Eugene Cordero

wow.

Yeah, this was before Eugene Cordero was cast.

And we had almost our entire main cast set.

And the role of Rutherford wasn't cast yet.

What was the reception like of this film back in the Philippines? You know, looking at this cast, you've got an incredibly stacked Filipino cast where it feels like every top Hollywood name that is Filipino heritage is in this film because you've got her as one of the main voices who's half Filipino, Manny Jacinto.

Lea Salonga, as you said, Dolly DeLeon, Joe Coy, Eugene Cordero, Nico Santos.

Like this is a very stacked cast.

Was this a popular film back home considering its subject matter and cast or how'd it go?

Sadly, the model was somehow lost during the production of that movie in 1979 and was missing for 45 years until it was finally found in 2024.

The Roddenberry Foundation recently completed an extensive restoration, and Eugene Rod Roddenberry brought the model to the 60th anniversary convention to share with fans.

It was on display all weekend in the Roddenberry Foundation room at the convention, and there was even a photo op offered for fans to pose with the model and Rod Roddenberry.

Of course, the heart of any convention is the Q&A panels, and STLV is packed with one excellent panel after another, all day, every day.

The voice actors from Lower Decks are frequently at STLV, but this year was special with Jack Quaid, who plays Boimler, attending for the first time.

Both Tawny Newsome, who plays Mariner, and Don Lewis, who plays Captain Freeman, are lifelong Star Trek fans and often attend, And it was Tawny who convinced Jack to join them for this year's 60th anniversary event.

There were so many cast members from the series in attendance that they had to split their Q&A discussion into two panels, with the lower deckers of Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Noelle Wells, and Eugene Cordero in one panel, and the upper deckers of Don Lewis, Fred Tadishore, Jillian Vigman, and Phil Lamar in a separate panel.

However, in a surprise to everyone, Don Lewis interrupted the lower deckers panel in character as Captain Freeman and began giving orders to the crew.

Casey.

Eugene Cordero's character.

Anyway,

it's them in there talking about the galaxies that...

The black bars was really fun.

Eugene Cordero.

A king.

He's so good on this show.

In Star Trek, yeah.

Um, favorite characters? I mean, I was delighted that Eugene Cordero was a lead.

Mm-hmm.

And he was, you know, a good old friend of mine from UCB-

Yeah.

How'd you like it? It's short, and a lot of the improvisers on that show are improvisers that I'm a fan of already, like Eugene Cordero and Tawny Newsome.

So I'm already familiar with them.

And so that shows a natural fit, and it's funny and enjoyable.