Let's talk about casting of Star Trek.
That more important.
Like who, who would we have cast instead of the actors.
Eh I think we'll start with Star Trek: The Next Generation.
I can't find it full screen option uhm where is it?
Oh there it is.
Yeah so mm mm mm Wesley Crusher, he was popular wa'n't he uhm.
I can't find anyone that I'd cast in the part, maybe ooh I'd
probably go with Scott Grimes
'cause I like the Critters movies, uhm Critters 1 and 2.
He's now in The Orville,
but when he was a kid, when he was like 4.. 13 or something he was in Critters 1 and 2
uhm, there's also
J.D. Roth
might be... ooh bloody hell back.
He was like the youngest TV presenter or something.
He might've been good but I've never seen him in anything.
I haven't seen Flight of the Navigator since I was a kid,
so I can't remember what Joey Cramer was like, but he,
he was considered for the part, uhm.
Yeah.
Tasha Yar, I used to quite like Tasha Yar, but I don't know she's seems a bit, I think
would've been interesting certainly to see her carry on as security officer, eh the character
had a lot of potential.
I think she's basically an earlier version of like Ro Laren, and I think if they'd made
her an alien, like if they'd come up with the idea of Bajorans and they made Tasha Yar
a Bajoran from the start it would've been more interesting uhm, but yeah there's lots
of actresses that auditioned for the part of Tasha Yar.
Marina Sirtis we all know.
The character was originally created with Jene... eh the character from Aliens in mind
Vasquez played by Jenette Goldstein.
Rosalind Chao auditioned for the part I think.
Eh Liana Langland, Julia Nickson, But, Bunt, Bunty Bailey from the Take Take That video
music video.
Leah Ayres.
Cynthia Rothrock, I used to like her when I was a kid, but I haven't seen her in anything
in a long time.
Angela Bassett she never auditioned, but I stuck her in there because her career hadn't
taken off in 1987, and uhm she's the same age as Denise Crosby so she might've been
interesting as Tasha Yar, but I think if I had to pick one I would probably ooh it's
a, for me it's a toss up between Jenette Goldstein and Rosalind Chao hmm, and Oh I don't know,
it's a tough choice.
I think I would maybe eh I don't know.
Yeah I think I'd probably go with Rosalind Chao just 'cause I think it would be interesting
to see her in the part of Tasha Yar instead of Keiko O'Brien *coughs*
Uhm Geordi La Forge, Wesley Snipes, I can't remember whether he auditioned, but he was
considered for the part.
He, he, he would be too cool for the part of Geordi La Forge.
Uhm who else do we have?
Kevin Peter Hall who played the Predator, you know he was in the costume.
Clarence Gilyard Junior from Top Gun.
Tim Russ who went on to play Tuvokon Voyager auditioned for the part of Geordi La Forge.
Reggie Jackson some baseball player, I don't know why they considered him for the part.
Victor Love whoever he is, Chip McCallister whoever he is, and Eriq La Salle from ER,
and I would go with Tim Russ actually which means that in my Star Trek universe Tim Russ
wouldn't be Tuvok.
Uhm then there's Worf.
Eh not much, I think Michael Dorn got the part quite easily, I don't think many people
considered for the part.
I think James Avery was considered for the part, but Tony Todd wasn't I just stuck him
in there because he played a damn good Klingon.
Uhm I should probably come up with an alternative, but at the moment I'm sort of like quite happy
with Michael Dorn.
Then there's Deanna Troi.
The only other person I could find out that auditioned for the part of Deanna Troi was
Denise Crosby who was originally up for the part but then Gene Roddenberry switched them,
uhm but I've come up with 2 other names, one is Heather Langenkamp from A Nightmare on
Elm street films and Persis Khambatta who played Ilia in Star Trek: The Motion Picture
who basically Troi is just a new version of Ilia, uhm I liked her a lot, the bald headed
one that was turned into an android.
I'd go with Heather Langenkamp becuase I think she's closer to what Deanna Troi was intended
to be, like a nice sweet person, and seeing her in Elm street 3 Dream Warriors, the way
she was with the kids I could believe her as a counsellor, whereas I always found Marina
Sirtis, who, who on Earth would go to couselling from that woman for Christ's sake, she was
stroppy and I duuno, like the least convincing counsellor on the Earth, but Heather Langenkamp
I could actually believe people getting counselling from.
Then there's Data, Dah-ta however you want to pronounce his name.
Eh he was actually originally pronounced cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough,
cough, cough, cough, splutter.
His name was actually originally pronounced Dah-ta, but Patrick Stewart kept mispronouncing
his name as Day-ta, so they just changed it to Day-ta.
Yeah Robert Englund was considered for the part of Data.
Eh Kevin Peter Hall again, the guy from the Predator suit.
Eh Mark Lindsay Chapman whoever he is, and Kelvin Han Yee whoever he is.
