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Mark McClain Wilson is an American actor who played a Xelayan delegate in the episode Sanctuary.

The Orville[]

Wilson had watched Season 1 of The Orville prior to joining the show.[1]

Wilson applied to audition on The Orville through his agency LA Casting, but when the time came to audition he did not remember submitting an application. He recalled of the audition, "[The role] had a couple lines of dialogue and I hit it. Two days later they called me and said 'They want to put you on avail,' and I was like, 'Great.' The casting directors really loved what I brought in."[1]

Even late into wardrobe and makeup preparations, Wilson was unsure which role he would perform but stood in awe of the artists preparing the various aliens for filming. After costuming and makeup, they crew placed Wilson next to actor F. Murray Abraham who made a surprise star cameo as Chairman. "They said 'Murray' and I was like, 'Murray? That's fricking F. Murray Abraham.' And then Victor Garber sat down and I was like, 'Okay, here we go.' ... And when Jonathan [Frakes] walked out, I was like, 'What the frick?'"[1]

As he waited for filming to begin and during breaks between takes, he rehearsed lines with actress Rena Owen (Heveena).[1]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 THE ORVILLE | Mark McClain Wilson Interview - The Xelayan Experience. Egotastic Funtime. Nov. 8, 2019. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":0" defined multiple times with different content
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