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   Enterprise Seeing Green   
      
   Bobbi Sue Luther, who plays a green Orion slave girl in an upcoming episode   
   of Star Trek: Enterprise, told SCI FI Wire that she had fun bringing back   
   an iconic alien species not seen since the original series. "I felt really   
   honored to be on the set that day," Luther said in an interview. "And   
   everybody really gave me props because it was the first time in 30 years   
   that they've seen a girl like me. So everyone was really excited about   
   that."   
      
   The race was first introduced in the pilot episode of the original Star   
   Trek series, "The Cage," and memorably reprised by Susan Oliver in the   
   later episode "When Gods Destroy." Luther said that her character is   
   reminiscent of the Orion slave girls of the past. "[The producers] wanted   
   the original feel to my character," Luther said. "That kind of animalistic,   
   predatory nature. I feed off of men."   
      
   The landmark episode, titled "Borderland," will also show male Orions for   
   the first time. "Orion males are slave traders," Luther said. "They're   
   green and they're huge and they've got piercings. They're really   
   magnificent-looking creatures. There was The Big Show [aka Paul Wight], a   
   wrestler. These guys are six, seven feet tall. They're just enormous. And   
   then you have little me next to them."   
      
   For the role, Luther was airbrushed with multiple coats of green makeup, an   
   arduous process that took nearly five hours. But it was nothing new for the   
   model-turned-actress. "My fiance is a creature effects guy, so he's made me   
   up before," she said. "A lot of people on the set were like, 'Oh, this must   
   be new to you.' And it wasn't. So that was cool. I'm familiar with the   
   process of airbrushing and prosthetics and things like that. I had no   
   prosthetics on, myself. I was wigged, I had beauty makeup on and a lot of   
   green makeup on my body. ... But it really was so much fun and I really   
   would do it every single day. It's a little different than just putting on   
   a little foundation, but it's definitely well worth it."   
      
   A relative newcomer to acting, Luther said the cast and crew were very   
   accommodating and made her feel welcome on the set. "I just want to thank   
   all the cast members and crew members who were on the set that day for all   
   their support and the things they taught me and how wonderful it was," she   
   said. "It's not easy being green, but it's really easy being on Star Trek."   
   The new season of Star Trek Enterprise premieres Friday, Oct. 8, at 8 p.m.   
   ET/PT. "Borderland" is scheduled to air Oct. 29.   
      
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