Talk:Performers approached for Star Trek roles
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There are a few more to be added, according to Shran and Jörg on this page. These include:
- TOS
- MOV
- Sir Tim Thomerson (Willard Decker)Tim Thomason called this
- Lance Henriksen (Willard Decker)
- Frederic Forrest (Willard Decker)
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Eddie Murphy (Dr. Taylor) - Jude Law (Shinzon)
- Michael Shanks (Shinzon)
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James Marsters (Shinzon)
- TNG
- Bill Campbell (William T. Riker)
- Richard Mulligan (Nagilum) (added by TommyRaiko 01:59, 15 February 2007 (UTC))
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Robin Williams (Berlinghoff Rasmussen)
- DS9
- James Earl Jones (Benjamin Sisko)
- Eriq La Salle (Benjamin Sisko)
- Robert Goulet (Vic Fontaine)
- Tom Jones (Vic Fontaine)
- Martin Sheen (Luther Sloan)
- Charles Hallahan (Liam Bilby) (added by Tim from Tough Little Ship's suggestion below, 01:13, 7 February 2007 (UTC))
- Frank Sinatra, Jr. (Vic Fontaine, according to the DS9 Companion)--31dot 20:21, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
- VOY
- Linda Hamilton (Kathryn Janeway)
- Patty Duke (Kathryn Janeway)
- Claudia Christian (Seven of Nine)
- Hudson Leick (Seven of Nine)
- Unknown
- Arnold Schwarzenegger (according to Jörg. Very interesting, not sure where) (Jorg is full of it, he got that information from here.)
A great many of these are very interesting and they should be included with citations, eventually. Additionally, those approached who already have pages should also be included. Off the top of my head, that would include Mark Lenard and Lawrence Montaigne for Spock, and the pre-production pages of Geneviève Bujold and (I think was agreed to be eventually made) David Rappaport.
Given that this page could become big, we might not want to place a paragraph for every single instances (although big ones for people like Bridges, Williams, and Murphy may be appropriate). Listing, or small bulletted explanations is good in some of these cases.--Tim Thomason 02:15, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
- Dont forget Tim Russ for Geordi La Forge and Jeffrey Combs for William Riker. --Alan del Beccio 02:25, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
- I think Charles Hallahan would count as well. He was cast as Liam Bilby a few weeks before his death. -- Tough Little Ship 19:23, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
- Also, what about those people who played one role and approached to play another? That would include Famek Janssen. -- Tough Little Ship 19:23, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
- For those performers such as Famke Janssen who played a role on Trek but were approached for a different role earlier or later on, I think just linking them in a list with a brief description should suffice. After all, we already have (or should have) full-fledged articles for them. Something like this, for example:
- Jeffrey Combs - auditioned for the role of William T. Riker
- Famke Janssen - auditioned for the role of Jadzia Dax
- Anthony Montgomery - auditioned for a regular role on Star Trek: Voyager and later for the role of Sek but was given Travis Mayweather instead
- Tim Russ - originally auditioned for Geordi La Forge before being cast as Tuvok
- ...and so on. If necessary, they can be listed under a seperate category. How's that look? --From Andoria with Love 11:01, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
- There are different levels: Cast but... died, ill, fired, quit, etc. Auditioned but... not considered, shortlisted, etc. Approached but...refused, scheduling problems, etc. You can't obviously have categories for everything, but some general ones might be "cast, auditioned, approached/offered" with each entry having an explanation of what happened. Examples:
- Michelle Forbes was offered a leading role on DS9 in her character Ro Laren, but she declined. (Listing reason and citation.)
- Genevieve Bujold was cast as Captain Janeway on Voyager and began filming for the pilot but quickly left the show. (Listing reason and citation.)
- Tim Russ auditioned for the role of Geordi La Forge but the role went to LeVar Burton. (Saying, maybe he was shortlisted or merely tried out for the role, plus citation.)
- Additionally, just other tidbits like Marina Sirtis trying out for Natasha Yar and instead getting Deanna Troi, etc. --Lt. Washburn 13:36, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
- There are different levels: Cast but... died, ill, fired, quit, etc. Auditioned but... not considered, shortlisted, etc. Approached but...refused, scheduling problems, etc. You can't obviously have categories for everything, but some general ones might be "cast, auditioned, approached/offered" with each entry having an explanation of what happened. Examples:
- For those performers such as Famke Janssen who played a role on Trek but were approached for a different role earlier or later on, I think just linking them in a list with a brief description should suffice. After all, we already have (or should have) full-fledged articles for them. Something like this, for example: