Star Trek Beyond
Summary
Star Trek Beyond ’s new heroine , Jaylah ( Sofia Boutella ) , was urge by Jennifer Lawrence in one of her early , awarding - gain roles . Boutella donned elaborated makeup to playJaylah , the lonesome survivor of an unnamed specieswho crash - landed on the major planet Altamid . Jaylah joined force with Captain James T. Kirk ( Chris Pine ) and the crew of the USS Enterprise , who were also stranded and hold prisoner on Altamid after their spaceship was ruin by the nefarious Krall ( Idris Elba ) .
Jaylah was an impactful new increase toStar Trek Beyond , and she was arguably the most successful unexampled female character reference introduce inJ.J. Abrams’Star Trekmovies . The main cast ofStar Trekincludes Lieutenant Nyota Uhura ( Zoë Saldaña ) , but the addition of Dr. Carol Marcus ( Alice Eve ) inStar Trek Into Darknesswasn’t as well - received as filmmaker hoped , and Carol did n’t return for the thirdStar Trekmovie . Along with the devious Kalara ( Lydia Wilson ) and Commodore Paris ( Shohreh Aghdashloo),Star Trek Beyondhad notable new female faces , butJaylah was the new hero who was positioned to join the Starship Enterprise ’s crewat the end ofStar Trek Beyond .
In 2016 , Anton Yelchin tragically fall away , and Jaylah was seen as the likely transposition for Yelchin ’s Ensign Pavel Chekov .
Star Trek Beyond set up a continuation for Chris Pine ’s Captain Kirk and the Kelvin Timeline crew , but it ’s 8 long time later and we ’ve yet to see Star Trek 4 .
Jaylah In Star Trek Beyond Was Inspired By Jennifer Lawrence
Lawrence starred in 2010’s Winter’s Bone
Star Trek Beyond ’s co - author , Doug Jung , toldTrekCorein 2016 that the character of Jaylah was inspired by Ree Dolly , the fictional character Jennifer Lawrence fiddle inWinter ’s Bone(2010 ) . Jung and co - writerSimon Pegg , who also play Scotty , desire to add a young distaff grinder to Star Trek Beyond , andthey literally named Jaylah after Jennifer Lawrence ’s nickname , " J - Law . “Jung explain :
We want to have a strong female character ; I recall Simon ’s talked about this , like Jennifer Lawrence in “ Winter ’s off-white . ” We just kept refer to her as ‘ Jennifer Lawrence ’ for a long time , then somebody , joking , was like J - Law ? , , , Phonetically , it sounded good – ‘ Jaylah . ’ It sound a minuscule foreign … We wanted her role to be someone who was outside of the understanding of the Federation and what it intend , and really , to really be a blank slate in the sense that she has no real understanding even of her own the great unwashed , in a way of life .
InWinter ’s Bone , Jennifer Lawrence ’s Ree Dolly was a stripling in the Ozarks seek for her father , and she persist insult from the members of her meth - deal relatives as she strain to deliver her family line . Star Trek Beyondgave Jaylah very different fortune - she was an orphan living alone on Altamid and elude Krall ’s soldiers - but , like Ree Dolly , Jaylah was a ego - sufficient , indomitable look . Jaylah , however , gained a find out family in Captain Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise .
Jaylah divertingly referred to Captain Kirk as"James T.“and she thought of the crashed Starfleet ship , the USS Franklin , as"my planetary house . "
Jennifer Lawrence ’s Biggest film
Sofia Boutella ’s bountiful Movies
ex - Men : First Class ( 2011 ) , The Hunger Games ( 2012 ) , The Hunger Games : Catching Fire ( 2013 ) , 10 - Men : Days of Future Past ( 2014 ) , The Hunger Games : Mockingjay Part 1 ( 2014 ) , The Hunger Games : Mockingjay Part 2 ( 2015 ) , X - Men : Apocalypse ( 2016 ) , No Hard Feelings ( 2023 )
Kingsman : The Secret Service ( 2015 ) , Star Trek Beyond ( 2016 ) , Kingsman : The Golden Circle ( 2017 ) , Atomic Blonde ( 2017 ) , The Mummy ( 2017 ) , Rebel Moon - Part 1 : A Child of Fire ( 2023 ) , Rebel Moon - Part 2 : The Scargiver ( 2024 )
Will Jaylah Return In Star Trek 4?
Sofia Boutella would love to return as Jaylah
Jaylah has only made oneStar Trekappearance , but she made a striking impression , and fans hope thatJaylah will return inStar Trek 4 . 8 long time afterStar Trek Beyond ’s liberation , the next J.J. Abrams - producedStar Trekmovie remains in limbo . However , Deadlinerecently reported thatStar Trek 4is being developed as the"final chapter"of the voyages of Chris Pine’sStar Trekmovie crew . At the end ofStar Trek Beyond , Jaylah joined Starfleet Academy , and she would presumably be a full - fledge USS Enterprise gang member inStar Trek 4 .
Many questions about Jaylah persist unanswered .
For her part , Sofia Boutella would have sex aStar Trekreturn as Jaylah . Many questions about Jaylah remain unanswered , starting with what species she is and what satellite her people hail from . But one thing that is sleep with is that Jaylah is named for and inspired by J - Law herself , Jennifer Lawrence . PerhapsStar Trek 4should produce a villain for Jennifer Lawrence to meet so that Jaylah can forgather her namesake on - screenland .
Star Trek Beyond is uncommitted to stream on Paramount+ .
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