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Through conditioning and a personality overlay of sorts, hes ingratiated himself into the crew of Discovery.
I spoke with Latif about Tylers vulnerability and what to expect in the finale.
Is that correct?Yeah, yeah.
We knew it was going to a double character.
I just wanted to see to it he wasnt a classic rogue American action hero.
She ends up cradling me.
Just making sure we sort of reversed those [expectations] every time.
In those scenes, Tyler is usually very weak.
Hes a very skilled security officer.
You know, just wrestling with emotions, which is more exciting to watch, I think.
Because theyre the outcasts.
They need each other.
They were each others tethers.
And both are equally justifiable, so you know, its tragic that one has to give.
That was an intense one to film.
That was very hard.
There was something nice about that scene because theyre still trying to keep up appearances.
Theres a scene coming up in the last episode that I really enjoyed.
It was one of our last scenes and I thought it was very beautiful.
Hopefully, it plays out like that.
I want to see it, find out how I did.
It was fun to film.
To go back a little bit to the sexual-assault story line.
In his mind, its sexual assault.
So, to play it both is very weird and interesting because you dont normally get to do that.
But to explore adds another layer for an actor and for the story line.
Gay story lines, powerful female figures, people of different races and creeds are always at the forefront.
Three women, one man, which you rarely see.
Which is way more than 50-50 casting, you know.
Its always at the forefront of these things.
Again, for me, this is how I see the world, so for me, its normal.
I was brought up by my mother, a single mother.
A strong powerful woman.
Loads of Asian aunties, and this is how I was brought up, how I see the world.
Im from London, which is a very multicultural place.
Producers, directors, people who make shows.
They need to catch up with how the world is for us, and its slowly happening.
He hasnt really spoken up until that point he says, Ill light the fire.
He has to push through the back, and I just wanted to get that.
And Tyler has an aspect of that.
I wanted to bleed that into his American accent.
There are only really a few episodes left this season.
I want to have made them feel something.
[Also that] its okay to be weak, its okay to open up.
Its okay to speak and its okay to be around a strong woman.
Its sort of like a strange love story.
Its from these Skype conversations, you’ve got the option to see the transcriptions.
I felt like I had control of it, see where it was and wasnt.
Its coming out at the Berlin Film Festival.
Were going to world premiere there on February 17.
Im quite excited about that.
This interview has been edited and condensed.
