Karim, karim@startrek.website

lets go!!!

welll heyyy!!! hope you enjoy!!

this is very kind thank you!

energy on set is VERY playful. like a real school. jokes, pranks, a lot of fun. Honestly, every single cadet has a funny sense of humor, its like ping pong with the laughs. Kerrice is DEFINITELY the most responsible for making everyone crack up tho

i LOVE sci fi. I think predator badlands that just came out was one of the my favorite movies from the previous year. underrated in my opinion??

hahaha well thanks for stopping by!

thank you!

Michael Burnham!!!

spicy

i’ve always been a singer and performer as a kid, acting professionally as an adult is just an extension of what i loved doing as a kid. the starfleet academy role came up as an audition with my agent, i sent in a self tape, and a few weeks later i was cast. it was pretty quick. this role and show is my first venture into star trek, i binged a lot of it after getting cast.

i didn’t expect the role to be so challenging tbh, there was no way for me to know until i did it. i quickly learned that filming sci fi take a LOT of energy. long days, long nights. i was surprised by how challenging the prosthetics process is. i researched a lot, jim carrey during the grinch, doug jones, colin farrell in the penguin, ALL of them have been vocal in interviews about how tough the prosthetics process is and i learned first hand

dozens of costume fittings, a few days of prosthetics and makeup tests, eye contact lens fittings, dozens of hours of work with vocal coach to drop my voice, a couple hours of practice with klingon language coach, watched a TON of star trek, particularly any episodes that featured klingons

its just like singing. just stay hydrated, and if you feel resistance take a rest. but if done healthily, i haven’t had any problems at all. its just like singing a long concert

i auditioned in my regular voice, then like 10 days before filming alex asked me to drop it. i definitely watched a ton of worf just to know what people look to, but working with a vocal coach i learned to find my own voice. between voice coach and private sessions with alex kurtz i practiced the voice for DOZENS of hours. i made a video on my instagram @team_karim and my tik tok @team.karim if you wanna hear me doing the voice live

jay-den and I are very similar. i think we both act VERY differently than how we look or are expected to be. i am a soft, gentle man and I believe that translates to Jay-den.

if i was in star trek personally, i would not be in starfleet. i would be an entertainer of some sort, on stage, or maybe in bartender on the ship

LOL. oh but i am just an actor. i think you’d have to talk to someone at Paramount about that. i have dirt on EVERYONE but i’ll never tell

uhura

tawny newsome is literally in our writer’s room lol

A LOT!!

telenovela

i love the 1st jj abrams movie. like… LOVE.

How did i end up here? on the ‘verse? met u/Admin in real life and they asked me to come and i said hell yes.

lower decks crew on U.S.S. Cerritos are DEFINITELY my people