Jess Bush Interview: Star Trek Strange New Worlds
Warning: This Interview Contains SPOILERS for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Episode 9 — «All Those Who Wander»
Jess Bush has redefined the iconic role of Nurse Christine Chapel on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Not only is Chapel part of the USS Enterprise's medical team, but she has grown very close to Spock (Ethan Peck), which means Christine has found herself caught up in a love triangle with him and his Vulcan fiancée, T'Pring (Gia Sandhu).
But Bush's incarnation of Chapel has also proven to be extremely bright and capable. Whether she is fighting off pirates trying to hijack the Enterprise or bravely facing down murderous baby Gorn, Nurse Chapel is a force to be reckoned with on Strange New Worlds, and she has become an instant favorite of Trekkers.
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Screen Rant had the pleasure to interview the delightful Jess Bush about how Star Trek: Strange New Worlds changed her life, her aspirations to direct, her perspective on Nurse Chapel's relationship with Spock, and what it's like being the latest Australian actor in Star Trek.
Screen Rant: You’re blowing up. I saw your profiles in Vanity Fair and The Hollywood Reporter. Would you say Star Trek has changed your life?
Jess Bush: Absolutely. It changed my life long before all the press started. It changed my life from the moment that I booked the job, honestly, which was now a year and a half ago.
Episode 8, «The Elysian Kingdom,» seems to be the cast's favorite episode. What was shooting episode 8 like for you with the fantasy sets and the costumes?
Jess Bush: Oh my goodness. What blew me away the most were the sets. The effort and the love that went into the sets was just marvelous. I remember stepping into
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