Star Trek: Enterprise's Jolene Blalock had a funny mishap involving her belly button piercing during the filming of the series premiere.
Summary
- Jolene Blalock's belly button piercing caused a mishap during the filming of Star Trek: Enterprise's premiere.
- Blalock hasn't played T'Pol since the show ended in 2005 and has retired from acting.
- Fans hope to see Blalock return as T'Pol, even if it's in a voice acting role for an animated Star Trek series.
Star Trek: Enterprise director James L. Conway recalls a funny story about an on-set mishap involving Jolene Blalock and her belly button piercing during the filming of the series premiere. Conway directed Enterprise's two-hour pilot, "Broken Bow," and he was largely responsible for the look and tone of the Star Trek prequel series. As T'Pol, the NX-01 Enterprise's Vulcan Science Officer, Blalock was an integral and popular member of Star Trek: Enterprise's cast.
Appearing on The Shuttlepod Show, James L. Conway told hosts Connor Trinneer, Dominic Keating, Erica LaRose, and Mark Cartier about the challenges of casting T'Pol until Jolene Blalock joined Star Trek: Enterprise. Conway then recounted directing the infamous decontamination scene in Enterprise's premiere, and what happened when they found out Blalock had a very un-Vulcan-like piercing in her navel. Read his quote and watch the video of The Shuttlepod Show below:
I do remember one funny story, and that is, I think, before the scene when you guys have to go in the decontamination [chamber], she was getting undressed, and she had a piercing in her belly button. And nobody on the makeup crew could get it out. So they took her to Hollywood Boulevard to one of the piercing shops. And she was in full makeup! And here’s the kicker: the people who brought her there and back said nobody in the shop said a word about how she looked.
What Happened To Jolene Blalock & Will She Return To Star Trek?
Blalock hasn't played T'Pol since Enterprise ended in 2005.
After Star Trek: Enterprise's controversial series finale in 2005, Jolene Blalock took guest-starring roles in TV series like House, CSI: Miami, and Legend of the Seeker, and she starred in the films Shadow Puppets and Killing Frisco. Blalock's final acting role was 2017's A Man for Every Month. After marrying Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino and having 3 sons, Jolene Blalock retired from acting. She has not played T'Pol or made any Star Trek TV or movie appearances since 2005, and Blalock is also not active on the Star Trek convention circuit.
Jolene Blalock walked the red carpet at Star Trek Day 2021, fueling the rumors she could come back as T'Pol, but that return hasn't happened.
However, T'Pol remains popular and ranks high among the best Vulcan characters in Star Trek. Jolene Blalock reprising T'Pol in one of the current Star Trek on Paramount+ series is a wish of countless Star Trek fans. Even if Jolene doesn't want to play T'Pol again in live action, it would be relatively easy for her to voice T'Pol in a guest starring role in the animated Star Trek: Lower Decks or Star Trek: Prodigy if either series could conjure a way for T'Pol to appear. In that case, it also wouldn't matter as it did on Star Trek: Enterprise if Jolene Blalock has a belly button piercing.
Star Trek: Enterprise is available to stream on Paramount+.
Source: The Shuttlepod Show
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Star Trek: Enterprise
- Cast:
- Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating
- Release Date:
- 2005-05-13
- Seasons:
- 4
- Genres:
- Sci-Fi
- Story By:
- brannon braga
- Writers:
- Brannon Braga
- Streaming Service(s):
- Netflix, Paramount+
- Franchise(s):
- Star Trek
- Directors:
- Brannon Braga
- Showrunner:
- Brannon Braga
