Bush admitted that, as an actor, the most fun one can have is when one is stretching. In her view, a dark, difficult character moment will be more satisfying to play than, say, something light and whimsical.
“I think as a performer myself, the ones that are the most challenging emotionally are the ones that are most enjoyable, actually. It’s where there’s the most to be found artistically and there’s a lot of that in (‘Under the Cloak of War’). I loved doing (this episode) with Babs. It was one of my favorites from the entire two seasons. And working with Jeff Byrd, he’s incredible. He’s really … he’s an actor’s director. He’s really, really, really wonderful. And I think he made us both feel really safe to find the truth of that episode. Yeah, I think that stretched me and stretched Chapel a lot, that experience.”
Byrd is a TV director whose career started back in the 1990s with music videos for acts like Xscape, Shug, and Naughty By Nature. He also previously helmed an episode of “Star Trek: Discovery.”
Olusanmokun agrees with Bush that “Under the Cloak of War” was the most intense, most emotional episode he worked on. The episode’s climax involves a dark confession from his character, as well as a shocking act of violence that is out-of-character for “Star Trek.” Most importantly, though, Olusanmokun appreciated the scene’s dark emotional truth. He said:
“I would say likewise. Discovering or revealing the vulnerability of a character is … There’s always something and it’s always a challenge, but revealing it truthfully is also a bigger challenge. And if one can get to it, if one can make something of it, it is very rewarding. Yeah, it is a part of the work that I embrace very much also.”
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