Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is finally here, and as fans check it out with a Paramount+ subscription, they're noticing a few things. Critics have praised the cast, and I'm not surprised considering the talent involved. Oscar winner Paul Giamatti lived his longtime dream and joined the franchise, though he had to clear the air about wanting to play a Klingon.
I've heard a lot about Giamatti wanting to play a member of that Star Trek alien species, and he gets that wish with Nus Braka in Starfleet Academy. The smuggler is a half-Klingon, half-Tellarite key character in Season 1. When I spoke to Giamatti and asked him about his long campaign to play a Klingon character, he admitted to CinemaBlend that it was a far-fetched pitch, as well as shared his thoughts on getting in prosthetics:
