George Takei Joins AMC’s ‘The Terror’ Season 2 As Consultant & Series Regular
Legendary ‘Star Trek’ actor George Takei will be joining Season 2 of AMC drama ‘The Terror‘, not only as an actor, but also to serve as a consultant on the anthology series.
The renowned actor, producer, author and activist will join the Ridley Scott-produced drama as the 2nd Season moves the show to focus on World War II. The story centres on a series of bizarre deaths that haunt a Japanese-American community, as a young man’s journey to understand and combat the malevolent entity responsible. Season 2 is co-created and executive produced by Alexander Woo (‘True Blood’) and Max Borenstein (‘Kong: Skull Island’, ‘Godzilla’). Woo also serves as showrunner.
Made famous for his role as Hikaru Sulu in the legendary science fiction series ‘Star Trek’, George Takei’s career spans more than six decades in film, television and the stage. As a child, Takei was imprisoned in two Japanese-American internment camps after the outbreak of World War II. His personal experience and knowledge of this chapter in U.S. history led him to become a leading figure and activist for social justice. As a consultant, Takei will work closely with the executive producers to ensure the accuracy of historical events and storytelling. On the acting side, he will play Yamato-san, a former fishing captain and community elder.
Takei joins Derek Mio, who leads the series as Chester Nakayama, a young Japanese-American that leaves the bubble of his community to join the army. Additional casting includes Kiki Sukezane (‘Lost in Space’) as Yuko, a mysterious woman from Chester’s past; Miki Ishikawa (‘9-1-1’) as Amy, a Nakayama family friend; Shingo Usami (‘Unbroken’) as Henry Nakayama, Chester’s father; and Naoko Mori (‘Everest’) as Asako Nakayama, Chester’s mother.
‘The Terror‘ Season 2 will premiere in 2019 on AMC UK.
