“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” had only eight members of the central distribution listed as its regulars in the opening credits, but at the end of his seventh and last season, he had no less than 30 members as a whole. As on “The Simpsons”, all the support players on “Deep Space Nine” have developed over the series, many of them obtaining their own arches of history. Actors like Andrew J. Robinson, Penny Johnson Jerald, Marc Alaimo, Max Grodenchik, Aron Eisenberg, Louise Fletcher and Jeffrey Combs may have only technically played recurring characters, but they were just as important for the start-up of “Deep Space New” as the main cast.
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Example: Chase Masterson played a character named Leeta, a bajoran woman who worked in the Quark bar. Leeta was a dabo girl, hired to run a Ferengi roulette and be pretty. It was presented for the first time in the episode of the third season “Explorers” (May 8, 1995), flirting with the handsome young Dr Bashir (Alexander Siddig). She and Dr. Bashir came out briefly, before throwing him in favor of the Ferrengi Rom apparently half lively (Grodenchik). At the end of the series, Rom would prove that he actually has a lot of business sense, and he and Leeta would marry. Overall, Leeta appeared only on 16 episodes on “Deep Space Nine”, but she left an impression, becoming a notable part of the “Star Trek” tradition.
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Masterson loved Ceta about Leeta. Not that she was part of Trek Lore, but that she only appeared in 16 episodes. Being a main character on “Deep Space Nine”, according to the actress, has endangered all her work schedule. As a support player, she was authorized in the time and the room for maneuver to play other types of roles and expand her profession. She talked about her non-trek simultaneous roles in an interview in 2011 with Startrek.com, and how happy she was to be able to leave the set “Star Trek” when she needed it.
Chase Masterson liked the freedom to be a support player
Masterson said in his interview that one of the reasons why it did not bother to be a support player on “Deep Space Nine” was because the writing was so good. As indicated, all the so-called minor characters have finally become much more important figures in the series, even if they had less global screen time than the eight principles (nine, once Michael Dorn joined the cast to resume his role as World). As she said:
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“‘DS9’ was so well written that there was not really a problem with main characters without doing too much;
Indeed, Leeta had a whole arc. She did not only have separate romantic partners, as mentioned, but also became a good friend of Dax (Terry Farrell), and has become one of the most frank defenders for unionization in her workplace. Masterson started as a background character who flirted with Dr. Bashir, but quickly became rich, interesting and nuanced.
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More importantly, however, Masterson began to work on his career and was able to take a wide variety of jobs. “Deep Space Nine” was broadcast from 1993 to 1999, and that was a commitment to his eight main players (even if Colm Meaney made a lot of breaks, and Farrell left the show in his last season). Masterson was only called from time to time, allowing him to introduce himself to a litany of other programs.
Chase Masterson was on every program
Masterson Suite:
“There were other reasons why being a recurring character, rather than a regular in the series, worked well for me. I had a lot of experience by playing a wide variety of different roles on other programs during the` `DS9 ” that I would not have had if I was a regular series, in particular: a mother increasingly seacrest,` a star guest on ‘Sliders”, Showtime: Nighttime “, which I did for a year on Showtime, [and] “Sci-fi Entertainment”, which I hosted on the science fiction channel. »»
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Masterson, as you can see, has remained busy. Indeed, the interview above was only from 2011, and it continued to work, both by organizing gender television shows and featuring other notable projects. Indeed, she returned to “Star Trek” in 2023 to play Leeta again in an episode of “Star Trek: Lower Decks”. At the time, she was happy to announce that she had played in a film that she called “Frozen”, but which was in fact the TV movie “sometimes they come back … to find out more”.
She added that “being a regular in the series would have been good, of course, but I appreciated the versatility of the other work that I was free to do during these years.” Masterson is, to date, about to appear in an independent science fiction comedy entitled “Je suis Auto”, and two other gender films entitled “Tempest: An Angel’s Wrath” and “The Inspector Chronicles”. At 62, she did not stop. She shouldn’t either. Masterson is deeply loved by the science fiction community.
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