Open Pike Night is thrilled to interview the Scotty for a new generation, Martin Quinn! The first REAL scotsman to bring his voice to the most iconic engineer in TV history, Martin sat down with us to talk about circles, voices, and his...music career?
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Martin Quinn: This is Martin Quinn and you're listening to
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open peak Nate the podcast that gives her oh she's got capped at
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John T Bolds: this thing on Hulu Hulu
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Welcome to open fight died the strange new worlds podcast where
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your personal logs are the prime directive. I'm your host John T
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bolds. here tonight with a fantastic energizing guest and
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wonderful callers in the wings ready to boost the signal to
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your ears. Joining me tonight are my co hosts first up the man
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who's engineering skills come not from MIT but from XLR and
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USB, Jesse Bailey.
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Jesse: Hey, if I can plug and play I'm happy to go that way.
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And I just rely on you to do all of the hard stuff John.
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John T Bolds: And the man who never has to pad the numbers he
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just gets the job done in Miracle Worker style. Hosts of
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green shirt newbies Trek The Next Generation. Cameron,
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Cameron: just call me cam the Redeemer.
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John T Bolds: I'm humble like that. And our guest tonight
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brings a fresh face to a beloved role and within three seconds of
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screen time won the hearts of strange new worlds fans
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everywhere. He's got the skills he's got the voice he's well
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he's this generations Montgomery Scott. Welcome Martin Quinn to
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the open pike night stage. Hi there.
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Martin Quinn: Thanks for having me. How's it good? Good. It's
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Cameron: great to have you talking to Scotty go better.
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Yeah,
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Martin Quinn: yeah. Well, you're seeing I've got the voice. I
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mean, I don't know I think I think Jim's doing was gone for
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whether or not he was achieving it. He was going for an
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Aberdonian kind of sound. And then and then there's another
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place in Scotland Linlithgow seems to claim them for some
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reason. And those are different sounds from me entirely. So I
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know that no one else about it, but I've just stuck to it. I've
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got a paisley accent. It's just to say the colors go we're
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basically a Glasgow accent. But yeah, but a Glasgow accent. So
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yeah, I don't know if it's quite what people had in mind before.
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But maybe you guys don't hear the difference? I don't know, do
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you?
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Jesse: I think I, for me, at least it just offers such an
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authenticity to the character. I mean, you know, like when you
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watch doing or Simon Pegg do it.
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There's this like, thing in the back of your head going that's
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that's not quite 100%
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Cameron: What I'm that's what I should understand, like 200
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years in the future.
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Martin Quinn: Yeah. Oh, no. You mean Yeah. It could have
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developed into that by when? I think Simon pick his I think his
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partner might be Scottish. I think they got married and
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govern, which is an area in Glasgow. And I would say he when
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he did. Alan Partridge is stuff.
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I think he was on Steve Coogan's knowing me knowing you. And he
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was doing a Scottish accent. And when he was when he was kind of
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talking just at this kind of relaxed level. I wasn't offended
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by by Scottish accent but then I think with Scott A, and I've
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only seen the first GG blooms movie. And when it played Scotty
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I feel like you know, you're having to do a lot of shooting.
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And I think I think that's when it goes up. Yeah, Carla dead
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Captain like it goes up. I mean, no one else in the world cares.
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But yeah, yeah.
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Cameron: I mean, he's talked about how he kind of tried to
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straddle doing a more authentic one and paying homage to the
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James 211. Okay,
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Martin Quinn: yeah, that's just a great excuse.
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Cameron: Yeah, to get
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Martin Quinn: on the toilet.
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Cameron: Let's go back.
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Martin Quinn: Oh, no, no, I was just gonna say I worry about
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slagging off anyone's accent it's not like I'm very good at
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accents. You know, I mean, we're filming in Canada No, and I
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wasn't there to get it was briefly and I had to do a
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Canadian accent and it was terrible. So you know, James do
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hit and I've just equally disrespected has natural stones
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as well, so I can't really see anything.
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Jesse: Turnabout is fair play.
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That's fair. Yeah, yeah, we'll
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Cameron: put a pin in that because we've got a caller
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question along those lines. But for now, let's let's go back a
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little bit to before your time was scouted to when you were a
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wee lad, if I may. How did you get into acting? How did you get
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that bug,
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Martin Quinn: and there was a local youth theatre. My Auntie's
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husband had done some work with with them. PSU theater, the
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code. And the I think I joined them when I was six years old.
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So they didn't Paisley my hometown. They were kind of for
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a long time. One of the base things in the town, and, and
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when I was about six years old, I started going to weekly
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classes, and they would do some kind of summer shows. And I
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remember when I was about 10, I did a show. They had these
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things comedy fests and that played a gangster in it, but I
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Also, again during a terrible New York accent, and then I was
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I think I was to come on and introduce the show and and kind
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of sign off on the show and I improvised a little bit because
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you know, like, kids are always forgetting their lines. But
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anyway, I remember the the, the real adrenaline rush that ago
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and and I was only 10 years old, I really crashed after the Shore
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was quite low after it but that kind of buzz in them that I got
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from improvising a or having to improvise on stage. I got really
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into it. I think that was a bit of a turning point. And that was
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a round in that I started packing. And I started taking
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acting classes or drama classes over football or as you would
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call it soccer. And you know, I think that was when it kind of
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started I started taking it a bit more seriously. But yeah, so
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it was it pays you theta and and then there was this woman she
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was quite intense I don't agree with them a lot of a lot of what
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she was teaching but she would for the kids that she thought
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were more good enough to maybe take acting a bit more seriously
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she she created this thing called the theater school. And
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so then you would you would be selected to go to the theater
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school. And you know, there was a bit of a kind of cold thing
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amongst all like that made that drive or that kind of compare
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what would you see a kind of competition with you, your peers
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drove you to get better act and you know, a man who is getting
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more social standing at this teacher thought that you were
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good enough to get into theater school or, or if she gave you
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praise, all of a sudden, among your like other drama, class
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peers, you had a bit of social status. So I think I got kind of
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hooked and sucked into the the, to your theater and then nasty
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or school, I got sucked into act and around around 10. And then I
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think I dropped out about 14 Because you just couldn't do
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your exam. That's when Ben was crazy man. She was like, she was
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like, really wanting you to put all of your skill studies aside
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and focus purely on this and it was quite dangerous at night. So
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instead, I dropped out at about 14. But yeah, I picked it up
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again, when I was about 16 and Scottish theatre and stuff. And,
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and Scottish Youth Theatre managed to they would they would
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give you a opportunities for work. So some castings would
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come in piece that that a little bit I ended up on let me show
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which is a Scottish comedian when I was about 14. And that
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was great because it kind of tore my school powers. That
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meant all of a sudden acting was cool, because I had a small part
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and a TV show. And then yeah, which kind of upped the ante a
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little bit. But I didn't like work consistently at all. But
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anyway, when I was 16, I started doing bets with Scottish youth
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theatre and they offered me bits of work there, they would do
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like CAD shows and stuff. And then the got various castings
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through and when I was about 18, and I was working for them after
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I'd left school, I got a casting through that I was successful
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with that was a National Theatre of Scotland play called late the
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eighth one and the director was John Tiffany and it was a he's
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like He did Harry Potter and the Cursed Child after that. So he
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was quite a big deal. And, and it was his last show than the
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National Theatre of Scotland. So I got the lead. And so that was
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kind of from there. It was a was when I started really managing
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to, to professionally do acting, you know, I mean, what I've done
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bits of work with scar tissue Theatre on some of their CAD
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shows. I mean, I was getting paid like 140 pounds a week, and
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it was very sporadic. And I was not not reward great experience.
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But you know, I mean, not not A, not an OS. So yeah, that was
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that was a big change when I was 18. I managed to get that. So
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yeah,
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Cameron: theater pays and experience a lot in the first
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few years. That's your primary source of payment. As a fan of
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let the right one and I've got I've got to ask about like that
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experience. What was that like, adapting it for the stage? I've
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never seen the stage play.
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Martin Quinn: Yeah, I really liked the stage play. But we
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went very different. We got one really bad review and it first
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started and it was seen. I didn't match that the boy that
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was in there Swedish original.
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It was quite a damning review ever, ever. And it was quite
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leaked. I when I was auditioning for it, I did. I think I did
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watch the film, but I just couldn't really, I was just
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doing I was impersonating mo brother the whole time. That was
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her kind of approach the role.
