Avery Brooks

[VaBeachGuy 12]

 

In a recent interview with a German web site, Avery Brooks spoke about the hope for the future offered by the television franchise and recalled some of his memories from filming Deep Space Nine.

 

Brooks told TrekZone.de that Star Trek "gives us some hope that we might be able to overcome our weaknesses in a few hundred years and that there will be peace for mankind". He said that he was drawn to the story in the pilot episode of a captain who had suffered a great personal loss and could not make peace with himself until he traveled to "an unknown part of the universe" and defended his people against other intelligent species.

 

"Star Trek allows us to speak about the world and shows us things that cannot be dealt with completely at this point of time," added the actor, who noted that he thought it was an obvious choice to make his own African-American origins a part of Sisko "because my origin is obvious...I am the embodiment of my culture, whether I'm deliberatively connected with it or not."

 

Brooks said that he did not appear with his head shaved in the early episodes because his contract contained a clause in which he agreed to let his hair grow, which he speculated stemmed from the producers not wanting him to be mistaken for his previous television character, Hawk. "As time passed, they permitted me to shave off the hair again completely and to let the beard grow."

 

Because of the weekly filming schedule, Brooks said that he became a more spontaneous actor on Deep Space Nine, particularly after one director forbade him to use his hands. "That takes a large part of the spontaneity away from you," he noted, adding that he trusted the writers and acted "'from the belly'".

~From TrekToday

[Klingonmike 0]

I wish they would do a film or TV mini-series about DS9 and the return of Sisko! Avery Brooks made the character of Sisko one of the best characters in Star Trek.

[VaBeachGuy 12]

That's for sure, he brought a lot of passion to the character and has become one of my favorite characters in all of Star Trek.

 

Then again as everyone here probably knows, DS9 is my favorite of the 5 series.

[Guest Odo]

I think Avery was awesome! He was the BEST of them all!

[cptwright 1]

avery brooks, cisco was awsome, he was a big part of why i love DS9, as you may or may not know DS9 is also my favorite of the trek line. his character was deep, and powerful, as was the whole series. i sure hope to see more of DS9 on the big screen, they've come up with ways to bring people back and do things when you wouldnt think they can so theres no reason why they cant bring back cisco and DS9.

[Indy 8]

Well, if they can't, or won't, do a big-screen movie, I sure wish they'd do a mini-series or something. I'd also like to see the return of Sisko and maybe something about Jake and Kassidy's unborn child.

[trekbabe 0]

Well, if they can't, or won't, do a big-screen movie, I sure wish they'd do a mini-series or something.  I'd also like to see the return of Sisko and maybe something about Jake and Kassidy's unborn child.

I know reading a book isn't quite the same as watching on screen, but you and Klingonmike should get the DS9 Avatar books 1&2. They are set several months after "What You Leave Behind" and Jake and the unborn child play a big part in the story.