: With Season 4 nearly wrapped, what can you tease about what's to come? Now that he's a Captain, he has to have that kind of confidence walking into a room, knowing that his opinion does matter and he might be right about whatever the topic is. I also think there's a little bit of Christopher Meloni's Detective Stabler from "Law & Order: SVU." He walks with a very cocky confidence and I think Saru added that to his demeanor once he lost his threat ganglia. He's very prim and proper and loves to adhere to protocols and then diplomacy. Jones: Well, I think the butler from "Downton Abbey" is still a part of Saru. : What new elements did you channel into your Saru performance in Season 3? Yes, this is a task I can handle, and I will. If I've been faced with a big fear of more dialogue, more scene time, more responsibility on film, more fans that can be upset or happy with me, then I'm going to take it with Saru's newfound courage. He's still faced with the same threats and perils, but how he responds to them is that, "We can get through this." And I think Doug Jones needs to adopt that too. Saru goes from a fear species to losing his threat ganglia and now forging ahead with the courage and confidence he's never had before. We can receive the same stimuli on two different things, but perceive it differently. Saru has helped inform Doug Jones on a better way to perceive the world around him. From playing Saru over those three seasons, and now the fourth, I've been inspired by him. So when given that responsibility of Captain, it brought on a whole world of fear. I'm a pretty lazy actor when it comes to real life. And do I have to respond to that pressure? Yes.
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: With Saru becoming a series cornerstone and fan favorite, does that bring a level of added pressure to the role? He uses the word "together" so many times in Season 3, and that's a thought and an emotion that I really do love. We're in the land of the unknown now and we do have each other still. As we jump to the future 930 years, all we have is each other. He takes on his Captaincy with not only a Starfleet duty, but also in a fatherly way, looking at his whole crew as a family. I love that his care for others is something we all aspire to. As a Kelpien, he's very connected to his emotions and he feels and plays off of all of them. I love that Saru is not an emotionless alien. It's like a long engagement, you find out more and more about the person you're going to marry the longer the engagement goes. I've had the time and the luxury to explore his inner workings and peel back the layers like an onion.
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After three seasons, and now we're currently filming Season 4 and almost done with it, I've lived in Saru's skin more than any character I've played. Jones: I know him better than any other character I've ever played, because I've played more of him.
: Of all the iconic creatures you've portrayed in your career, what makes Saru so interesting to you creatively? It's a huge honor.Ī scene from "Star Trek: Discovery." (Image credit: CBS All Access) And to do it as an alien species - I'm the first alien species to ever take on the Captain's chair of a title ship in the franchise.
That's a very exclusive, lovely club to be a part of. The honor of it was not lost on me: It puts me in a very small small club of actors who've been able to play Captains of Starfleet ships in this franchise. So I took a deep breath and thought, "Here we go!"
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And that was rather intimidating because that means more 15- to 17-hour days in full makeup and contact lenses and shoes that hurt my feet. Sonequa-Martin Green is still the star of our show for sure and Michael Burnham is the character we're following, but Saru did step up his screen time quite a bit for Season 3. Taking on the Captain's chair? I knew that meant a bigger workload since more scenes need to go through the Captain and all the decisions made have to be approved so he's involved in a lot more. I came into "Star Trek: Discovery" thinking that I was going to be second fiddle and I was happy with that position. : How has this recent season changed you as an actor and a person?ĭoug Jones: Well, like Saru, Doug Jones had to face some fears and overcome them. "Saru has helped inform Doug Jones on a better way to perceive the world around him." Doug Jones
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