X-Men ‘97’s' Head Director Opened Up To Us About Star Trek’s Gates Mcfadden Coming Aboard To Voice Mother Askani- ‘Dude, She Delivered’

Interview with Director Jake Castorena.

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00:00as a star trek fan i was pleasantly surprised to see gates mcfadden is forcing that mother

00:04iskani uh what made her such a good fit for the role i mean you hear it in her voice i didn't

00:10realize that i was always hearing gates mcfadden's voice when any with any mother iskani stuff you

00:15know right any sort of old rachel summer stuff i don't even i don't remember whose idea it was i'm

00:20pretty sure it was most likely bo's idea but um we reached out to her and it was almost like a

00:26resounding yes like yes i want to complain to soundbox and and dude she she delivered i mean

00:33you know she her performances albeit brief in that ending like she wanted to do mother iskani

00:38justice and that was cool like man star trek wants to do x-men justice what it we're getting paid to

00:43be here right now this is cool you know so like it's it was a real joy and pleasure uh for that

00:50and um any any sort of fan of rachel summers or mother iskani in that you know right i

00:56i look forward to what they want to look at in season two