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And okay, the play was I mean, it was great, the director and
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the movement that just even hug it, they knew that I hadn't done
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anything so they were really kind and very nurturing to me
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and kind of given me confidence and I don't know what that age I
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don't know. I felt like my imagination for a kind of a I
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don't know I kind of was talking about negatively but that really
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intense teacher at your theater.
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She she did help kind of expand my imagination. And and I feel
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like when I did that play when I was 18 my imagination was really
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vivid, I just remember being like, I don't know, if I've ever
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managed to be as vivid with my imagination since like, I was
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really like an it apart, I don't know, the rain was gray and, and
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I just had this kind of rough idea of how to play everything.
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And I could see everything so clearly. And I didn't have to
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have drama school training in order to like really get into
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that role. You know, I mean, then after that I did go to
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drama school because I was auditioning for other plays and
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legacy. I was auditioning for other work, and my imagination
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just wasn't being stimulated the same. And I wasn't able to like,
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I don't know, I wasn't able to kind of connect to the other
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roles as quickly and as easily.
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So whilst that play that play, then went on to London, and
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whilst we were in London, or addition to some drama schools
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down there, because I was like, Oh, my God, I am not managing to
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piece together a career, Jeremy and I couldn't get that second
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job. So I was like, I better go to go to drama school and a sci
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fi can figure out ways to work when maybe you're not initially
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kind of stimulated by a piece of work. Do you mean like, how do
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you? How do you still work in those circumstances? And so
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yeah,
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Cameron: well, I think our caller question is asking you
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about the next step in that career. Well, yeah,
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John T Bolds: here we go. Here's engineer Mark. Hi, it's
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Engineer Mark: engineer mark here. Now that title is the real
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deal. And one of the inspirations for my lengthy
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career, there is Chief Engineer Scott of the enterprise in the
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original series. Now, Martin does a mighty big roll of Hill,
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from the one episode we have on it, I do think you're doing the
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beginnings of that story in a very grand manner. That is what
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being that kind of engineer really is. And I'm very much
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looking forward to seeing more of you telling that story. Now
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for a question. I see you have a career on the stage as well.
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Could you talk some on what you have found in moving from the
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stage to the screen? Any interesting stories along the
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way there? Thank you very much.
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Live long and prosper. Oh,
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Martin Quinn: that was really nice. Is very keen there. M.
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Arthur, what is about sighs always with camera and an array.
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So I went to drama school kind of following on from what I said
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just before, and we had this teacher, Patsy Rodenburg. And
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she was she was a kind of renowned voice teacher at the
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time, I got money to go to drama school off of Alan recommened.
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And he was telling me go to Guild Hall. That was a drama
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school. And he was like, You need to go there. Because
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they've got this pro voice teacher, she's just left there.
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Actually, no. And she was very, she was interested, she came at
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it from different angles, and one of them was about being
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present. And you've talked a lot about being present. And there
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was loads of things you had these theories about. second
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circle, being second circle is real presence, when you're
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really connecting with someone or whatever you're doing. First
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Circle is your turn your own head. Third circle is like
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you're just chest out, you know, you're being too grand for the
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sake of others. Oh, everyone seeing you, you know, I mean,
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second circle is the sweet spot when you're really connecting.
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And so she drove that. And to his right now that is
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transferable from stage and screen, second circle, that's
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all that matters. You know, I mean, don't get too in your
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head, don't be too big and bravado, a second circuit just
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be present with what's in front of you. However, they know she
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would teach us about being on voice so that you know, you're
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not talking off voice, but you're really breathing properly
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and your own voice and you're able to fill the space that
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you're in. Well, I then became kind of and you know, other came
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to focus on this on voice thing.
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It became my kind of a new that I was warmed up and knew that I
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was ready to go off. I was really on voice, you know, I
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mean, and if I was nervous, I would go really on voice. And
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when I first graduated from drama school, and no, everyone
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else did this, this was my own mistake. But when I was
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auditioning for TV shows, when I was nervous, I would go back to
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my practice thing of being on voice and really load up a TV
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edition and the guy. I remember that I got kind of close to
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apart and BBC comedy and I was really upset about it actually.
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And because I kind of messed it up for a number of reasons, but
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in the can afford the row and I remember being so nervous. I was
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predicting loads and the guy was like, maybe if you could just
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talk like we're talking right now. That'd be clear. And I just
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wasn't able to do it. And I mean, I don't know we were at
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the time. I don't think we practiced enough on screen stuff
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at drama school. They tried to bring in as much as he could,
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but it was very much a classical training. So it was about
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filling the space and you know, and I thought oh, well, I'll be
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able to do this because you know, Patrick Stewart obviously
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he was he was like a massive 6 billion actor Surely, if you're
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a good enough actor, you will manage to adapt to him, but I
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made plenty of mistakes along the way like that. And I'm
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constantly watching. Well, I'm constantly asking for feedback
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from too big or too small, you know, and I'm not seeing that as
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a really strong Got to be small.
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I can be small. But the thing is you want to have, you want to
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make sure that what you're trying to get across is coming
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across. But also, there are like opportunities huge. She does
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huge performances on screen. Do you know I mean, like he's not,
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he's not been subtle, necessarily, but it's still
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sized with truth. And they talked about that in drama
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school a lot. But it says with trip that said, not gonna taste
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on the camera. So I think I'm slowly getting there. And with
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film during June and COVID, I was filming myself a lot during
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the Celie sketches on my phone.
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And that was, I think, that forced me to watch myself back
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as well and kind of get used to watch myself back, but kind of
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hone down the size that I was happy playing and pitching, but
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it's just different. And Every job is different. And every
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scene and I'm still always working at it. I'm always asking
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the director was that too much or too little? Is it coming up?
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You know, I mean, but yeah, it's all about tweaking. Great thing
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about filming as you go again, you know, I mean, and if it's
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too much, and yeah, you know, and, and, yes, we'll just go on
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for it and being told, okay, we've got that maybe maybe just
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a little bit more subtle this time. You know,
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Cameron: I was just jumping to Isaac's call, then.
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Unknown: Yeah. Hello, guys. And hello to Martin, thank you very
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much for another open pipe night invitation to the stage. I'm
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Isaac and I'm from unplanned trick, a little podcast from
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Tasmania in a little island off the south of Australia, which
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actually exists today. So anyone? Look, I've got a
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question for Martin. And thanks.
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Thanks again for coming on the show. My question is the episode
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that were you debuted in strange new worlds was only one episode
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after the musical episode. So my question for you is, do you have
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pipes? How good are you at singing and potentially? What's
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your favorite song? How does it go? Alright guys, thanks
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Cameron: very much.
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Unknown: Can't wait to hear this episode in the future. Live long
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and prosper. And
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Martin Quinn: can I sing about that? I don't think I could say
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I don't think I could sing for us. But yes, I play a little bit
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of music. My big brother is quite musical he he's a very
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good guitarist and a great songs and he's a producer actually in
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Melbourne and Australia. An art center, Melbourne Art Center,
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but he is more musical than me.
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I think I've got a pleasant sounding voice I don't think
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I've done a wee bit of musical theater work. But I'm not like
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musical theater trained. I think they're like next level men my
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girlfriend's musical theater trained and they just have real
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enduring strength paper Do you know I mean, like I did a nude
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Wally which is a Scottish character. I did well in a
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musical a couple of years ago, and I just did not have the
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physical fenders to do it because it was a Christmas run.
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We were doing like 12 Shows a week and I was constantly
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worried about losing my voice.
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So I can I can sing are professing and more focused off
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the musical theory stuff. And I played with there's an actor and
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my year coach Samuel blank, and he's done various things. He's
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been in Black Mirror, he was a major in drama school and a play
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and sing with him a little bit.
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And there's another actor Stefan Kenneth, who plays bass for his
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a lot of the time. And because of acting, we don't always
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manage to get together but we've got a band called velcro love
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and we recorded before the pod actually 2018 or something that
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we recorded and we haven't managed to record anything since
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we've made up a couple of times and in written some stuff but we
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play focused stuff and I think my voice suits for key music but
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I don't know if I'm I don't know if I've got the paper
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Cameron: if I may answer Isaac's question I've I've listened to
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some of velcro low now yes Isaac Martin has the pipe sound sound
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SoundCloud is highly suggest a wouldn't go find is really good
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Martin over your
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Martin Quinn: Vedic cane that it takes some of that down some of
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that is to I don't mean some of the recordings and then some of
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it is you know work in progress I think if it was my main my
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main thing I would be a bit more picky but I remember during
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lockdown just be like okay, I've got these recordings. A friend
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another friend of mine Bo vane is is kind of music name as he
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did a version of songs for me and I was like, You know what,
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I'll just chuck them up. And I was just trying to be about lace
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kind of maybe precious about it, you know, I mean throw things
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and but I was very keen to view the Covenant as they see. I was
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my favorite song. And I don't know but you know if I can if I
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was the moment I'm listening to as Adrian linker a quite a lot
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but I don't know probably the Beatles do prudence sorry. Be so
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boring and gather a Beatles answer. Bay and I really loved
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your prints. I think I'm a big Paul McCartney fan. And then he
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plays drums on that. So that's my favorite. Also, I just love
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Paul McCartney's back and vocals all the time he's there saves
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saves all The songs you know,
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John T Bolds: good choice.
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Cameron: You can play young Paul McCartney. Well, yeah.
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Martin Quinn: Some people have said that some people have said
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that a before to me and I don't know if that's why I'm so
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obsessed with them just because of that.
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Cameron: They should internalize that. Well, as Isaac mentioned,
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you were just one episode away from being in the musical. What
00:20:27
type of song do you think Scotty would have sang? Had he been
00:20:29
around classical What would you have liked to have seen?
00:20:33
Martin Quinn: But maybe it would have been a focus song maybe it
00:20:35
would have been exactly for my paper because of the because of
00:20:39
the you know, the Scottish traditional kind of idea. And,
00:20:44
you know, and I think maybe I hope I'm not speaking at a turn
00:20:48
but I think Ansan please Paik please the banjo so do you not I
00:20:52
mean, there could have we could have a bluegrass thing. Gordon
00:20:55
at some point on on an episode.
00:20:55
It would be very cool.
00:20:59
Cameron: So does Melissa navio.
00:20:59
They both do. Listen, Aria plays a banjo.
00:21:04
Martin Quinn: Oh, I didn't know.
00:21:04
No. I don't think I've been on.
00:21:08
And since I've seen him play, but I haven't seen Melissa play.
00:21:11
Oh, that's very cool. That's very cool.
00:21:13
Jesse: I suddenly need Star Trek bluegrass. Yeah, that's Wow.
00:21:18
Cameron: World's band.
00:21:19
Martin Quinn: Do you think you still listen to bluegrass and
00:21:21
the 300 years or whatever? Do you think they still tune in?
00:21:25
Oh, man.
00:21:27
Cameron: Thing about Star Trek.
00:21:27
They
00:21:28
John T Bolds: love stuff from the 20th century. So yeah,
00:21:31
that's true. Yes. So if they if they've got noir then bluegrass
00:21:35
survived and somebody
00:21:37
Cameron: playing jazz trombone.
00:21:37
Yeah.
00:21:41
John T Bolds: All right. Let's hear from our next callers. XO
00:21:45
Zo from Back Look Cinema: open PAC night. This is USS cinema.
00:21:47
Captain Richardson, commanding officer. Thanks, once again for
00:21:51
allowing us to come on your show to show our gratitude and
00:21:55
appreciation to Martin Quinn.
00:21:55
Martin, it's great to have this opportunity to talk with you and
00:22:00
ask you questions and whatnot. I just find it fascinating that
00:22:05
the character of Montgomery Scott is being played by
00:22:10
Scotsman and that's just, it's just fascinating to me, and I'm
00:22:14
tickled to pieces that this has finally happened. So this is
00:22:21
your foray into American television. I hope that it
00:22:26
doesn't beat you up too much.
00:22:29
Because we do things different over these parts across the
00:22:33
pond. I just got like one pressing question. My question
00:22:40
is, who is Andrew Quinn? And how have they helped you in your
00:22:44
endeavors in your acting career?
00:22:44
I'm only asking about this Andrew Quinn because he wrote
00:22:48
the biography or is credited with writing your biography on
00:22:52
IMDb. So Inquiring minds want to know. That's the question I have
00:22:57
for you. Please enjoy our time filming strange new worlds. I
00:23:02
hope I get to see you again in many episodes in the third
00:23:06
season, and and perhaps the fourth and fifth. Richardson
00:23:10
out.
00:23:14
Cameron: Detectives Oh, no,
00:23:16
Martin Quinn: no, thank you, though. Very kind words there.
00:23:18
Thank you so much. And now it's about embarrassing. That's my
00:23:23
brother who's a journalist. He writes for The Daily Record,
00:23:26
which is a Scottish National Newspaper. He's the Westminster
00:23:30
political correspondent. And gentle Westminster is like our
00:23:33
parliament and London anyway, we've got to parliament's in
00:23:37
Scotland, the Scottish Parliament. But Andrew, my
00:23:40
little brother lives and works in London, and he reports for a
00:23:45
Scottish newspaper. So embarrassingly enough when I was
00:23:49
out of work, I think I probably wrote that IMDb biography and
00:23:53
asked my little brother, would you put your name to it, so that
00:23:56
it doesn't look like a biography? Yeah, he's caught me
00:24:02
there. That's so embarrassing.
00:24:02
But yeah, you know me try.
00:24:06
Default, my own information.
00:24:06
Make myself so more interesting than I actually am.
00:24:12
Cameron: As an independent podcast, we can relate. Yeah,
00:24:15
absolutely.
00:24:16
Martin Quinn: Absolutely. No.
00:24:16
self promotion. If
00:24:21
Cameron: nobody else is gonna do it. If we didn't have self
00:24:23
promotion, we'd have no promotion. Yeah, yeah, exactly.
00:24:26
Martin Quinn: For sure, for sure. But I've been caught out
00:24:29
now.
00:24:30
John T Bolds: But we do have great callers. And actually, we
00:24:33
got we got man another handful of calls for you. Let's hear
00:24:36
from Grayson.
00:24:37
Grayson: Hi, Martin. It is so cool to get to talk to you. It
00:24:40
must be so crazy to inhabit a role that holds such a prominent
00:24:46
place in pop culture. I mean, even if somebody doesn't know
00:24:49
Star Trek, they still know the phrase beat me up Scotty. Even
00:24:54
if no one's ever actually said that in trek yet. Anyway,
00:24:58
realizing that you're the first out Next we'll start to play
00:25:01
Scott. He made me think of how in the past, we've had to deal
00:25:04
with Americans doing foreign accents in the movies and TVs
00:25:07
with varying degrees of success like Renee Zellweger and Bridget
00:25:11
Jones diaries and Kevin Costner and Robin Hood Prince of
00:25:15
Thieves. And, of course in trek we had Walter canings Russian
00:25:18
accent is Pavel Chekov and James doing the Scottish burger. But
00:25:22
lately the tables have turned and we're seeing actors from the
00:25:25
UK and Australia starring in movies and TV with American
00:25:28
accents like Matthew Mick Faden, who still shocks me with his
00:25:32
very posh British accent when I only knew him as the Mid
00:25:36
Atlantic board Tom wams gams on succession. So Martin, I think
00:25:42
it would be pure dead.
00:25:42
Brilliant. If you would answer a couple of questions. One, do you
00:25:45
do an American accent? And would you give us a taste? Also, can
00:25:50
you tell us what it sounds like to you? When you hear someone
00:25:53
doing a bad Scottish accent?
00:25:58
Thanks a lot, guys. See you later.
00:26:01
Cameron: Man our callers putting you on the spot
00:26:06
Martin Quinn: to perform, and again very nice word. So Chris,
00:26:10
and thank you so much. Can I do an American accent? Well, yeah,
00:26:17
Ariela I was saying to you guys, I was in Derrick Rose briefly
00:26:21
and I had to do a Canadian accent which I know isn't an
00:26:23
American accent. And and when I first heard the self tape, I
00:26:27
think my agent sent it back and said I hadn't quite quite got it
00:26:30
right. And I just went is nasally as I could, which is
00:26:33
really bad. I think I was like Canadian, it really was not, it
00:26:38
was not good. I think there was potential in there genuinely.
