Colm Meaney is a national treasure to Star Trek fans. Lower Decks unofficially named his Miles O'Brien "The Most Important Person In Starfleet History," and given all the fires that character helped put out across The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine , I'd believe it's deserved. Fortunately, Meaney is just as gracious when talking about the often notorious fandom, as he recently went to bat for Trekkies despite getting their sometimes bad rap from outsiders.
Meaney recently spoke to ComicBookMovie about his history with the iconic franchise, and just to get it out of the way now, he still hasn't changed his stance about not appearing in any upcoming Star Trek projects . So that's out of the picture. But when asked about the legacy of the franchise and dealing with Trekkies, the actor seemed to go on the defensive in discussing the largely pleasant exchanges he's had with fans: I never subscribed to that thing that Star Trek fans are nuts.
A few of them are. There's the odd one, but now, I always found Star Trek fans to be professional fans. They're very good; they want to say hello and what they think and then they leave you alone pretty much.
That's really nice and not true of everybody. I've always found them incredibly knowledgeable and way more than I was when I was doing it. Considering modern-day Star Trek fans are often able to have the entirety of the franchise's TV lineup available to stream with a Paramount+ subscription , I'm not surprised that audiences tend to.