10 Actors Who Should Be In Star Trek
2. Lena Headey
Lena Headey and previous ray of sunshine on this list, Hannah Waddingham, became fast friends on the set of Game of Thrones, in spite of, or even in part owing to the challenges of, that 'waterboarding' scene and the naked walk of shame as the bell tolled. Clearly keen to work together again, the two actresses declared in a gloriously zany interview for Entertainment Weekly that a new project for them both was "a must". It would be an utter delight to see the pair reunite on screen in Star Trek, either as opposing forces once more or as colleagues/chums in Starfleet or elsewhere.
Evidently at home with fantasy, science-fiction is also familiar territory for Headey. The English actress played the titular Sarah in the woefully cut-short series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and 'Ma-Ma' in 2012's Dredd. Headey could happily catch up, nay surpass, her Terminator co-star, and Star Trek stalwart, Thomas Dekker, who has played Nexus Thomas Picard in Star Trek: Generations, holographic Henry Burleigh in Star Trek: Voyager, and changeling Titus Rikka in Star Trek: Picard.
In fact, Headey has already been 'cast,' so to speak, as half-Vulcan, half human Captain T'Sara Forst in the Star Trek: Courageous fan universe, set just after the end of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and before Star Trek: Nemesis. With six episodes of the 'virtual series' already fully scripted by writer Alex Matthews, all Paramount would really need to do is cough up the cash.