00:26:43
And I think I should go to a vocal or you know, an accent
00:26:48
quote, get it down properly. And especially you know, in order
00:26:53
for me to work in a on Star Trek stringent mode, you have to
00:26:57
become part of the Union. You know, we've got our union in the
00:27:02
UK, which I was a part of, but you know, there was obviously
00:27:04
No, I wasn't part of the American Union because I was
00:27:07
never working in America. So in order to work on St. Newbridge I
00:27:12
became part of sag and so I Yeah, we'd love to work more
00:27:16
over here. Over here Well, I'm not even there at the moment I'm
00:27:19
in the UK over there as far as they would have me that would be
00:27:25
that'd be awesome but yeah mainly to work in it because as
00:27:28
you watch that data goes episode my accent it's not very good.
00:27:32
It's not very good at all. Is it's just nice.
00:27:36
Cameron: Can you say beat me up Scotty and in your American axon
00:27:39
Martin Quinn: it'll be me up Scotty know you guys are similar
00:27:49
in the sounds that we make in that you make like like a lot of
00:27:54
Coronavirus stones that are similar to us. But you know,
00:27:57
Irish people will see I don't know, beautiful, beautiful, you
00:28:01
know, I mean they'll have the D and beautiful and you guys would
00:28:04
have the DMU for so with as we would say beautiful we would go
00:28:08
Oh, so you know but but yeah, the Belfast accent isn't very
00:28:13
far away from the Glasgow accent so like there are stones that
00:28:16
are obviously our sounds ended up morphing with your sounds do
00:28:22
you not I mean at some point so I don't think I think I would
00:28:25
love to work in it and get it a bit more believable so that I'm
00:28:29
not bursting into sweat every time I'm doing it that'd be good
00:28:33
yeah, I'll work on it is basically my answer. And what's
00:28:36
a bad Scottish accent sound like to me yeah the think because
00:28:41
because you guys know that we roll our our sometimes I think
00:28:46
whenever whenever people are doing the Scottish accent they
00:28:49
are all every are that they can find like the mark that
00:28:55
certainly would see my name and you know straight away also they
00:28:58
will see glass ghee instead and they'll go as I'm doing a
00:29:02
Scottish accent. I'm from Glasgow and if you're from
00:29:05
Glasgow, the slang on Glasgow would be glazed so you know
00:29:10
straight away when the seagull is gay your lap guys, so yeah,
00:29:17
it's over rolling up the hours and I think I think make it
00:29:21
painful for us to listen to
00:29:25
Jesse: but you know, that means it too many of us grew up
00:29:27
watching Groundskeeper Willie on this
00:29:30
Martin Quinn: must be what it is. That Exactly. You know James
00:29:34
Dolan is consistent in the sounds that he's making. Like I
00:29:37
feel that you could tune in and you know what I mean? And you
00:29:40
can get used to this groundskeeper well, it you know,
00:29:43
I mean, they're consistent in what they're doing, even if it's
00:29:45
not really in cannon with our voices do not.
00:29:51
John T Bolds: Let's talk a little bit about trek in
00:29:52
general. Did you have a relationship with Star Trek
00:29:56
before you were cast in strange new worlds? Are you a Trekkie?
00:29:59
Martin Quinn: No I will wasn't I'm now getting really into it?
00:30:01
No, of course, because I mean, it's great. And there's so much
00:30:05
to it. And it's kind of never ending and it's, it's, it's
00:30:10
really cool how the callbacks that are working and everything
00:30:12
within strange new worlds. But I wasn't originally tricky. And it
00:30:17
is connected to the accent thing. You know, if you see
00:30:20
someone doing your own accent, and you don't quite buy it, then
00:30:25
I felt nervous or discouraged.
00:30:25
People love Star Trek. Well, I was more excited and assures a
00:30:29
polar representation. Maybe I shouldn't say this, but Ewan
00:30:33
McGregor BNN Star Wars was so cool, because it was a Scottish
00:30:37
person from here. And like, I remember I was I was quite
00:30:41
young, when episode one came out. I think I was like, five or
00:30:44
so. So, you know, I wasn't aware of all the criticisms of episode
00:30:48
one that I'm now aware of,
00:30:51
Cameron: for because you love Jar Jar Binks is what you're
00:30:54
telling us? Yeah,
00:30:55
Martin Quinn: basically, yes.
00:30:55
Because Obi Wan will be was on Scotland was
00:31:04
Unknown: someone from here, and like an American movie.
00:31:09
Martin Quinn: So you know, it shows the power of
00:31:10
representation. And it really can either put your foot really
00:31:16
fit. No, I'm under a tree unconverted promise approach.
00:31:22
Jesse: We try to be mostly just performative with our rivalry
00:31:26
with Star Wars here.
00:31:28
Martin Quinn: Well, yeah, I wasn't sure I can. Yeah, I said
00:31:31
that once before. And I was like, I don't know if I should
00:31:33
say anything about Star Wars.
00:31:33
And then the day the people that were asking the question, were
00:31:36
like, no, no, I love both. So it's fine. So I was just hoping
00:31:39
that there wasn't any pay attention, mostly sidelines of
00:31:42
you. Yeah.
00:31:45
Cameron: Have you auditioned for a new Star Wars shows? No, I
00:31:48
have
00:31:49
Martin Quinn: nothing. No, but there is another Scottish actor
00:31:53
from from Peace. James McCarthy, who was an a&r and land. Yes. So
00:32:00
he was he was on paste when I was in paste, but he was like,
00:32:03
he was at MIT. I think I was like, 12. So he was the guy that
00:32:06
we all looked up to. He was, he was Nm. Obviously, when he was
00:32:11
young, he got into Rada or something like that. And then
00:32:13
you know, I mean, and now he's shot off and done loads of cool
00:32:16
things. And Brian ver nail was in Star Wars as well. And he was
00:32:21
in Star Wars Episode Seven, I think. And I remember someone
00:32:26
saying, and this shows how cynical Scottish people are.
00:32:28
There's a Scottish comedian Lemmy. And he says, he hates the
00:32:31
fact that there was a Scottish guy in Star Wars, this is a
00:32:33
completely to come out. And it just felt like it wasn't. And a
00:32:38
galaxy far, far away. All of a sudden, there was just someone
00:32:41
down the road from was on TV just totally ruined it. I think
00:32:46
he was joking. But I found that very funny. And I think that is
00:32:49
a bit of that kind of self cynicism. And when we hear our
00:32:52
voices aren't on screen a lot.
00:32:52
And when they are, they're often cleaned up and we're hitting our
00:32:56
T's and these really cleanly and so whenever we hear our own
00:33:00
accent on TV, I think we cringe.
00:33:03
I think we're like, ah, wah, that's what we sound like that
00:33:06
sound bite us. And you know, and so we're our own worst enemy,
00:33:09
you know.
00:33:10
Jesse: So speaking of auditioning, we have heard that
00:33:13
the process for strange new worlds is incredibly secretive.
00:33:17
Was there some point during that process that you realized you
00:33:21
were auditioning to be Scotty? I
00:33:24
Martin Quinn: think I in the callback, which was all done
00:33:28
remotely. I think my agents told me who it was, but and then they
00:33:36
were had a pre meeting before the meeting. And they were
00:33:39
saying, Okay, if you have guessed what it is don't lay on
00:33:44
water, as you know, available.
00:33:44
So I was to kind of play it, play it cool. But they were
00:33:50
very, and I think rightfully so.
00:33:54
They didn't want us to know about it, because he didn't want
00:33:56
it to start affecting how we approach the character. You
00:33:59
know, I mean, they were I think Henry Alonzo Myers has talked a
00:34:02
lot about how these characters aren't who they are in the
00:34:06
original series yet. So you know, I mean, they've got that
00:34:09
journey to go. So there's no point reaching for that quite
00:34:12
yet. And you want to bring yourself to the domain and not
00:34:19
kind of handle that too much. So that has been quite fun. I think
00:34:22
it probably would have gotten my head had known when putting in
00:34:26
the self tape what it was that I was in addition for? Yeah,
00:34:31
definitely. I mean, he's so iconic. Jim's doing Lincoln the
00:34:33
way that he plays it and everything. You would start
00:34:36
almost impersonating. Yeah, I don't think it was. Right. I
00:34:40
don't think I would have given my best go. You know,
00:34:42
John T Bolds: we have a caller from our writing from one of our
00:34:45
previous guests and multiple caller. David Jones says, Hey,
00:34:49
Martin, this is David Jones from under the cloak of war episode
00:34:52
as a federation Special Ops soldier. My question is, how did
00:34:57
you feel the first time putting on that ready uniform and
00:35:01
getting to walk in the legendary footsteps of James Doohan and
00:35:04
Simon Pegg. By the way, your performance was brilliant, and I
00:35:07
can't wait to see more of you as Scotty. Ah,
00:35:10
Martin Quinn: that's fairly nice of him. And David Jones has
00:35:13
David Bowie's actual name. He's got divergence.
