For All Mankind’s Cast and Ronald D. Moore on Season 3, Season 4, and Starships at SDCC
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Shortly before taking the stage at San Diego Comic-Con, where they announced a Season 4 pickup on Apple TV+, I got to speak with For All Mankind cast members Maril Davis, Jodi Balfour, Sonya Walger, Shantel VanSanten, Edi Gathegi, Wrenn Schmidt, and series co-creator Ronald D. Moore. During the fun interview, they talked about what it’s really like making the series, what fans would be surprised to learn about the show, when the cast thinks the series will introduce a starship like the Enterprise on Star Trek, and Season 4. In addition, the actors talked about being able to play someone over the course of many years and what it’s like playing someone who makes choices you disagree with.
If you haven’t seen the trailer, For All Mankind Season 3 takes place in the 90’s and features three players (the United States, Russia, and a private company) in a dangerous race to be the first to land on Mars. Eventually, the Red Planet is reached, which opens the door to even more danger.
For All Mankind was created by Emmy Award-winner Moore, and Emmy Award nominees Ben Nedivi & Matt Wolpert. The ensemble cast returning for season three also includes Joel Kinnaman, Krys Marshall, Cynthy Wu, Casey Johnson, and Coral Peña. As I have said many times, if you’re not watching For All Mankind, you’re missing out on one of the best shows airing on any channel. And while both Season 1 and Season 2 were phenomenal, Season 3 is the best one yet.
Check out what they had to say in the player above, and I’ve listed everything we talked about below.
Ronald D. Moore, Maril Davis, Jodi Balfour, Sonya Walger, Shantel VanSanten, Edi Gathegi, and Wrenn Schmidt
What would surprise people to learn about the making of the series?
What it’s like trying to age the cast up.
Was it like reading the scripts each week and seeing what’s happening to their characters?
What season will the series get a starship like the Enterprise in Star Trek?
What is it like for the actors playing someone’s entire life onscreen?
Sonya Walger on why she loves playing Molly Cobb and how she doesn’t change excerpt for her eyesight.
Moore talks about how involved he is on the series and how he balances his schedule.
What can they tease about Season 4?
What is it like for the cast watching the opening montage of each season and showing how things have changed in the past ten years?
What is it like playing someone who makes choices you disagree with?
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Great show, really amazing interview. Thanks Frosty for championing this show. More people NEED to watch this show.
Also, love Ronald D. Moore. There will some day be a documentary that shows the world all that this man has done for TV. Thank you, so much.
Magnificent show !!!
I love this show so much!
Really liked these questions
I'm not sure why people are jumping into Star Trek-esque starship, instead of Rocinante like starship from The Expanse. Its more real, and right after Mars, I am looking forward to see the astronauts go to the Ceres and the Belt.. Oye Beltalowdas! 😆✊
He looks so much like George Lucas 😳😲
So funny hearing their real dialects!
Spoiler alert - I am very disappointed in the slanted season finale for Season 3. Two very strong women with great stories to play out which would be very uplifting for women to watch are killed off (Karen Baldwin and Molly Cobb). This seems so typical of the movie / film industry that you would kill off female characters who can have a more nuanced and intriguing story line, and none of the men. Not even either of the incredibly creepy and tiresome Stevens brothers. To my mind either would have been a slam dunk to axe because there is no real dimension to either character. They are both self-absorbed and one dimensional and no longer add to the narrative. This decision once again marginalizes the role of women in an otherwise more balanced program. Too bad you did it.😟
Yes, I agree with you. There were some obvious characters who could have been 'removed' but they chose to hit two cast leaders. I have read their excuses for doing so but, honestly, I think it is a cop out. The scenes leading to the finale were not convincing and portrayed the security police as being recalcitrant to a fault. Karen was poised to make things really interesting but, instead, they 'saved' Kelly who was frankly irresponsible and annoying in terms of the sacrifice the crew were obliged to make because she took that risk. Surely the crew would have been briefed during training and schooled on how to prevent a pregnancy and the consequences of ignoring those rules. We were robbed of a superb dramatic plotline by this tangential subplot. I guess the writers were pandering to the crowd who would have wanted the unborn child to be saved above all those other lives. Something in that plot line did not sit well. ..and don't get me started on Jimmy; he mopped up so much screen time moping and brooding, it was horrible and he got off 'scot free'.
I did not understand how Molly died. It happened off screen!