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The Star Trek fandom gets significantly hotter as Outlander's Sam Heughan reveals he's a Trekkie
Speaking at New York Comic Con 2024, Heughan revealed his favorite Enterprise captain, his favorite Star Trek series, and what role he'd play if he got to be part of the Star Trek universe
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New York Comic Con is the place where nerds meet their franchise heroes and, more often than not, we all realize that fandoms overlap. That was certainly the case earlier this year when fans of Starz's Outlander found out their favorite leading man, Sam Heughan, was indeed a Star Trek nerd, and even beyond that, found out his Trekkie-ness is tuned toward a very particular show, captain, and role.
Sam Heughan was one of five celebrity guests on the Happy Sad Confused panel at NYCC, which was moderated by podcast host Josh Horowitz. At one point during the question and answer portion, Horowitz asked his guests about what voiceover work they'd like to do, and Heughan's answer led to a larger topic of conversation.
"I've always been a Star Trek fan, actually," said Heughan, to much applause, "I grew up watching Next Generation, so Below Decks is probably my answer."
It was a popular answer, and not just because Lower Decks star Jack Quaid was also in attendance on the panel. Later on in the discussion, Horowitz followed up on Heughan's earlier fandom revealing, inquiring as to what kind of Star Trek character he'd like to play.
"A big death would be great," Heughan said, "So I think a Red Shirt would be great."
And what about Sam's favorite captain?
"I go back to Picard," says the Outlander star. "But I also love Deep Space Nine."
So what do you think, Paramount? Is there an animated Red Shirt role out there for Sam, one that perhaps crosses paths with Jean-Luc Picard? We know that Lower Decks is (tragically) on its way to its final season, but if the possibility of a Sam Heughan cameo doesn't spark your interest in renewing the show, we're not sure what will.
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