‘Star Trek Picard’s Michelle Hurd Discusses Saffi’s Origins & Their Future

Whereas many Star Trek: The Subsequent Era followers watched their goals come true within the third and closing season of Star Trek: Picard, Saffi followers have been left wanting extra. Having gotten collectively within the Season 1 finale and sharing a rocky, however in the end glad relationship in Season 2, Saffi — or Seven and Raffi to those that might not know their ‘ship moniker — went by way of an off-screen break-up forward of the ultimate season. Whereas the break up was by no means actually straight addressed within the jam-packed season, it set each characters as much as function the captain and first officer of the newly commissioned Enterprise-G within the sequence finale.

Talking throughout a panel at Calgary Expo hosted by Collider’s Maggie Lovitt, a fan requested Michelle Hurd in regards to the break-up and the connection’s potential future in Star Trek: Legacy. Laughing, Hurd mentioned, “[You say] break up and I’ve bought my U-Haul.” She went on to say that she and her co-star Jeri Ryan have mentioned the connection at size. “Jeri and I’ve additionally talked about this and I’ve mentioned it to her many occasions. And I’m like, ‘You do perceive that Raffi loves Seven, interval. Finish of dialogue.’ She’s going to love Seven [until] the tip of time.”

Whereas that reply is about as easy as they arrive, Hurd went on to say, “The one factor that we additionally should acknowledge is that Raffi loves Seven, that Fenris Ranger, that unimaginable creature, that tremendous person that stands in entrance of her. Raffi would by no means wish to restrict her or extinguish any of her stunning flames. So, Raffi will all the time be pleased with Seven in her imaginative and prescient.” Even when the pair technically should not be in a relationship whereas in command, “She needs Seven to be pleased with Raffi in her eyesight, however she’s completely glad to be in her area.”

Hurd went on to say, “One of many issues that we actually needed to inform [was] that story of two girls of a sure age, who’re cussed, who’re set of their patterns, who’re residing their lives as authentically as they will, who can not help however discover one another. So with that, it is a wonderful factor, but it surely’s a sophisticated factor. And so, I believe that there is all the time going to be love there.” Whereas we do not know if Legacy will get the inexperienced gentle but at Paramount+, if the spin-off does occur Hurd mentioned:

“It might be a tremendous factor to see that type of dynamic, to see the respect that one another has to have for one another’s area in addition to, [some] jealousy[…] I believe it might be an exceptional story. So I am unable to say for certain whether or not there’s going to be, , a white picket fence. However in case you’re asking Raffi, there’s a white picket fence”

How Saffi Turned A part of the ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 1 Finale

Throughout the panel, one other fan spoke about being shocked by the handhold between Seven and Raffi within the Picard Season 1 finale and requested Hurd if the connection was deliberate from the start or if it was added in later. Whereas their romance wasn’t all the time deliberate, Hurd defined that when she regarded again on the first season there was an “appreciation” between Seven and Raffi from their first scenes collectively. She mentioned: “I believe that in that season, that episode the place they’re on the point of go right down to the planet, and I am serving to Seven and Raffi’s giving her [the handcuffs], you possibly can inform that she respects her. So there was already some type of appreciation between the 2 of them that second.”

Hurd went on to inform the story of how at SDCC forward of the primary season, co-star Jonathan Del Arco occurred to snap an image of Hurd and Ryan dressed to the nines and instantly confirmed it to their producers. She instructed the Calgary Expo crowd:

“I consider it was on the San Diego Comedian-Con, that very same occasion, which was enormous and unbelievable. And so they had a inexperienced room, an area the place all of the actors and everyone goes to prepare for no matter. And Jeri was on this unbelievable pink gown. She was completely attractive, and I used to be carrying a white Helston jumpsuit, so I did not look too unhealthy myself. And we’re mates, I like her, and we have been standing collectively and I type of put my arm round her waist and I type of gave her a squeeze. And Jonathan Del Arco, Hugh, [and] Jeri’s supervisor is Jonathan’s husband. So we’re all mates, with Kyle [Fritz].

So Jonathan was standing over there, and he was like, ‘Oh my God, take a look at me.’ And so we each simply checked out him and he took an image. After which I swear to God, he took that digicam, walked proper over to our producers,
Akiva Goldsman
,
Alex Kurtzman
, [and]
Michael Chabon
. We’re all sitting proper there, and he mentioned, ‘You guys take a look at how large these two look collectively.’”

The remainder was historical past because the producers instantly circled and instructed Hurd and Ryan, “‘Girls, now we have an concept,’ and that’s the way it began.” Whereas we wait to see if Hurd and Ryan will return on Star Trek: Legacy you’ll be able to stream all three seasons of Picard on Paramount+.

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