Star Trek Magazine – July 2019

Office, buthe’sfrequentlylenthis

talentstosci-fiandhorrorfilmsand

shows,as wellas severalanimated

projects– andbyfrequently,we

reallymeanfrequently:GalaxyQuest,

Charmed,DarkAngel,Houseof 1,000

Corpses,MySuperEx-Girlfriend,

The LastMimzy,Monstersvs.Aliens,

Transformers:Revengeof theFallen,

Super,Cooties,Uncanny,Smurfs:The

LostVillage,Mowgli,The Deathof

04 Strungup

in“TheEscape

Artist.”

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cellmateTyler

in“Choose

YourPain.”

Superman, andthenewlyreleased

animatedfeatureBatman:Hush, with

Wilsonas thevoiceofLexLuthor.

Wilsonverymuchwantedtoadd

StarTrektohisrésumé,particularly

sinceactingwithPatrickStewartin

a 1995BroadwayproductionofThe

Tempestdoesn’tquitecount.Right

afterCBSAllAccessannouncedthat

Discoverywasintheworks,theactor

reachedouttohisagentexpressinghis

desiretobeamaboard.Wilsonmetthe

Discoveryteam,whichhadnothingfor

him,at leastinitially.Sixmonthslater,

though,hereceivedtheoffer toplay

HarryMudd,thefast-talking,chaos-

causingcriminalandconman.

MuddinYourI

WilsonwentontoportrayMuddin

thefirst-seasonepisodes“ChooseYour

Pain”and“MagictoMaketheSanest

ManGoMad.”Intheformer,Mudd

spentmuchofhistimeina prison

cell,clashingwithGabrielLorca

(JasonIsaacs)andAshTyler(Shazad

Latif ),grousingabouttheKlingon-

Federationwar,andpiningforhis

belovedStella.Inthelatter,a time-

loopingMuddassumedcommand

oftheU.S.S.Discovery, killedLorca

severaltimes,anddelivereda barrage

ofsavageone-liners.BetweenSeasons

1 and2 ofDiscovery, Wilsonreturned

toplayMuddagainintheStarTrek:

ShortTreksinstallment“The Escape

Artist,”whichhealsodirected.

“I thinkfindingthatedgeto

Mudd,”Wilsonreplieswhenasked

whatworkedbestforhimabouthis

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