returning.
Why was his character a massive fail in that regard?
Not sure of all the details, but the guy the production hired to give them information on customs/culture to use in the show turned out to be a total sham, for one.