Erik Menyuk who went on to, went on to play the traveller, apparenty he had the part,
but then after Patrick Stewart was cast they decided they didn't want him because he was
bald, and they didn't want 2 bald guys on the bridge, but they could've just stuck a
wig on Erik Menyuk if they didn't want 2 bald guys on the bridge, but I wasn't that keen
on Erik Menyuk, not as the traveller anyway, he might've been good as Data, and one I come
up with who wasn't considered for the part and didn't auditon who I think was perfect,
absolutely prefect for the part of Data is Paul Reubens who played Pee Wee.
You know because he's a bit odd and he's a good actor, so that's who I would've gone
for.
Uhm then there's the doctor, eh yeah I think she, eh let me see there's Gates McFadden,
Jennifer Agutter was considered for the part, she's a good actor, I, I saw her in a couple
of horror movies I liked, American Werewolf in London and Child's Play 2, and then there's
Anne Twomey whoever she is was considered for the part, I've never seen her in anything,
but she was in a horror movie called Deadly Friend, and as we know Beverly Crusher was
replaced with Katherine Pulaski in the second season by, played by Diana Muldaur.
Honestly Pulaski's my favourite character in all of Star Trek, so I would just have
it as Katherine Pulaski from the beginning of you know from Encounter at Farpoint right
up until the end but if they did that it would mean that, I mean you could make Wesley Crusher
Wesley Riker and make him Wil Riker's son, or you could make him I suppose Wesley Pulaski,
eh but I don't think they really needed a 14 year old boy, not on a ship anyway eh not
as a main character anyway, uhm.
And then there's Riker.
Apparently an actor called William.
o.
Campbell was, had the part, but then they decided he was too soft so they replaced him
with Jonathan Frakes who Gene Roddenberry liked because he was a bit machevelian.
Eh William.
O. Campbell was in a second season episode of The Next Generation called The Outrageous
Okana, and I remember thinking O. Campbell was, I didn't think he was that good an actor.
Uhm Jeffrey Combs was up for the part of Riker and if you know Star Trek you know Jeffrey
Combs has played about I dunno 4 or 5 different characters in Star Trek.
Some guy called Michael O'Gorman whoever he is.
Vaughn Armstrong who was on Enterprise, he was up for the part.
Some guy called Greg Marx was up for the part of Riker.
Oh no wait a second am I on Picard now?
Oh no uhm, oh it's 'cause I got Stephen Macht listed, but uhm I don't know, I can't remember
why I put him down, he must've auditioned for the part of Riker and Picard, he was also
up for the part of Decker on Star Trek: The Motion Picture I think, so he eventually went
on to play a character on Deep Space Nine's early second season episode eh The Homecoming
or something.
Some Bajoran that was trying to take over the station or something.
I saw him in Amityville 1992, he's OK, but I, I don't think he's, I wouldn't want him
as first officer or Captain.
Uhm there's Matt McCoy he, I don't know whether he, I don't think he was considered, but I
put him down because I like him from the Police Academy 5 and 6, and The Hand That Rocks The
Cradle, which John De Lancie also starred in, and John De Lancie also would've been
an interesting choice as first officer 'cause he had good chemistry with Patrick Stewart,
and he's just an interesting actor.
Eh uhm, I would go with Matt McCoy he was in a season 3 episode of The Next Generation
where he played a Batezoid, but I dunno he was a bit grubby, and he tricked, tried to
trick Deanna Troi or something, but yeah I really like him, I think he was better, I
never really liked Jonathan Frakes to be honest, I dunno there's something about him, he's
just I dunno, always looked a bit smug, uhm I didn't like him.
So then there's the part of the Captain, obviously we have Patrick Stewart.
Stephen Macht who was Gene Roddenberry's first choice.
Some guy called Roy Thinnes from The Invaders, I've never seen The Invaders.
Edward James Olmos, I think he was in Battlestar Galactica the, the new one I think uhm or
the old one I don't know.
Eh Mitch Ryan who went on to play Riker's dad was up for the part.
Other options are Terry O'Quinn who played a Captain in season 7 The Pegasus.
They could've just made Riker Captain, eh Jonathan Frakes, and Ronny Cox, they 'cause
they were worried in the sixth season that Patrick Stewart would ask for too much money
they uhm, they wrote in a Cap... a new Captain character played by Edward, eh played by Ronny
Cox called Captain Edward Jellico, and he was in that one where they tortured Picard,
there are 4 lights and all that stuff.
Uhm so my choice for Captain Picard would be Terry O'Quinn even though he wasn't, he
never auditioned for the part or anything, because I love him in The Stepfather, I think
he's brilliant, and who else we got, eh Q, I thought Tim Curry might be interesting as
Q, and Guinan who was I think originally intended to be a replacement for Deanna Troi because
they were thinking about eh firing Marina Sirtis during season one, and they originally
intended her to be a beautiful blonde woman, but then Whoopi Goldberg asked for a part
on The Next Generation so they gave that part to her, but I would go with Bo Derek haha
of all people eh as Guinan, I just, I just think she'd be awesome as, as Guinan, so that's
my Next Generation casting ones, there's other characters but it covers pretty much the main
characters.
Gene would come down to the set mm 2 or 3 times during the week and he would sit in
the director's chair and watch what we were doing,
and occasionally I would catch him looking at me and I know, I know that
he was thinking 'What the Hell is this guy doing
in my show?'