00:35:16
Cameron: Yes,
00:35:17
John T Bolds: yes it is.
00:35:19
Martin Quinn: He aim. Yeah, it was very cool. I mean, I think I
00:35:23
did I don't really like to conceal fees or pictures of
00:35:25
myself but I think I did send something to my family that digs
00:35:29
it felt mad. It's mainly the delta that makes you go like, Oh
00:35:32
my god is real. And I think that was the moment that I was like,
00:35:37
all right. Wow. And the thing is hidden makeup do such a good job
00:35:42
on your on that show. And I am terrible at looking after
00:35:46
myself. So the cleaned me up so much that I was really like, Oh,
00:35:51
I feel great. Because of the way the I honestly never knew what
00:35:57
to ask when going to the barber or the hairdresser. Until I did
00:36:01
that job. And then after that job, I was 27 at the time, so
00:36:04
it's quite embarrassing to only figure out what hairstyle you
00:36:06
wanted. 27 I was showing that auto still
00:36:10
Cameron: working on it.
00:36:10
Martin Quinn: Oh no, your hair is gray. We talked about you've
00:36:13
got it down. We we go in I got four up from like the makeup
00:36:19
chair of that job in order to then show you know how I want my
00:36:24
hair to be forevermore Northwest second of a point a sideburns
00:36:28
however everything bar that I get. So no, I felt I felt it was
00:36:35
tricky about the suit. Is that there's no pockets? And is yeah,
00:36:41
it means that you've I was painfully aware of that the
00:36:45
first time I put it on I was like oh shit. And also I don't
00:36:49
do I don't have very good posture. So I'm slouched quite a
00:36:52
lot. And you know, there's something about the pads make
00:36:54
you go oh no, I better straighten up a bit straighter.
00:36:56
So I was a wee bit self conscious. I was like, what
00:36:59
they're doing behind who am I going to stand? You know, you
00:37:02
want to do? You don't feel like an iconic beggar? You know, I
00:37:08
mean, you don't feel you look like James doing. But that's
00:37:11
fine. That's the growth of the character, isn't it? He's not
00:37:14
comfortable quite yet. And maybe it will be one day. And that's
00:37:18
how I justify those feelings of insecurity. When I put on this.
00:37:21
We did
00:37:22
Jesse: a side by side after your episode dropped similar angles
00:37:25
between you and doing and I gotta say, I disagree. Man, you
00:37:29
are walking the walk down.
00:37:32
Martin Quinn: Thank you, mate.
00:37:32
Thank you. It is very keen to view maybe it's more than a I
00:37:35
don't know. I feel like whenever you look at yourself, you've got
00:37:38
your own HD vision on you know when I'm also in drama school
00:37:42
that was all I got criticized for was my terrible posture. So
00:37:46
I'm afraid that's all I look for something about the kind of the
00:37:51
big shoulders in the suits make you feel like you're we scrawny
00:37:55
arms look ridiculous. It's like, you know, I mean, if they've
00:37:58
padded out the shoulders, you should at least be hitting the
00:38:00
gym. But I maybe one day, maybe maybe Scott, you will have a six
00:38:04
pack one day. You know what I mean? Just not not this
00:38:11
Cameron: just like a workout montage of Scotty down and
00:38:14
engineering.
00:38:17
Martin Quinn: Exactly. Yeah. How
00:38:18
John T Bolds: long did you have to keep the secret? And did you
00:38:20
have any close calls as far as spilling the beans before that?
00:38:23
That hegemony part one came out?
00:38:25
Martin Quinn: Yeah, I am. I think it was a year I had to
00:38:28
wait roughly. And I yeah, I couldn't even I couldn't even
00:38:35
see like the code name because I feel it that had already been
00:38:38
linked. The people knew what that was. So instead, I had to
00:38:42
come up with my own code name. I think it came up with my own TV
00:38:45
show. I was telling me all this rubbish sci fi that I'm doing.
00:38:49
It's us. It's a rom com. I said that was like a rom com set and
00:38:53
space. I was making up this whole thing because people were
00:38:56
like, Where were you? What were you doing in Toronto? Or just
00:38:59
some rom com SendSpace called Justin and Jane. I don't know
00:39:03
why I was working with a guy called Justin at the time. And I
00:39:06
was like, I'll just quit Justin in June. And I'm not just a no,
00:39:09
I'm not a big part. I'm heartland. I'm in the
00:39:12
background. And then people would stop asking questions,
00:39:14
because they weren't that interested in that. Whereas if
00:39:16
you gave them any hint that it was Star Trek, and then straight
00:39:20
away, they were like, what? So no, I couldn't I lied to quite a
00:39:24
lot of people for the best part of a year. And which was pretty
00:39:27
painful and didn't feel like oh, and then obviously it was the
00:39:31
strike actually, when when it did come out. So I couldn't
00:39:34
actually talk about it even then. So you know, I mean, I was
00:39:36
I was really kind of, I couldn't use it on social media platforms
00:39:40
to kind of, I don't know, boost any profile to get more work.
00:39:44
You know, I mean, I couldn't talk about it and interviews in
00:39:46
order to get more work or anything like that. So it was
00:39:50
frustrating, but yeah, yeah. And then when the thing is, as soon
00:39:55
as the strike ended, we were flown out and we're, you know, I
00:39:58
mean, they're like right back to shore. It was kind of like,
00:40:01
Yeah, didn't get any, any any time to maybe enjoy it here.
00:40:06
John T Bolds: But when that episode aired, you must have
00:40:08
been getting texts and calls and DMS from friends and family on
00:40:12
social media like,
00:40:14
Unknown: tell us Yeah, yeah.
00:40:14
What
00:40:16
John T Bolds: was the did you did you happen to discover any
00:40:19
unknown Trekkies that that are in your friends group?
00:40:21
Martin Quinn: Yes. Quite a few kind of secret lovers of it that
00:40:24
you kind of don't realize they're maybe not completely
00:40:28
open or transparent about that until like I was in it. And then
00:40:31
yeah, it was the people who texted me within a day. I was
00:40:34
like, Oh, wow, you really are.
00:40:34
On top of your strange new worlds. There was like a teacher
00:40:37
from school got in touch, which was really nice. And they kind
00:40:41
of came out of the woodwork some of the some of the Trek fans.
00:40:44
But I was really nervous. I was kind of sick with nerves the
00:40:48
night before. I don't think I slept because I was really
00:40:50
worried about what the fans would think. And I was just
00:40:54
thinking, Oh, God, if they hate me, they will recast me and
00:40:56
they'll just get another guy and for the next season, and no, no
00:41:01
notice a difference. It'll be like, you know, because they did
00:41:03
that. And friends. I think, like, Ross's first way forever,
00:41:05
they just recast her and I was like, that's gonna be I'm gonna
00:41:08
be I'm gonna be Ross's first wife. Oh, my God be Ross's Well,
00:41:11
I was, I was worried. And then it was your kid. My family, it
00:41:16
can reassure me this. They seem to like what I was doing. I kind
00:41:21
of always read my brother's opinions on these things. And my
00:41:24
dad, my dad even said, Are you that good? Which doesn't always
00:41:29
happen? He usually says not really my cup of tea Martin, or
00:41:33
like, a lot of the time he says, You know, I think was late that
00:41:37
night when he said that was an insult to his intelligence. So,
00:41:39
you know, this guy, obviously.
00:41:43
He's dead smart. But, but no, he even said well done. I mean, my
00:41:49
mom always says well done. She's she's very supportive. And my
00:41:53
dad does as well on his own in his own kind of, I don't know
00:41:58
what you'd say subversive way.
00:41:58
But he, he even said, well done.
00:42:03
So I kind of come down a little bit. And fans were really nice.
