Posted:
14:39:35 on August 24 2001
By: Steve Krutzler
Dept: Enterprise | www.stenterprise.com
At TV Guide Online, Jolene Blalock describes getting her job on ENTERPRISE and some more details on T'Pol:
Star Trek's Vulcan Vixen
Friday, August 24, 2001
With Star Trek: Voyager's Jeri Ryan headed to Fox's Boston Public this fall, Trekkers need a new alien voluptuary to fix their tricorders on. Clearly, newcomer Jolene Blalock will ably fill her form-fitting catsuit as Vulcan officer T'Pol on UPN's Enterprise. Surprisingly though, she nearly turned her nose up at the idea of wearing Vulcan ears!
"I passed on the [Trek prequel] three times without reading the script," she confesses to TV Guide Online. Whether her agent persuaded the 26-year-old actress via neck pinch or mind meld we'll never know, but she came to her senses and got on board with the high-profile project. "Had I passed on this," she says, "it would've been the dumbest move of my life. Talk about regrets! I'm so fortunate to be chosen for this part."
Though Blalock daily must don "Satanic pointy ears" and a wig — "It takes about two hours to get into full costume" — she's always pleased with the end result: "It's really cool. Once I'm in the outfit, I am T'Pol."
And who is this T'Pol, exactly? "She's 65 years old, so she's older than the rest of the crew," Blalock explains. "She is feline in movement. She is diplomatic with her words. And she does not look at humans condescendingly, though she is a superior race, so it may seem that way. She's just learning about human nature and the positives of feeling emotion."
Natch, T'Pol is steadfastly logic-oriented, which reminds Blalock of the perennial Spock/Bones feud on the original Trek. "I loved it," she laughs. "It was like, 'You green-blooded fool!'" — Daniel R. Coleridge with Michael Ausiello
http://www.tvguide.com/newsgossip/insider/010824b.asp.
Also, today's (August 24, 2001) Wall Street Journal has an article about UPN promotions/cross-promotions with other companies. A mention is made of Gillette, who will be sponsoring outdoor billboards which promote Enterprise.
(Thanks to Lee Jamilkowski for these submissions).
