On July 22, 2023, the Star Trek: Lower Decks and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds crossover aired to Paramount+ subscribers, with Bradward Boimler and Beckett Mariner from the former show traveling back in time and meeting the crew of the USS Enterprise from the latter in “Those Old Scientists.” Jack Quaid and Tawny Newsome reprised their characters in live-action, but during her time on Strange New Worlds, Newsome learned that there was one ‘Mariner-ism’ from Lower Decks that she wouldn’t be able to do on camera.
Following the conclusion of Lower Decks Season 4, I spoke with Tawny Newsome on behalf of CinemaBlend about the animated show’s latest batch of episodes, which include the season premiere “Twovix” (which poked fun at the Voyager episode “Tuvix”) and the return of The Next Generation’s Nick Locarno, whom Newsome compared to Khan Noonien Singh. Naturally I had to bring up the Lower Decks and Strange New Worlds crossover during our conversation too, as I was specifically interested to learn if there were any of Mariner’s animated characteristics she made a deliberate effort to include while physically playing her. Here’s what the actress had to say:
