Letters of Note has discovered and posted this intriguing internal Paramount communiqué from 1987. The casting memo, summarizing potential actors in the running for various roles in the studio’s then-forthcoming relaunch of the Star Trek franchise, lists quite a few surprising names, with a few others notably absent.
Thankfully this only documents the Next Gen that might have been. I shudder to think of a world in which Reggie Jackson flew the Enterprise.
If you have Netflix you should be doing the same.
Early on Mother’s Day this kid comes in and tells me he found this jacket at a thrift store for 15 bucks… with The Enterprise already painted on the back! What luck.
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Also, I am not related to “Leah Ayers.” The actress in question’s last name is actually “Ayres.” She’s better known as the chick in the perennial Van Damme favorite Bloodsport.