00:42:06
And some of them reaching out and saying nice things online,
00:42:09
was really honestly made made quite a bit of difference. You
00:42:13
shouldn't really look online just in case they're seen it,
00:42:15
you know, the opposite. But it doesn't make a difference in
00:42:18
Star Trek. What I realized as well was how lovely Star Trek
00:42:21
fans are like that also, kind and like really entered the
00:42:25
whole thing and supportive and, you know, I'm sure the do have
00:42:28
the criticisms and reservations about stuff. But then also, I
00:42:32
don't know, they seem really, really positive. And it was, it
00:42:35
was really nice. Yeah,
00:42:36
Jesse: we found through our experience on this show. Most
00:42:39
folks, if they're gonna go to the effort to share their love
00:42:42
of Star Trek are going to keep positive because it seems I
00:42:46
mean, the show itself, right is about remembering your humanity
00:42:49
and things like Yeah, and it feels like that really filters
00:42:51
down into the fandom. So yeah.
00:42:51
All right. Well, let's move into some questions specifically
00:42:55
about your episode from season two, hegemony. So I just got to
00:42:59
ask, what's the first thing that comes to mind when you think
00:43:04
about filming your first episode? I mean, you're standing
00:43:07
in front of the crew of the Enterprise. Like, what was that
00:43:10
feeling? Like? Oh,
00:43:14
Martin Quinn: it was so weird, because I've watched them all.
00:43:16
I'd watched all the episodes before I came on the show. So
00:43:19
then, when you would act and you're like, oh my god, am I
00:43:22
acting just now? Or am I just like watching TV? Like that's
00:43:24
what it felt like? Like I was. I was, I was really worried that I
00:43:28
had a glazed look because I was just obviously just looking at
00:43:31
Anson like, Oh my God, that's Captain Paik. That's not also
00:43:36
because I started watching legacy I was really playing
00:43:39
catch up with watching some of their original CDs and also
00:43:41
watching Stranger worlds watching the relevant episodes
00:43:44
of discovery. You know them hey, can Spock appeared. And so I was
00:43:49
watching a lot of stuff and a dead nearly call Captain pate
00:43:53
Captain Kirk a few times because I was just like, it just other I
00:43:58
just, you know, it's got such a good ring to it, doesn't it? And
00:44:03
he is such a like, I don't know what you guys think. But I just
00:44:07
think he's such a captain. He's such a like, I think Paik is
00:44:11
just, yeah, he just exudes that.
00:44:11
Oh, you know, when you're acting with them. You're like, Oh,
00:44:15
Captain Kirk. I mean, Paik sorry, you become a bumbling
00:44:18
mess. Because, you know, he looks like he's got it all
00:44:23
together. And
00:44:25
Cameron: that leads very nicely into our callers question how
00:44:28
you prepared? Yeah.
00:44:29
Unknown: Hi, I'm Pat Knight. And hi, Martin Lewis. This is
00:44:32
Melanie from Germany. But I want to tell you that you did a great
00:44:36
job playing Scottie. I like your scenes with pillion, the way the
00:44:39
two of you met on the Enterprise was terrific. I love the banter
00:44:43
and the way I look chastised, it reminded me of the discussions I
00:44:46
had and still have with my teenage daughter. I enjoyed it a
00:44:50
lot. I also help her see much more Scott in the third season.
00:44:54
So how does it feel to be the first risk Scotsman to play your
00:44:57
our beloved Scottie? You do have some big shoes to fill. How did
00:45:01
you prepare for the role? And we use your own accent for scoring.
00:45:05
I can distinguish between accents, but I'm still curious.
00:45:08
Please tell us more wide. Thanks for everything and live long and
00:45:12
prosper. Again,
00:45:14
Martin Quinn: though very, very keen words. As we know a bit
00:45:17
like really keen sans isn't everyone just seems so
00:45:20
supportive? And how's it feel to be the first actual Scotsman to
00:45:25
play Scott? Uh, yeah, no, we I'm really glad. You know, the last
00:45:28
two were Scottish. I'm so glad.
00:45:28
And equate league being different, you know, I guess
00:45:34
like people asking, oh, you must be proud to be Scottish. And I
00:45:37
mean, it's a weird thing, isn't it? Because like, you don't
00:45:40
really think about being from where you're from like, and you
00:45:42
know, being proud to be Scottish is like, you didn't do anything.
00:45:46
You just weren't born somewhere.
00:45:52
But I like being different as the key thanks. So I have Irish
00:45:56
grandparents, and I just got Irish citizenship. And, you
00:45:59
know, I used to spend my summers over in Ireland, and with my
00:46:04
grandparents, and I loved being the Scottish guy amongst the
00:46:07
Irish people. But then whenever I was home, I loved like in
00:46:11
Glasgow, Paisley. Sorry, I should say, I loved being half
00:46:15
Irish. And Paisley. Do you know what I mean? Like I like being a
00:46:19
little bit different. There's loads of people with Irish
00:46:22
grandparents. And so you know, I do love being the first Scotsman
00:46:26
to play squash because it's a little bit different from the
00:46:29
other ones. That's kind of my point. And interest learn off in
00:46:32
the summers and Ireland, I did use my cousins, and the boys my
00:46:36
age used to call me Scotty, when I was over there. It'd be Scott,
00:46:41
a dude for the highlands and all that stuff. When I would play
00:46:45
football with them, but in, in how did that prepare for it? And
00:46:50
did I use my own accent? So yes, I, I used more accent. I think I
00:46:55
definitely was hitting my t's a little bit more than I would
00:46:59
normally hit my T's. However, and I'm not sure how much I'm
00:47:04
allowed to say about the next season at all. So I don't want
00:47:08
to get into any problems born
00:47:09
John T Bolds: out here to get anybody in trouble, like, Yeah,
00:47:11
but it was just that I've noticed
00:47:14
Martin Quinn: that and it might be me trying to relax on set.
00:47:17
But I am going more broad than I really should be this. I feel
00:47:24
like I've been, I don't know, in an attempt to maybe meet the
00:47:28
character or whatever. I've ended up talking a bit more
00:47:30
broad than I usually would you know what I mean? And it's just
00:47:33
like, I don't know, I feel like I'm maybe I'm maybe going too
00:47:37
far with that. And I need to maybe pull it back with some
00:47:40
teas. I'll be interested to hear feedback from the next season if
00:47:45
people think that I am, if they can understand me at all, or if
00:47:50
I've ruined that by being too native. If it's just too close
00:47:54
to like, a real Scottish accent, you know. And we'll just we'll
00:47:59
just see.
00:48:00
Cameron: That would be funny if one of the characters on Star
00:48:02
Trek that you just can't understand is a human from
00:48:05
Earth. Universal traveler just can't figure him out. I
00:48:09
Martin Quinn: know. I know. But you know, let me and then
00:48:12
Scottish comedian that I keep talking about. He talks about
00:48:14
that and how he would make Scottish comedy for London
00:48:17
producers. And he would say we need to make it maybe, you know,
00:48:20
pare back the accent. And he's like that's crazy that Londoners
00:48:24
are asking us to do that.
00:48:24
They're not that far away. And yet we have Home and Away and
00:48:27
neighbors on our TV. And no one's asking them to change
00:48:30
their accent. Everyone's understand that's the other side
00:48:34
of the world. And that Yeah, I do wonder if it will be too too
00:48:37
broad to
00:48:41
Unknown: Yeah, yeah, I don't know. We'll just see.
00:48:44
Martin Quinn: I hope people can understand. I'm sure
00:48:46
Cameron: I have a lot of time.
00:48:46
Yes. Yeah,
00:48:48
Jesse: I'm I'm not worried about that even a little bit.
00:48:50
Martin Quinn: So well. Good.
00:48:50
Thanks, guys. So
00:48:54
Jesse: you took your first steps into this huge franchise and you
00:48:59
immediately share a scene with an iconic actor and Carol Kane
00:49:03
as commander in pelea. Did she have any advice on delivering
00:49:07
sci fi jargon as an engineer character or is like whimsical
00:49:11
dialogue something you're familiar with from your time on
00:49:14
stage?
00:49:15
Martin Quinn: Boy, yeah, I don't know. I mean, she Yes, she does
00:49:18
it so well. I feel and she you know, she's really does that
00:49:22
size with the truth that was talking about earlier. So Well,
00:49:25
like I just watch her and I'm just kind of like, No, I saw an
00:49:29
interview with Colm meany. And he says whenever he's got really
00:49:31
difficult engineering or not engineering, but science jargon,
00:49:35
he turns his back to the camera so that you can just add it in
00:49:38
EDR and I was like, oh my god, that is genius.
