Cast the Characters of Trek Literature

[TJ Sinclair]

Lee Son of Pete wrote:

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That'd be Patrick Stewart... that's be too confusing though wouldn't it?

Uhm... Patrick Stewart and Sean Connery really aren't very similar as actors, IMO.

[Lee Son of Pete]

TJ Sinclair wrote:

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Uhm... Patrick Stewart and Sean Connery really aren't very similar as actors, IMO.

Have you seen Men In Tights where Patrick Stewart plays Sean Connery playing Richard the Lionheart?

[TJ Sinclair]

Lee Son of Pete wrote:

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Have you seen Men In Tights where Patrick Stewart plays Sean Connery playing Richard the Lionheart?

A cameo in a parody is pretty much the exception that proves the rule, I should think.

[Lee Son of Pete]

TJ Sinclair wrote:

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A cameo in a parody is pretty much the exception that proves the rule, I should think.

I suppose the main difference is that Patrick can act.

[Christopher]

I always thought that Connery would've been more convincing as Picard's older brother than Jeremy Kemp was.

[TJ Sinclair]

Lee Son of Pete wrote:

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I suppose the main difference is that Patrick can act.

So can Connery, it's just all too often that he doesn't. Henry Jones, Sr. isn't Marko Ramius, and neither is James Bond. His greatest performance might be Marko Ramius in The Hunt for Red October, but it's the one that absolutely typecast the last stages of his career.

Try First Knight to see one of his best performances. There's shades of subtlety in that you don't see from him very often in his post-Red October work.

[Lee Son of Pete]

Christopher wrote:

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I always thought that Connery would've been more convincing as Picard's older brother than Jeremy Kemp was.

I could maybe see that. I still think the guys a poor actor though.

[JWolf]

TJ Sinclair wrote:

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But then, how are we ever going to find someone who's basically Sean Connery without the accent? lol

Let's go with Roger Moore.

[Paris]

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[TJ Sinclair]

I know that a lot of influences and inspirations went into creating Nan Bacco, but I have the easiest time picturing her played by Cherry Jones. And yes, I'm thinking of her role on 24. Easy, maybe, but it works for me.

[Kertrats47]

TJ Sinclair wrote:

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I know that a lot of influences and inspirations went into creating Nan Bacco, but I have the easiest time picturing her played by Cherry Jones. And yes, I'm thinking of her role on 24. Easy, maybe, but it works for me.

I thought I was the only one! Her attitude on that show seems to fit perfectly, even though physically Bacco is described very differently. I find it a very easy image for her to slip into.

[JD]

I also had that same thought when I was watching the last couple seasons of 24.

[TJ Sinclair]

Kertrats47 wrote:

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I thought I was the only one! Her attitude on that show seems to fit perfectly, even though physically Bacco is described very differently. I find it a very easy image for her to slip into.

Precisely. I can very easily hear her voice saying any of Bacco's lines, and the attitude is a synch. She's not even that far off from the shot of Bacco on the cover of Articles, even if it does remind me more of Admiral Janeway from "Endgame."

[Markonian]

TJ Sinclair wrote:

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She's not even that far off from the shot of Bacco on the cover of Articles, even if it does remind me more of Admiral Janeway from "Endgame."

Other than Helen Mirren I couldn't think of any other fit old woman when I read Articles - other than Admiral Janeway. And to this day, it's elder Janeway I picture in the role.

[TJ Sinclair]

Markonian wrote:

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Other than Helen Mirren I couldn't think of any other fit old woman when I read Articles - other than Admiral Janeway. And to this day, it's elder Janeway I picture in the role.

I think most people do, and it definitely fits. KRAD said he had Endgame Janeway at least partially in mind when writing the character. But Jones can do pretty much exactly the same thing. There's not much I'd recommend about the last couple of years of 24, but her performance is one thing I really did like.