Studying the “Star Trek” script, although, Saldana was capable of finding a rationalization that match the characters. Uhura is confident, with “a swagger to her that was completely sensuous however assured […] she was positively very decided and a really sturdy girl and actually wished to be on that Enterprise and be the xenolinguistics professional since she was like 5 years outdated,” Saldana opined. She’s drawn to Spock, who regardless of his impassive facade is extra weak than Kirk.
“[Spock] is half human, half Vulcan, sooner or later if he was solely going to be a Vulcan man, then why even make him half-human? You’re consistently ready for him to interrupt. It’s that battle that makes Spock who he’s.”
Regardless of the century, ladies by no means cease pondering, “I can repair him.”
The late Nichelle Nichols was cut up on the choice too. On one hand, she did not discover it in step with the character she performed and mentioned as a lot in a 2014 Reddit Ask Me Something:
“[Spock and Uhura] would not have occurred again within the unique sequence, Uhura was a personal particular person with a private life separate from the remainder of the crew […] Any severe fan who noticed the unique sequence would know it could not have been potential, they’d giggle their heads off.”
Nonetheless, throughout a 2010 fan Q&A broadcast by StarTrek.com, Nichols acknowledged that Saldana’s Uhura was youthful and on her first high-stakes mission. Such experiences get the feelings and adrenaline flowing. She additionally felt it made sense since Spock and Uhura are each severe and personal folks. The one ones they will speak in confidence to are one another:
“[Uhura] shined [Kirk] off, however Spock fascinated her, her severe aspect. Now, that is me making my story on what occurred, however he noticed in her his human aspect and she or he touched a aspect of him that they had been supposedly discreet about.”