00:49:45
Jesse: Watching for that, no, no, no.
00:49:47
Martin Quinn: I don't know. If she passed on particular advice.
00:49:51
She definitely put me at ease law and set. What I think is
00:49:55
great about her as just before takes she just like, is warm.
00:50:00
and making sounds and it's just like, honestly, it just gets to
00:50:03
your head. She's, well, let's go. You know, I mean, and like,
00:50:09
totally ease and you know, I see that not to mock at all I see it
00:50:13
as an like, that's what I needed, you know. And then
00:50:17
because when I mean she's like she's done some amazing work and
00:50:23
worked with some huge names you don't get any bigger than the
00:50:28
names she's worked with. And they, it was nice seeing how she
00:50:32
copes in those situations. And I was like, Okay, it's doable is
00:50:37
manageable. It's not impossible.
00:50:37
I remember. I remember when Melanie Stefano and Anson mount
00:50:41
had the first day on set was a scene because we don't always
00:50:47
film it and you know, when sequence was with them, and
00:50:49
seeing them mess up, Elaine, and go, and just go back calmly, and
00:50:53
just go again. Well, honestly, I was straight away. I was like,
00:50:58
Oh, this is fine. This is fine.
00:51:01
Like, this is okay. It's not.
00:51:01
It's not you don't get it right.
00:51:06
You This is gonna be okay. And it was great to watch them make
00:51:10
mistakes. You know what I mean?
00:51:10
Kara was so humble. That it makes you think, oh, okay, Ray.
00:51:15
She's so humble. And you know, she seems so human. When she's
00:51:21
talking to you about it. You're like, right, normal people can
00:51:23
do it. Great. That's fine. You know, I mean, she's got all my
00:51:26
issues. I'm not sure about this, and I'm not sure about that. And
00:51:29
I'm not great. I'm not sure about everything I'm doing as
00:51:31
well, bro in Okay, right? That's if you're worrying about it,
00:51:35
then then and you're doing amazingly then Okay. being
00:51:38
worried about it doesn't mean that you're doing it wrong. So
00:51:42
you're not I mean, does that make sense? That makes
00:51:45
Jesse: sense. Right? Yeah.
00:51:45
That's fantastic. So that actually leads really well into
00:51:48
our caller, Abby's question, who wants to know a little bit about
00:51:53
those nasty Gorn?
00:51:56
Abby from First Flight: Hey, this is Abby, summer from the
00:51:58
first flight podcast. Martin, so nice to get to speak with you.
00:52:02
As somebody who loves both puppetry and Star Trek, I was
00:52:06
wondering if you could speak a little bit about working with
00:52:09
the young Gorn and the puppetry that went into it and what that
00:52:13
was like for both you and if you heard anything from the other
00:52:17
people that you got to work with, with the puppets, and what
00:52:20
they thought about it, because dang Goren puppets are
00:52:23
beautiful. hope this finds all of you well.
00:52:26
Martin Quinn: How was working with it? Oh, yeah. So I re I'm
00:52:29
trying to remember notice it was like two years ago, nearly when
00:52:33
we shot that, well,
00:52:34
Cameron: I want to rewatch the scene, you're definitely in a
00:52:36
scene with Gordon puppets. But I don't know if you're in the same
00:52:38
shot. So
00:52:39
Martin Quinn: I don't know if I'm, I shoot. Yeah, that's a
00:52:42
very good point. I don't think I was in the same show as them,
00:52:47
they definitely showed me it.
00:52:47
And give me a kind of
00:52:52
Unknown: an idea about it.
00:52:54
Martin Quinn: They've got an amazing team, they've got this
00:52:56
great SFX team, special effects.
00:52:56
And man, they're so good.
00:53:01
They're like, I think they meant assured me. And then we had to
00:53:06
just place in our main day where it was, it was going to be doing
00:53:09
a lot of jumping. A lot of what I assume was post production
00:53:14
jump. And you know, I mean, I don't know if it's CGI in it or
00:53:17
whatever. So that felt crazy, because I was jumping away from
00:53:23
like, I was just trying to be like, like, I don't know, have a
00:53:26
reflex to something that isn't there at all. But a that's what
00:53:31
acting is half the time, isn't it? And you'd be better asking.
00:53:36
Well, it's not the baby gone.
00:53:36
But did Ethan not have a scene with a bag daddy gone? And I am
00:53:40
such an idiot. They asked me if I wanted to come on and see
00:53:46
them. felner and zero space or whatever. And I think I had to
00:53:51
leave to do another job really quickly. So I didn't jump. But
00:53:56
they had like stone this guy Neil who does a stunt and he's
00:53:59
amazing man. Then they had like a massive guy and a massive
00:54:04
Gordon sir. And then I really wish I really feel like I missed
00:54:09
an opportunity. I'm hoping that we come up against the golden at
00:54:12
some point so that we can just can revisit all that.
00:54:17
Cameron: Scotty versus the Gorn
00:54:19
Martin Quinn: got terrified, terrified.
00:54:22
John T Bolds: Fantastic. All right. Well, we have our final
00:54:24
caller of the evening, our good friend Newman,
00:54:27
Newman: Haldeman, Pike night it's Newman from the movies for
00:54:29
days podcast. Evidently I'm really enamored with your guests
00:54:33
because this is the third time I've started recording this I
00:54:35
always talk too long. Martin Quinn, you are giving such an
00:54:40
outstanding performance as the new Scotty I am so charmed I am
00:54:44
so taken I cannot wait to see more of you. I would love it if
00:54:48
we got to see a lot more with you. And Carol Kane, I know
00:54:51
you're not allowed to tell me that. I thought it would be
00:54:54
great to have this sort of older younger vibe. The two of you
00:54:57
have such a fun chemistry in that one scene. Meanwhile, she
00:55:00
says that you were one of her most brilliant students with the
00:55:04
worst test scores. I can't remember who on what pod said
00:55:08
that line made no sense. I disagree. That line is
00:55:11
brilliant. If you're an educator, if you were a kid who
00:55:14
is really smart, but didn't know how to confine themselves to the
00:55:17
rules of assignments that I think you can get with that
00:55:21
vibe. I also think there's something brilliant you're doing
00:55:24
with this guy where he's like, almost a polite, slightly
00:55:28
apologetic genius, instead of being like a condescending or
00:55:32
snide genius that we sometimes get in these sorts of
00:55:35
characters. So I'm just so excited to see more. And if
00:55:41
you're allowed to tell us, are they planning to sever your
00:55:43
finger on the show? That was my wife's question. Okay, love you
00:55:48
guys really new in the space to be out?
00:55:51
Cameron: I hadn't even thought of that. But yeah, that's a good
00:55:53
point that we might see that happen.
00:55:55
Martin Quinn: And no, I don't also really chuffed he was
00:55:58
saying, Sorry, I talked to him because I do exactly that. So it
00:56:02
makes me feel better here than someone else had that had that
00:56:04
plug in. I've done off the plan to sever my finger on the shirt.
00:56:08
You know, I did bring it up, actually. And meeting with one
00:56:11
of the producers so I mean, I wasn't giving it they don't give
00:56:15
me any info either. That's the thing. I think they know that I
00:56:18
would talk too much and that I would leave things so they keep
00:56:21
me is in the dark as possible. I would love that hope it wouldn't
00:56:26
be too and not to bring them up again. I hope it wouldn't be too
00:56:29
Anakin Skywalker, you know, I mean, like Luke Skywalker, I
00:56:32
hope it will be too. But maybe I shouldn't a finger. It's not
00:56:36
full hand. It's not an arm.
00:56:36
Yeah, maybe. I mean, I would love that.
00:56:41
John T Bolds: But yeah, but you could give the same reaction and
00:56:43
everybody's like, Oh, just a finger
00:56:49
Cameron: episode of like, like Scotty doing these amazing
00:56:52
things and fighting the gourd and dealing with like warp cores
00:56:55
and people keep thinking he's getting injured, but he doesn't.
00:56:58
And then at the very end, just like accidentally cuts it off
00:57:00
cutting bread or something. And
00:57:01
Martin Quinn: oh, well, I know.
