Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Actress Adrianne Palicki says she was happy her childhood celebrity crush Rob Lowe played her blue alien love interest in the first episode of Fox's new show, The Orville.
The pilot for the sci-fi series shows Palicki's Commander Kelly in bed with a nearly unrecognizable Lowe as her husband Ed, the captain of the spaceship Orville, unexpectedly arrives home. Ed is played by series creator Seth MacFarlane.