Bryan Fuller posted this on Instagram as a birthday greeting to Laurence Fishburne, back on July 30.

So apparently Fuller had intended to carry over the Hannibal cast into Discovery in various parts — and this was how he'd imagined Fishburne in Klingon prosthetics. It also suggests that the much maligned Disco Klingon designs were decided upon after Fuller left as (preliminary) show runner.

ETA: Here is a rundown of the casting plans he had in mind, originally revealed on the D-con chamber podcast. I would have watched Gillian Anderson as a starship captain.

a preproduction mockup of Laurence Fishburne as a Klingon.
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[–] 1 point 3 hours ago (1 child)

Five of your examples are black and one is grey?

Or are we calling this purple? I can't tell becase all the lighting in Disco is brown or yellow.

The wide noses coupled with dark skin is still a borderline race-trope to me.

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