00:57:01
That's what I'm wondering. Oh, so I'll probably just be catches
00:57:03
it in a way or something like that. Like I don't even know.
00:57:08
Cameron: Because, oh, by the way, no big deal. What hand
00:57:11
Martin Quinn: does it do you know what Jim's doing most on?
00:57:14
Jesse: As it was his right hand was not sure. No.
00:57:18
Martin Quinn: It was and what what? World War Two, something
00:57:20
like that? I don't know. Yeah.
00:57:20
Cuz I know someone that had. My friend's dad had lost it. He was
00:57:24
a policeman. And because of his ring finger, he was jumping over
00:57:27
a fence that caught and I didn't know.
00:57:33
John T Bolds: So I didn't know it was it was normally it was
00:57:35
not he was the last of all storming the beaches.
00:57:39
Martin Quinn: Oh my god. How does that how does that even
00:57:42
happen to get shorted? Oh my god, crazy.
00:57:47
Cameron: Do some research.
00:57:48
Martin Quinn: I know. I know. A uh, yeah, I wonder I'm the only
00:57:51
thing is I wonder if once they do it, and he probably turn up
00:57:55
to like prosthetics every day for another hour. You know what
00:57:58
I mean? And so that's, that's your only worry. But AI am game
00:58:02
for anything to know me. And I'm also going to try and bring back
00:58:05
the Scottie mustache at some point, you know, I mean, they're
00:58:08
not gyms do him that young him that never had that. But I don't
00:58:13
know my girlfriend likes me with a mustache. So I'll get that and
00:58:17
talk
00:58:18
Cameron: to Dan Shinoda about how to how to get the mustache
00:58:20
onto the SAM curve.
00:58:22
Martin Quinn: Well, he looks so good. And Attash though. Do you
00:58:24
know I mean, he's he's got to date us. Oh, yeah. I think he
00:58:27
would look good no matter what facial hair you put in. And you
00:58:29
know, I mean, it's done. He's one. God. He and
00:58:33
Jesse: He saved that because they asked him to have one for
00:58:36
the audition. And then for the pilot came back. They were like,
00:58:40
Oh, you've still got it. And he was like, Yeah, I thought
00:58:42
that's, you know, what the character had. So we're really
00:58:46
happy that that stuck. We are definitely a pro facial hair
00:58:49
podcast. Absolutely. So yeah,
00:58:52
Martin Quinn: I would love that.
00:58:53
Jesse: I just have one last question for me. You did a
00:58:57
really really stellar job as a lot of our as a lot of our
00:59:01
callers have noticed balancing Scotties wit with focus
00:59:05
determination and you know that humility, what's something that
00:59:09
you feel that you are uniquely suited to bring to the character
00:59:14
of Scotty
00:59:14
Martin Quinn: Oh, oh, god that's maybe the hardest question that
00:59:21
I could uniquely Bray other than the authentic accent and
00:59:26
Unknown: I don't know Do you know I don't know. I think the
00:59:31
thing is
00:59:33
Martin Quinn: because he's not he becomes I think that an
00:59:38
element of innocence and to the thing is I'm trying to make them
00:59:42
as three dimensional as possible. And you know, a
00:59:46
remember and being referred to as a doer feasts caught that was
00:59:50
when I was first reading up about it. And so I do want to
00:59:55
bring a camera Ratty. Grumpy say though it points. Do you know
01:00:00
what I mean? Like, I think that's really important that
01:00:03
there's a hawk would just stop that, you know what I mean? Like
01:00:05
something like, but also there's an essence say to him, which is
01:00:12
new to things, and he's overwhelmed. And there. I know,
01:00:17
that sounds really vague, but I feel like I could bring those
01:00:20
shades into at different points.
01:00:20
I mean, God's sake, we're so three dimensional art by
01:00:24
ourselves, you know, I mean, you don't think of yourself as it's
01:00:27
just one shade. So I'm hoping I get to explore both that that
01:00:31
kind of innocence, but also the grumpy side at different
01:00:34
different ways. I hope those don't sound too contradictory,
01:00:37
though. And when I'm seeing them, I just I would love to
01:00:40
explore both of those. And then I think it could do them well,
01:00:44
but also, it would, I think it would ruin them quite a bit.
01:00:49
Unknown: And, yeah, I love it. Yeah,
01:00:51
Jesse: we have complete faith in you. So
01:00:53
Martin Quinn: Oh, thank you, I really appreciate it. A
01:00:56
suitcase, and they have the colors. And it's a it's really
01:01:02
good of use because, you know, it does mean a lot you kind of
01:01:05
like, you know, largely done a lot of theater, bits of TV work.
01:01:09
But you know, it means a lot that the fans are pleased with
01:01:12
these things. And because it gives you confidence to keep
01:01:15
trying things out and just you know, amend and keep exploring,
01:01:18
so no means a lot. Thank you so much to all the callers. Thank
01:01:23
you. And
01:01:23
John T Bolds: Martin Quinn opened bike night is an open mic
01:01:26
night theme podcast. Did you prepare a joke for us to Oh, no.
01:01:30
Martin Quinn: That low? No, I didn't. But I have one in my
01:01:32
back pocket that you won't understand. All right. Well, you
01:01:35
won't understand that. It said a Scottish accent is my dad's
01:01:38
favorite joke. And it is. Did you hear about the lonely
01:01:42
prisoner? He was any sale? No, you wouldn't understand that at
01:01:46
all. That's self and overaction.
01:01:46
As sale you'll you drop the F on it. So did you hear about the
01:01:54
lonely prisoner? It was any sales it was any sale but also C
01:01:57
E LL. It's not quite as fun if you have to explain it.
01:02:08
Any funny in the first place, but he's a very keen Thank you.
01:02:14
Cameron: Well, then the other ask is we've tiptoed around
01:02:17
Season Three a little bit, is there a single word you can give
01:02:19
us to tease us about season three, that kind of context
01:02:22
means nothing. But when we watch season three, we'll go ah,
01:02:26
Martin, I
01:02:27
Martin Quinn: suppose my word would be. I'm so nervous in case
01:02:30
I mess it up. But I'll then to see if that comes up. Just see
01:02:36
if that comes up. Okay,
01:02:38
Cameron: I like these words that you have to do like research on
01:02:40
you're like, what is that?
01:02:40
What's that mean?
01:02:42
Unknown: Yeah.
01:02:43
Jesse: Thank you so much, Martin. This has been a delight
01:02:46
for us. This is going to be a great episode. We really
01:02:49
appreciate your time.
01:02:50
Martin Quinn: No, no worries at all. Thank you so much. And you
01:02:52
know, you can take any credit and and then and then thank you
01:02:56
so much. Sorry, I ramble like mad. So I probably was making
01:02:59
zero sales. But I appreciate the table. Now
01:03:02
Cameron: that was a great chat.
01:03:02
Thank you.
01:03:03
John T Bolds: Thank you once again to Martin Quinn for
01:03:06
spending time with open pike night and answering your callers
01:03:09
questions. That was I gotta say thank you callers. Those are
01:03:14
great questions. And we you through for loop a couple times.
01:03:18
Good work.
01:03:19
Jesse: Definitely one of our more physically animated guests.
01:03:22
I you know, sometimes I wish we we did the whole video podcast
01:03:26
thing, but I think having it be audio only really helps guests
01:03:29
relax and get into their flow and rhythm. But man, Martin was
01:03:33
having a ton of fun. And I think that will absolutely come across
01:03:37
in the recording. Yeah. And and, and God isn't season three.
01:03:44
Yeah. I mean, he has to be, at least in that first episode, but
01:03:48
it sounds like we've got plenty to look forward to. I'm
01:03:52
Cameron: hoping Newman's theory is right. I think it was Newman
01:03:54
who? Who says that they're both in it. And that's kind of like a
01:03:58
mentor mentee relationship for season three before.
01:04:01
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01:04:04
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call meanie delivers technobabble if he turns us back
01:05:35
to the camera. Now, I don't know if you notice this, but it seems
01:05:40
to be pronounced column meaning Oh, the accurate Well, I feel
01:05:45
like I'd just be culturally appropriating if I tried to
01:05:49
pronounce it Yeah, like Martin was I can not roll my car so I
01:05:54
cannot do that over
01:05:57
John T Bolds: my arm. Yeah.
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