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‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Casts Sulu and Bones for Series Finale (variety.com)
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[–] 6 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Only a decade older than Kelley was.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    TOS starts way after SNW, so the actor playing bones for this series should be younger than Kelley, not ten years older. Unless the finale takes place years later. We’ll see.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    We have to take into account that, generally speaking, a 50-year-old jobbing actor on low-budget TV in 1966 looked a good deal older than a 50-year-old Hollywood actor tends to look now. (Hell, I'm not that far from 50, not Hollywood glam by any stretch, and I still look noticeably younger than my boomer parents did at my age and way younger than my Depression-era grandparents looked at my age.)

    Physically, under modern makeup, lighting, and filming, I could see this guy looking very similar in age to Kelley in TOS.

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