'Star Trek: Discovery' News: Rainn Wilson Talks About Bringing Back Harry Mudd
One of the recent surprises in "Star Trek: Discovery" is the return of the character Harcourt "Harry" Mudd, as portrayed by new actor Rainn Wilson.
The late actor Roger C. Carmel first played the Harry Mudd role in 1966, and the character is one of the notable and infamous ones in the franchise considering his criminal offenses. In fact, "Star Trek's" official website described him as "a human conman, rogue and trader/smuggler of the 23rd century."
Much to the fans' and the protagonists' surprise, Mudd returned to the series doing what he does best -- bringing chaos.
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In the latest episode titled "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad," Captain Gabriel Lorca (Jason Isaacs) and Lt. Ash Tyler (Shazad Latif) were shocked to find Mudd, who apparently escaped from the Klingon prison and made his way inside the Discovery fleet. Mudd gained access to the titular fleet's control room with a 30-minute time loop in the attempt to lead them to their previous captors.
Meanwhile, in a recent interview, Wilson implied that Mudd was cooking up more trouble for the protagonists. He told IndieWire: "This is the modern world and he needed to be a little darker and a little more insidious... It was clear the writers loved writing for him because the dialogue they wrote for him was just so great."
Being an avid "Star Trek" fan himself, Wilson also addressed some of the criticisms that "Star Trek: Discovery" was getting. He admitted that the show was taking on "an interesting turn" and added that there would always be "haters."
"25 percent of Star Trek fans are gonna hate it. It doesn't matter. I mean, if you had just all A-list actors doing the same kind of episodes, it doesn't matter what. There's gonna be haters," Wilson said.
Meanwhile, despite some fans not liking the showrunners' approach to "Star Trek: Discovery," its success was affirmed by the announcement of its renewal for another season that will most likely air in 2019 on CBS All Access.
