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London at Destination Star Trek convention
(from Trekmovie)

DST3: Sirtis Calls Star Trek Nemesis Director Idiot + Crosby & Ryan Talk Proposed Nemesis Roles

With most of the Star Trek: The Next Generation cast in London at Destination Star Trek this weekend, conversation inevitably turned to their last feature film, 2002′s Star Trek: Nemesis. Some interesting things were said by Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Denise Crosby and even Jeri Ryan. ....

Michael Dorn:"We knew it was the end, but it wasn' t like oh my god , it was sort of like, it was a tough shoot and there was a lot of different things happening "

Marina Sirtis:"Oh come on say it! The director was an idiot!" ........

Which character would Ryan's Seven have replaced (in Nemesis)?
It has been reported before that Ryan turned down a role for Nemesis, with the speculation that Kate Mulgrew's brief role as Admiral Janeway was written in after Ryan turned down the part. Today when Ryan said the plan was to have Seven "replace" one of the characters in Nemesis, the London audience gasped, taking it to mean she was talking about replacing one of the main TNG cast and not Mulgrew?s cameo. That may not have been what she meant, but her latest comment is more evidence that the role they had in mind for Ryan was more substantial than a simple cameo.....

LINK:
http://trekmovie.com/2014/10/05/dst3-sirtis-calls-star-trek-nemesis-director-idiot-crosby-ryan-talk-proposed-nemesis-roles/

All DST photos by Daniel Lewis for TrekMovie.com
written by Ronan O'Flaherty

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Good info, BDT. I enjoyed reading this.
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STLV17: Marina Sirtis Says Paramount Threatened To Replace Her With Jeri Ryan For Star Trek: Nemesis
Trekmovie By: Anthony Pascale

Friday night at Star Trek Las Vegas ended with a 90-minute reunion event for the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation. .....

One moment that stood was out when a fan asked a question to the women in the group about why they have talked about having difficult contract negotiations when you don't hear the men in the cast make the same complaint. Marina Sirtis was quick to respond saying Women are paid less than men in Hollywood, like everywhere else. The actress then recalled a story she says she has never spoken about before:

When I was negotiating for [Star Trek:] Nemesis they literally threatened to fire me and recast Troi, well not actually recast, but they said We are going to fire you and hire Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine from Star Trek Voyager). And I said Well Jeri Ryan won't do it for that money, that is for sure.

Nemesis offer previously confirmed by Ryan
While Sirtis noted this is the first time she has talked about this, it isn't the first time the subject has come up. In 2011 TrekMovie reported on Jeri Ryan revealing she had turned down an offer to be in Nemesis from producer Rick Berman. At the time it wasn't clear if the offer was just a cameo as the final film did include a cameo from Ryan's Voyager co-star Kate Mulgrew.

And in 2014 TrekMovie reported from Destination Star Trek London where Ryan gave more details on the offer:
The call [from Paramount] came and they said Put Jeri Ryan in the movie, and I'm like Okay, in what way are you going to put Jeri Ryan in this movie? Well, we' re going to replace one of the characters with Seven which makes absolutely no sense.
But at the time it wasn' t clear who it was Berman and Paramount had in mind to replace or why. Now with Sirtis comment it appears to be related to her contract negotiations. And it may be that Ryan's reluctance to do it removed Paramount's leverage and obviously Sirtis did eventually sign on for what was the fourth and final film for the TNG cast.

And as both Sirtis and Ryan noted, swapping actresses would not have been a simple task. Star Trek: Voyager had just gone off the air in mid-2001 as Nemesis was in development so Seven was at least back in the right quadrant of space, but she had no relationship with the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise-E. The change would have required significant changes to script, notably the opening wedding scene with Sirtis playing the bride. There was also a substantial subplot involving Troi's psychic connection to the Reman Viceroy (Ron Perlman)........

BDT Take; the studio heads are idiots