Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Star Explains Nurse Chapel Costume Change
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds star Jess Bush explains Nurse Chapel's costume change. The new series centers on Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and the crew of the USS Enterprise five years before the Star Trek: The Original Series time-frame where Captain James T. Kirk would eventually helm the Federation flagship. Strange New Worlds is the sixth entry since writer-producer Alex Kurtzman was tapped to rebrand the Star Trek franchise, which began in 2017 with the debut of Star Trek: Discovery.
Bush stars as Christine Chapel, a civilian nurse aboard the USS Enterprise who assists Doctor M'Benga (Babs Olusanmokun), with his tasks as the ship's chief medical officer. Along with Captain Pike, Una Chin-Riley/Number One (Rebecca Romijn), M'Benga, T'Pring (Gia Sandhu), and Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding), Chapel is one of the few members of the crew that originated from The Original Series. However, the character's appearance has noticeably changed from her original depiction. During the run of Star Trek in the '60s, Chapel was dressed in a light blue tunic. However, Strange New Worlds sees Chapel donning a sharp white jumpsuit.
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Vanity Fair recently sat down with Bush to discuss her prominent new role on the popular Star Trek series, Strange New Worlds. When pointed out that Nurse Chapel's uniform has significantly changed between The Original Series and her current show, the actor explained that the new wardrobe was chosen by her, but she was initially given multiple options to chose from, including a tunic. Read what Bush said below.
«The white jumpsuit was a collaborative effort. At first they asked if I wanted to wear a tunic or if was I
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