How Dolly Parton's The Orville Season 3 Cameo Happened
screenrant.comExecutive producer of The Orville explains how Dolly Parton's season 3, episode 8 cameo happened. The Orville is a comedy sci-fi series created by and starring Seth MacFarlane in the role of Captain Mercer. The episodic series is heavily influenced by the original Star Trek and The Next Generation. Parton, aside from being a country music legend, also plays herself in several movies and TV shows including Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous, The Simpsons, and Dolly Parton's Heartstrings.
Parton's influence on The Orville has been baked into the series since season 1, featuring several of her songs throughout the series. Heveena (played by Rena Owen) is also a huge fan of Parton in the show, with her love for Parton running so deep that Captain Mercer even used the iconic song, «9 to 5,» as a way to convince Heveena to testify on behalf of a young Moclan girl named Topa. In season 3, episode 8, Parton makes a cameo as a 1990s version of herself, and meets Heveena while Heveena is in a simulator. Aside from sharing a heartfelt connection with Heveena, Parton also performs the song «Try» from her album, Blue Smoke, in the episode fittingly titled «Midnight Blue.»
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In an exclusive interview with the executive producer of The Orville, Jon Cassar, Screen Rant learns that Parton's cameo was a feat of logistical challenges. MacFarlane was set on having Parton cameo in season 3, but Parton had several requirements that needed to be met in order to make the shoot as COVID safe as possible before she agreed to appear on the show. Parton insisted that her scene be shot in her studio in Nashville, Tennessee with her crew and that the skeleton crew of 4 people fromThe
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