StarTrekProdigy welcomes back Billy Campbell (WOCampbell) as Thadiun Okona, and Screen Rant had the pleasure of chatting with the actor about his Star Trek comeback, StarTrekTNG memories, Patrick Stewart's advice, and what happened to Okona's eye:
For the first time in 34 years, Billy Campbell reprises his role as Thadiun Okona in Star Trek: Prodigy, which he originally played in the Star Trek: The Next Generation season 2 episode, "The Outrageous Okona."
Screen Rant had the pleasure of interviewing Billy Campbell about his comeback as Okona in Star Trek: Prodigy, his Star Trek: The Next Generation memories, and whether he would reprise his other iconic role of Jordan Collier if there's a revival of The 4400. I was like, "Patrick, Sometimes I can laugh. Sometimes I can't. Give me a trick. Tell me what to do." And he said, "Well, here's what I do. I expel all of my air before I have to laugh. Try to laugh with a lung full of air. It doesn't work, right? But if you blow it all out, it works." And so I'll never forget that he was just a real gentleman, and he was a big help to me.
You starred as Okona just once very early in The Next Generation, but your character was never forgotten. And now you're back. Why do you think Okona's popularity endured for 30 years? Billy Campbell: Yes. They told me about that. I popped in as a DJ or something. Hilarious. I really hope that the audience reaction is good enough that it parlays into them asking me back at some point for live-action.
It was just a funny thing. I have no real theory for how it happened. I just thought it would be funny if it had. It's probably something stupid like he was underneath the dashboard of his spaceship. And he poked himself in the eye with a wire or something. But then he has some story about how he was at the Tannhauser Gate. You know, something heroic.
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