Three years ago, Nichelle Nichols -- beloved for her role as Lt. Uhura on 'Star Trek' -- visited The Neutral Zone Studios in Kingsland, Georgia, and filmed a documentary there. Nichols died Saturday at age 89.
Nichelle Nichols filmed a documentary three years ago at The Neutral Zone Studios in Kingsland, Georgia.
Three years ago, Nichols visited the Kingsland sets and filmed a documentary called “Breaking Barriers” there. You can watch some clips from that below:She told one volunteer that she was enjoying being on the “beautiful” set, which felt like “being back at work” after being gone “a couple of weeks.
“When I told him I was going to miss my co-stars and I was leaving the show, he became very serious and said, 'You cannot do that,’” she told The Tulsa World in a 2008 interview. Despite concerns, the episode aired without blowback. In fact, it got the most “fan mail that Paramount had ever gotten on ‘Star Trek’ for one episode,” Nichols said in a 2010 interview with the Archive of American Television.Nichols was known as being unafraid to stand up to Shatner on the set when others complained that he was stealing scenes and camera time. They later learned she had a strong supporter in the show’s creator.
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