Casting a Gender-Switched Enterprise

[T'Girl]

For Uhura I nominate Shemar Moore from Criminal Minds.

Simply because he is so pretty (and ripped).

Maybe he and the female Spock can have an affair.

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[Locutus of Bored]

Just as a fun thought exercise:

Supposing you were tasked with creating a new Trek show and that, during the casting process, the network execs decide to go after a different market and demand -- demand, I say -- that you gender-flip the roles of Kirk, Spock and Bones.

Which actresses do you cast to play the gender-switched characters?

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Kylie Minogue

OH and Please lets not waste the beautiful beyond measure Alexander Skarsgard on Rand! Unless we suddenly make him verrrrrry important.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Kyle <> Kylie, it seemed like a natural fit.

 

[BigJake]

T'Girl, nicely played. That's a pitch-perfect choice.

And that's some epic stuff all around from Locutus: Kelly McDonald and Michelle Trachtenberg especially are perfect. And you remembered Lt. Kyle! I never remember Lt. Kyle.

 

[2takesfrakes]

Upon further reflection, I would definitely cast Michelle Dockery - but, as Scotty. That's how I see her. By the way, another interesting recast graphic! I would LOVE to see Parker Posey in Gender-Flip Star Trek, but I would recast her, too ... as Amanda Grayson! You know, the more I see this concept being mulled over, I'm becoming ever-more convinced that Big Jake did Stumble Upon(TM) a very real solution for the next Trek. One with the potential to become the most successful series of the franchise!

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

I think you should make it Riley instead of Kyle and that way Kylie can sing I'll take you home again, Kathleen.

It still works because Riley and Kylie rhyme

 

[BigJake]

A few more picks for Team Jake:

Maggie Q as Hiromi Sulu (w/ apologies to Locutus):

Olga Kurylenko as Yulia Chekhov

Gwendolyn Christie as Lt. Kyle:

Paul Walker as Yeoman Jack Rand:

 

[2takesfrakes]

Oh, my goddess! Olga Kurylenko is just perfect as Chekov. I'm smitten ...

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Yeah Chekov just got interesting...!

 

[YellowSubmarine]

 

[David.Blue]

Hmmmm...

Commander Boedica Sisko: Gina Torres
Major Kira Nerym: Jaime Campbell Bower
Lieutenant Jadzo Dax: Elijah Wood
Dr. Julia Bernstein: Michelle Trachtenberg
Elima Garak: Mia Kirshner
Gul Dukhree: Lisa Edelstein
Millicent O'Brien: Karen Gillam

 

[BigJake]

YellowSubmarine: I don't know if that's genius or madness. But I like it. Especially Patrick Stewart as the male Troi and the Most Disturbing Crushers Ever.

 

[iguana_tonante]

the Most Disturbing Crushers Ever.

Also, I don't think Lieutenant B'Arfa would appreciate all the puking jokes...

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Bizarrely I forgot we had to rename them as well!

Jamie Kirk sounds quite nicely hot

 

[Skywalker]

All I know is Claudia Black as Bones is obscenely perfect and I want this show to happen now.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

What do we name her? Dr. Leonie McCoy?

 

[2takesfrakes]

I prefer "Leona." But that's just me.

I also think it would be cute if Bones hyphenated her last name with her former husband's name, like: Leona McCoy-Henson. It speaks well and implies deep hurt and inability to let go of her failed marriage, which can only add to the ... to the ... the "texture" of this character. What's more, her daughter Joanna should be a highschool student, living with her father, who reports on her father's many flings. After reading such reports, we see Bones in her quarters, eating a tub of Neapolitan ice cream and watching the teley ... with a handy box of Kleenix, close at hand. In walks Jamie Kirk who, upon realization of the situation, sits by Bones and gives her a big hug and tells her what a beautiful and worthy woman she is ... as they begin joking about Mr. Henson's shortcomings. All that girly kind of shit that encourages slash and would never be able to fly in TOS, as we know it ... Oh, yes, "Leona" will work out fine. Just fine ...

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Leona is a nicer name but the casualness of Leonie kind of suits McCoy. BUT she could be Leona and get called KITTY.

 

[2takesfrakes]

"Kitty" ... KITTY!!!
I like the sounds of that ...