Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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Star Trek : Deep Space Nineproducer Rick Berman separate Lt . Jadzia Dax actress Terry Farrell that Farrell should play Dax like"Grace Kelly and Yoda . “Early inDS9 ’s production , many now - familiar aspects ofDS9’scast of characterswere still being fleshed out , but even then it was percipient that joined TrillJadzia Dax was going to be a particularly complex character , especially liken to the straightforward serial leading , Commander Benjamin Sisko ( Avery Brooks ) . sequence likeDS9season 1 , episode 8 , " Dax " , expounded on the nature of the Trill as a united coinage , corroborate thatDS9 ’s Trill were very dissimilar to their early appearance onStar Trek : The Next Generation .
The inherent complexness of the Trill meant that Jadzia Dax could embody seemingly disparate archetypes , with several life-time of personalities as part of the symbiont . An apt model for Dax ’s server , Jadzia , was actress Grace Kelly , who rose to renown as a Hollywood moving picture genius in the 1950s , and was also love as Princess Grace after her 1956 union to Prince Rainier III of Monaco . Kelly ’s sang-froid and glamour are obvious inspirations for the equally - poised and beautiful Lieutenant Dax . Less clear , however , is how Jedi Master Yoda ( Frank Oz ) from theStar Warssaga fits into the icon describing Jadzia Dax .
Dax worker Terry Farrell explicate that DS9 was intend to be Star Trek ’s answer to Star Wars , with a darker premise and wider variety of aliens than TNG .
DS9’s Dax Actress Says Star Trek Producer Wanted Her to “Be Like Grace Kelly and Yoda”
Terry Farrell “didn’t know what to do with that note.”
OnThe Delta Flyerspodcast , Terry Farrell joinsStar Trek : VoyageractorsRobert Duncan McNeill and Garrett Wang to discuss the Immigration and Naturalization Service and out ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nineepisodes from a production standpoint . Farrell explains thatDS9director Paul Lynch helped her feel well-heeled as scientific discipline ship’s officer Jadzia Dax , and contrasts Lynch ’s directorial expressive style witha stick note from manufacturer Rick Berman . say her quote below , and mind toThe Delta Flyers , starting at the 19:15 timestamp .
Terry Farrell : " Rick Berman said , ' I need you to be like Grace Kelly and Yoda . ' … I did n’t screw what to do with that note . Someone else might have taken that note and had an ' aha ' bit , ‘cause somewhere in his head that made sense . But I could n’t do it . … First of all , Grace Kelly , that ’s hairsbreadth and makeup looking graceful , and [ how you ’re ] holding yourself . But Yoda ? You do n’t even compose me like Yoda , I do n’t love what that means . "
Why Did DS9 Producer Rick Berman Compare Jadzia Dax to Yoda?
Dax and Yoda have some things in common, but it’s still a weird note.
The comparing between Jadzia Dax and Grace Kelly is somewhat understandable , but why wouldDS9producer Rick Berman suggest playing Dax likeStar Wars’Jedi master Yoda ? As a united shake , Jadzia is host to the 300 - year - old symbiont , Dax , who has collect the knowledge ofDax ’s Trill hostsby the startle ofDS9,andDax ’s previous innkeeper , Curzon , was a womb-to-tomb wise man for Benjamin Sisko . The 900 - year - erstwhile Yoda is an authoritative guide figure for generations ofStar Warscharacters , so the comparisons between Dax and Yoda are n’t all out of left field , but if Farrell only remembered Yoda for talk in riddle , it ’s an ineffectual billet .
Using cultural criterion like Grace Kelly and Yoda as stenography led to confusion , sinceBerman and Farrell had dissimilar interpretations of Kelly and Yoda as pop refinement figures . OnThe Delta Flyers , McNeill , a manager himself , opines that it ’s far better to be transparent with engineer histrion , and eliminate the guesswork that comes from using examples that are n’t necessarily universal . Berman may have intended to let Farrell live that he want Jadzia Dax to beStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s impudent mentor , like a deeply visceral old guru wrapped in the body of a beautiful vernal woman , but"Grace Kelly and Yoda"is a strange way to say that .
author : The Delta Flyersseason 9 , episode 14 " Progress "
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