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Actress Marlene Forte Joins Star Trek Cast as Enterprise Transporter Chief

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By GustavoLeao / 23:02, 27 January 2008 / Star Trek: Nemesis

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According to Variety, actress Marlene Forte (Real Women Have Curves), has joined the cast of J.J. Abrams upcoming Star Trek movie prequel playing the Transporter Chief of the starship U.S.S. Enterprise.

Forte was recently seen in 24, The Unit, Lost and CSI.

Her other television credits include The West Wing, Bones, Nip/Tuk, The George Lopez Show and Oscar winning director Paul Haggis' Family Law.

Marlene Forte is represented by Tony Martinez at GVA and managed by Paulo Andres at Link Talent Management.

In the Original Series, Lt. John Kyle, played by actor John Winston, was the Transporter Chief of the Enterprise. The first Transporter Chief of the Enterprise was Chief Pitcairn, who served under Captain Pike in the 1964 pilot episode "The Cage." The part of Pitcairn was played by Clegg Hoyt, but his voice was supplied by Robert C. Johnson.

The original report can be found at Variety.

UPDATE : Forte talked to Sci-Fi Talk in a audio interview about her role in the Star Trek movie and revealed a few things about the production.

You can listen to the audio interview here.



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By: TheInnkeeper (Odo's file, contact) @ 11:12:26 on Jan 28, 2008

Forte means loud.

Her name is Marlene LOUD!

I wonder if she has to whisper when she talks, lest our ears blow out.


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  • RE: LOUD | Report this post to moderator
    By: GustavoLeao (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 11:18:17 on Jan 28, 2008

    Actually, in portuguese, FORTE means STRONG.

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      By: TheInnkeeper (Odo's file, contact) @ 12:06:50 on Jan 28, 2008

      Gah, and here I was rolling around in my wit. :-)

      I was thinking musically, not even the actual language the word hails from.

      Although, isn't it also Italian for loud? I may be dumb...


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        By: Sam Cogley (Odo's file, contact) @ 13:21:37 on Jan 28, 2008

        Fortissimo - means "strong" in Italian, IIRC. In musical usage, it gives emphasis (which, so to speak, is loud).

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By: GustavoLeao (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 08:04:00 on Jan 28, 2008

As a brazilian myself, it is good to see a latin crewmember on board the Enterprise.

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    By: OV-101 (Odo's file, contact) @ 08:24:15 on Jan 28, 2008

    Agreed. And the fact she is pretty hot doesn't hurt either ;)

    JJ is definitely reeling in a lot of up and coming acters and actresses for this film. This movie is almost literally a "Next Generation" movie with all the young people in it.

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By: GustavoLeao (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 08:02:01 on Jan 28, 2008

Ah, the good old doctor McCcoy and his sarcasm...

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By: SuperDave (Odo's file, contact) @ 23:32:05 on Jan 27, 2008

I'm boycotting this movie if John Winston's not in it!

He is the ONLY transporter chief! If Abrams can't see that, this movie is destined to fail!!

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    By: The Real Dr McCoy (Odo's file, contact) @ 03:07:32 on Jan 28, 2008 | Edit History (1)


    I'm boycotting the movie if both Hoyt and Winston are not in it.

    Abrams said he would respect the fans and now we have this? Clearly he lied. He's also a coward for leading the fans on by not resolving the transporter chief issue.

    Only those who are sucking up to Abrams will be satisfied with his unwillingness to give us a clear answer on whether or not we'll see both Hoyt and Winston at the controls of the transporter. This is Sci-fi. Anything can be done. Spock was brought back from the grave in STII, and both Abrams and Nimoy owe it to the fans to spend this entire movie running around resurrecting the original ST cast. Abrams is responsible for the cloud hanging over this entire debacle.

    Stop sucking up to JJ. Join the petition: www.bringbackkirkkellyroddenberrywhitneymontalbancarmeldoohandanielschegwinlenardensignrickyspinerfarrellalloftheredshirtskoenighoytwinston.com

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      By: Sam Cogley (Odo's file, contact) @ 13:22:14 on Jan 28, 2008

      Ky-le! Ky-le!

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