TIL Susan Gibney (Dr. Leah Brahms) was strongly considered to play Captain Janeway. She was even called back a second time after Genevieve Bujold didn't work out.
https://www.startrek.com/news/meet-the-actress-who-almost-played-janeway
https://www.startrek.com/news/meet-the-actress-who-almost-played-janeway
3 Comments
Wooster@startrek.website · 5 pts · 2y
Huh… never knew that tidbit.
It’s easy to imagine if that reality had come to play, we’d get the Tom Paris treatment… but I can’t help but wonder if we might’ve gotten a Captain Brahms.
transwarp@startrek.website · 4 pts · 2y
She played the captain of the Lakota later in DS9, Captain Benteen.
Kiernian@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
It's interesting because I didn't really like Janeway a ton until her first interaction with Q. Like, there was nothing outright bad about Mulgrew's portrayal, I just wasn't completely and totally sold on the character yet from a writing perspective.
Something about a captain interacting with an omnipotent being really seals something for me personally, because Sisko's interaction with Q was what sold me on him right away, too.
I enjoyed Gibney as Benteen, so I'm sure it would have worked out, it just would have been...different.