{"id":1235281,"date":"2026-02-26T13:20:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=608703"},"modified":"2026-02-26T13:20:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:20:03","slug":"even-shazad-latif-found-his-star-trek-discovery-story-hard-to-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/even-shazad-latif-found-his-star-trek-discovery-story-hard-to-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Even Shazad Latif found his Star Trek: Discovery story hard to track"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/even-shazad-latif-found-his-star-trek-discovery-story-hard-to-track.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Actor Shazad Latif has a long history of playing characters at war with themselves. He portrayed the most archetypal example of internal conflict, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2016\/4\/25\/11503754\/watch-penny-dreadfuls-season-three-premiere-right-now\"><em>Penny Dreadful<\/em><\/a>;<em> <\/em>a Klingon sleeper agent on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/24168842\/star-trek-discovery-finale-interview-showrunner-end\"><em>Star Trek: Discovery<\/em><\/a>;<em> <\/em>and will soon be playing an Indian Prince who takes the name Nemo as he embarks on a quest for vengeance in <em>Nautilus<\/em>, a reimagining of Jules Verne\u2019s <em>Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea <\/em>premiering on AMC and AMC Plus on June 29.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cMaybe it\u2019s because I had a traumatic childhood,\u201d Latif told Polygon over Zoom with a laugh. \u201cI think it\u2019s easy for me to mirror. I\u2019m half English-Scottish, half Pakistani. I\u2019ve always sort of been on the peripherals in both worlds, but also very much involved in them. That feeling of being an outsider always lets me connect to these kinds of characters that have a dual feeling about them. They always seem to be fairly angry, [and] my dad was very angry, so I can tap into that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">While the emotions may come easy, keeping track of the plots can be a challenge. That was especially true in <em>Star Trek: Discovery<\/em>,<em> <\/em>where Latif played the Klingon spy Voq, the seemingly human security chief Ash Tyler, and Voq\u2019s counterpart in the Mirror Universe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cIt was a lot to get your head around,\u201d Latif said. \u201cYou\u2019re like, \u2018Wait, am I doing another version? Is he speaking Klingon? Is he speaking English? What\u2019s going on?\u2019 But it was great to play a sleeper agent who gets amnesia and PTSD. There was so much in that first season to explore. I\u2019ll never forget that whole journey in space that I had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Having starred in one of the most popular science fiction franchises and two shows set in fantastical versions of the 19th century, Latif is eager to explore even more genres. Next year he\u2019ll appear alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/24107554\/sims-movie-margot-robbie-kate-herron\">Margot Robbie<\/a> in an adaptation of Emily Bront\u00eb Gothic tragedy <em>Wuthering Heights<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cI\u2019m a big self-proclaimed movie nerd,\u201d he said. \u201cI love everything. I love comedy. I love romantic comedy. I love dramas. I love family dramas. I love period pieces. I want to do it all. I want to do everything I can do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/star-trek\/608703\/star-trek-discovery-shazad-latif-voq-story-ash-tyler\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Shazad Latif has a long history of playing characters at war with themselves. He portrayed the most archetypal example of internal conflict, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, on Penny Dreadful; a Klingon sleeper agent on Star Trek: Discovery; and will soon be playing an Indian Prince who takes the name Nemo as he embarks on a quest for vengeance in Nautilus, a reimagining of Jules Verne\u2019s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea premiering on AMC and AMC Plus on June 29. \u201cMaybe it\u2019s because I had a traumatic childhood,\u201d Latif told Polygon over Zoom with a laugh. \u201cI think it\u2019s easy for me to mirror. I\u2019m half English-Scottish, half Pakistani. 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