Posted:
09:51:07 on February 01 2002
By: GustavoLeao
Dept: People
The latest issue of TV Zone Special, just out in the UK, features an exclusive interview with actress Alice Krige, who played the 'Borg Queen' in Star Trek First Contact and the Voyager finale, Endgame. The magazine also features new interviews with John De Lancie, Walter Koenig and Jeffrey Combs.
"I never know whether I'm going to reach the point where I'm animated by the character or vice-versa" she told journalist Steve Eramo "So it starts out as very much a process of self-examination, turning over every stone. I read a lot and constantly look for images.As an actress, one thing that's very important to me is the clothes my character will be wearing. If you're playing an ordinary Human Being and the clothes don't feel right they can always be changed. However, you can't just try on a new dress when you're playing the Borg Queen" [laughs]
"Once I'd been cast the make-up department needed to do a live mask of me. Now in the script said "She is Borg but has a hauting beauty". I thought 'Oh, I can handle that. It should be interesting'. There was no mention, though, of prosthetics. After they made the mask I asked 'Why are we doing this ?' Michael Westmore explained to me "For the prosthetics." I said "Oh, I am wearing prosthetics..." Then Michael introduced me to Scott Wheeler, who had, with some imput from other people, created and sculpted the Borg Queen's head and face..."
You can read more excerpts of the interview here.
