It was after Walking Dead was already ending that the opportunity for Star Trek came.
It was only after Martin-Green’s Sasha was confirmed to leave The Walking Dead behind that CBS officially declared her Star Trek: Discovery role as First Officer Michael Burnham.
Reports of her joining the new CBS Star Trek have been around since December, but Martin-Green made clear to Entertainment Weekly that she hadn’t chosen to ditch The Walking Dead for a better gig, as Sasha’s fate was already in the works: It couldn’t have worked out more perfectly, because what was happening on Walking Dead was already underway.
And so I know some people might think that I left Walking Dead to do Star Trek, but it did not happen that way.