Thursday, August 26, 2010

Whoa, a 'The Next Generation' cast listing shows what could have been.

I pulled the below picture off of Gamma Squad's post on the subject: This is an internal memo about the possible casting for all major characters in the hit TV show of years gone by:




All I can say is holy hell. I can't see anyone other than Stewart having played Picard. Denise Crosby might have made an interesting Troi, but Sirtis had bigger assets (two, in fact. On her chest ^_^ ). Sirtis was notably absent from the list, as is Brent Spiner whom played Data. I can't peg Reggie Jackson for Geordi, or Wesley Snipes for that matter. Speaking of Wesley... JD Roth? He was 19 at the time playing a pre-pubescent ubernerd/mary sue hybrid. Weaton was a solid choice, even though even he hated the character in the end:

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