Angela Bassett as Starfleet captain?

Will Angela Bassett find her place next among the stars?

Actress Angela Bassett poses following an interview in New York July 31, 1998. Bassett turned down a lead role in the movie ``Monster's Ball'' because she believed an affair the character had was demeaning and stereotypical, the actress said.``It's about character, darling,'' she told Newsweek for the July 1 issue, which goes on newsstands Monday. ``I wasn't going to be a prostitute on film. I couldn't do that because it's such a stereotype about black women and sexuality.'' (AP Photo/Jim Cooper)

It seems there is a growing social media campaign to get the "What's Love Got To Do With It" actress cast as a captain in the new Star Trek television series under the hashtag #captainangelabassett.

CBS recently announced that Bryan Fuller would be the co-creator and showrunner   of the new series, which will be available in 2017 to U.S.  fans who have signed up with CBS All Access.

The Twitterspere is not letting him forget.

Right now, though, Bassett may have her eyes on another prize. She is beaming her support to Hillary Clinton as her commander-in-chief.

Bassett played Coretta Scott King in the 2013 drama, "Betty & Coretta."