{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/63fbda2dd6d5970011162b42/6a1e4180c1105f0d112c2fa4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Thursdeighties Episode 29: Star Trek at 60 with Doug Drexler, Part I","description":"<p><em>\"Life moves pretty fast...\" - </em>and on the 29th episode of the Thursdeighties podcast, I talk to Academy Award winner Doug Drexler, whose career has moved at warp speed since the day he decided to pursue his dream of working in movies and television.</p><p><br></p><p>Doug's story begins where so many great eighties stories do — with passion, hustle, and a dream that everyone else probably thought was crazy. Trained under makeup master Dick Smith, Drexler worked his way through some of the decade's most iconic films, from <em>The Hunger</em> and <em>Starman</em> to <em>Manhunter</em> and <em>Fatal Attraction</em>. Then came <em>Dick Tracy, </em>and with it, an Oscar, a BAFTA, and a Saturn Award for his jaw-dropping character makeup on the film's rogues' gallery.</p><p><br></p><p>But for Doug, the real dream was always Star Trek. From letter-writing superfan in the late 60s to designing the iconic Enterprise NX-01 herself in the early 2000s - and on to the reimagined <em>Battlestar Galactica</em>, as well as Seth MacFarlane's Star Trek homage series <em>The Orville - </em>Doug has proven time and time again that he is an artist who has literally never stopped dreaming.  </p><p><br></p><p>And I am HERE FOR IT! Join me?</p><p><br></p><p>Sponsored by <a href=\"https://anthology4books.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Anthology for Books</strong></a><strong> </strong>and <a href=\"https://www.drivebydogooders.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Drive-by-Do-Gooders</strong></a><strong> </strong>.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"William Klavon"}