On The Expanse, Anvar plays Alex Kamal, who pilots the Rocinante, a salvaged Martian gunship at the center of several interplanetary crises, many involving a mutating alien technology. Cast members gave more context on how The Expanse Season 4 charts a new course for the show while speaking to Collider at San Diego Comic Con.
“You also see all of the characters go through very different transitions and journeys that we’ve never seen before,” Dominique Tipper, who plays Rocinante mechanic Naomi Nagata, said. “It’s not the same thing as what we’ve had for the past three seasons. There’s a bit of that in there, but it’s also something quite fresh and exciting.”
“It is a tonal shift,” Steven Strait, who plays captain James Holden, said. “It has a frontier kind of vibe.”
The Expanse Season 4 is based on Cibola Burn, the fourth book in The Expanse series, by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, who write under the joint pen name James S.A. Corey. Cibola Burn leaves the solar system for the alien world of Ilus, where independent settlers square off against establishment powers.
“The rings have opened up, there’s an imminent gold rush, and what that does to the balance of power in the system, in the macro sense, is completely change the entire chessboard. And all this tension starts to build, in the macro and in the personal sense, everywhere, and it just changes everything,” Strait added.
“And some us live,” Wes Chatham, who plays Amos Burton, adds, to laughter from the rest of the cast.
