My dad then took me to go see Star Trek: The Motion Picture, probably on a re-release. Paul Scheer: It's going to date me a little bit, but my first contact with Star Trek really came from loving the reruns of The Animated Series on Nickelodeon. : What was your first contact with Star Trek? So I love that we get to do that on-screen as well. I feel like throughout our careers, Eugene and I have had a, not a similar relationship, not his boss, but we definitely have had that thing where I've kind of been a little bit more in an institution longer than he has been and had that relationship. I've been a fan of Eugene's career for such a long time, so there's something really interesting just in the realism of it. I was so supportive of him he was an intern at the theater that I worked at. I remember seeing him in his college shows. Paul Scheer: Absolutely.I was doing improv in New York City and Eugene was a college student. Was that fun to explore more of in Season 2? : Billups and Rutherford have a great mentor-mentee dynamic. I think you see these moments of, there were veneer cracks, and he can get really angry, but you get to see other life. He's a good boss, and I think that that was really kind of fun for me to show that. So I think that I really loved showing that other side of an engineer. I think with Billups, we're able to see how this may be the best position on the ship, because while stressed, while under the gun at any given moment's notice, he is responsible for so many people and keeping them in line and keeping them happy. A lot of the time, the way we've been looking at our engineers is when they come up to the Bridge or when they're called upon by their captain. What I like about this character of Billups is you get to see how he treats the rest of his crew. They are literally responsible for this ship staying in the sky, and so I feel like they are always coming from a place of not feeling like they're getting enough respect. If you look at Scotty and Miles O'Brien and Geordi and B’Elanna, I think that they are the most put upon. I feel like with the engineers, there's even more of a uniformity. There are so many things that are similar between Kirk and Picard and Janeway, but yet their individual way of doing things is incredibly unique. Paul Scheer: I think that every character on Star Trek is an archetype and what makes them different is the way that their personality shines through that archetype. : How did you and the writers want to make Billups different from other great Star Trek engineers like Scotty or Miles O'Brien? I don't know if he is going to be impressed by anybody else. I don't know why, that was my first gut, but then if I'm thinking about it, I feel like engineers need to hang out with engineers. I'm going to say Miles O'Brien, I feel like the two of them would have a good time together. I was going to say my first gut response, I don't know if it's right. : If Billups could get drinks at 10 Forward with any other Star Trek character from across the whole franchise, who would it be? My character gets to do a lot of fun stuff on the show, but it's great when you get to see a little bit more of what makes them tick. I know that I'm a little bit on the side, and I'm happy to be on the side, but when I had a chance to actually be able to explore a little bit more about Billups - I think you even see it in the season finale here as well - I'm just thrilled because I love to see what they're coming up with for me. I love this show so much and no matter what part they offered me, I was going to say yes. What was it like getting to do a deeper dive and develop this character? : Billups was the star of an episode this season, in which we found out he's the crown prince of a planet. WATCH: Star Trek: Lower Decks - Prince Billups
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