Just for fun - recast Enterprise

[DevilEyes]

Imagine that Enterprise was just starting, and you had to cast the main characters, but none of the actors who actually played the role on ENT were available. Who would you cast?

This is just a 'what if' scenario for fun - so you can cast anyone from any era, whatever age they are now. We did a similar one for DS9: http://trekbbs.com/showthread.php?p=3616306#post3616306

 

[Danny99]

The supporting cast for ENT was fine, especially if they had been given more to do.

The only two I'd replace would be Scott Bakula and Jolene Blalock.

Blalock lacked that intangible quality that previous Vulcans like Leonard Nimoy and Tim Russ possessed. Instead, she was a wooden board that really didn't improve until the final season. I don't know who I'd replace her with, but perhaps not trying to use her as a sex object and going older might have been the right move.

TPTB had the right ideas with Archer, but Bakula wasn't the man to pull it off. It was perfectly alright to me to have Archer make mistakes and not be as polished in space exploration or diplomacy as a Kirk or a Picard. This is where they needed an actor like Connor Trinneer minus the accent. A younger actor that could more effectively portray those characteristics.

I know I probably missed the "Just For Fun" part of this thread, but that is how I would recast ENT.

 

[Mach5]

Archer - Keith Carradine
T'Pol - Jolene Blalock
Trip - Connor Trinneer
Hoshi - Grace Park (from BSG)
Malcolm - David Tennant
Travis - I wouldn't cast him at all... If we're gonna have a mute helmsman, lets at least get a busty chick to play her
Phlox - Billingsley was fine...

 

[DevilEyes]

The supporting cast for ENT was fine, especially if they had been given more to do.

The only two I'd replace would be Scott Bakula and Jolene Blalock.

Blalock lacked that intangible quality that previous Vulcans like Leonard Nimoy and Tim Russ possessed. Instead, she was a wooden board that really didn't improve until the final season. I don't know who I'd replace her with, but perhaps not trying to use her as a sex object and going older might have been the right move.

TPTB had the right ideas with Archer, but Bakula wasn't the man to pull it off. It was perfectly alright to me to have Archer make mistakes and not be as polished in space exploration or diplomacy as a Kirk or a Picard. This is where they needed an actor like Connor Trinneer minus the accent. A younger actor that could more effectively portray those characteristics.

I know I probably missed the "Just For Fun" part of this thread, but that is how I would recast ENT.

I didn't mean this to be a criticism of the ENT cast - therefore the 'just for fun' bit.

And for the record, I like Jolene Blalock in the role, minus the catsuit, and I don't think she was wooden at all, at least I thought she got a lot of Vulcan emotions across. Bakula... I agree that he didn't have the gravitas that the other captains did, but he did get better during the course of the series. I don't have a problem with him anymore as I did in season 1.

Archer - Keith Carradine
T'Pol - Jolene Blalock
Trip - Connor Trinneer
Hoshi - Grace Park (from BSG)
Malcolm - David Tennant
Travis - I wouldn't cast him at all... If we're gonna have a mute helmsman, lets at least get a busty chick to play her
Phlox - Billingsley was fine...

It'd be pointless to cast anyone as Travis unless the role is better written. I'd like to have seen the original concept for Travis - as an older, rough-around-the-edges Boomer who challenges Archer's perspective.

 

[JiNX-01]

Captain Charles Tucker III: Connor Trinneer
Cmdr. Jonathan Archer (chief engineer/first officer): Scott Bakula
Lt. Cmdr. Malcolm Reed (tactical/armory officer): Dominic Keating
Subcommander T'Pol (science officer): Linda Park
Dr. Richard Phlox: John Billingsley (cast as a human doctor)
Ensign Noor Kothari (linguist/protocol officer): Navi Rawat
Lt. Travis Mayweather (security chief): Anthony Montgomery

 

[KimMH]

Archer - Sam Neil
T'Pol - Thandie Newton
Tucker - Matt Damon
Reed - Gary Oldman
Hoshi - I actually though Linda park perfect for Hoshi
Phlox - Gene Hackman
Mayweather - poor guy - I can't think of anyone yet
Ambassador Soval - Gary Graham was also perfectly cast - I wouldn't change that either - I know that violates the spirit of the game though . . .

 

[Maxillius]

Archer - Matt LeBlanc
T'Pol - Natalie Portman
Tucker - Viggo Mortenson
Reed - Elizabeth Dennehy (Elizabeth Shelby, Best of Both Worlds (TNG))
Hoshi - no change, Linda Park is the best
Phlox - Pauley Perette
Mayweather - extra in red shirt

 

[Nowhere Man]

" Here we are agian,Wouldn't have it any other way "- Johnathan Archer. The only character I would change is the Enterprise,specifically the exterior. i would get rid of the blue and make her closer to TOS. It's not the characters, its the writing that sucked. T'Pol was not a good Vulcan,but it's not Blalocks fault.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Archer-Bruce Campbell
T'Pol- Dichen Lachman
Tucker-Anthony Clark
Phlox-John Billingsley
Sato-Linda Park
Reed-Noel Clark
Mayweather-Wil Wheaton

 

[commodore64]

I think everyone should be kept. And I completely disagree about Keith Caradine as Archer. Fun as AG Robinson, but can't see him as Archer.

 

[Joel_Kirk]

Archer - Sam Neil
T'Pol - Thandie Newton
Tucker - Matt Damon
Reed - Gary Oldman
Hoshi - I actually though Linda park perfect for Hoshi
Phlox - Gene Hackman
Mayweather - poor guy - I can't think of anyone yet
Ambassador Soval - Gary Graham was also perfectly cast - I wouldn't change that either - I know that violates the spirit of the game though . . .

The supporting cast for ENT was fine, especially if they had been given more to do.

The only two I'd replace would be Scott Bakula and Jolene Blalock.

Blalock lacked that intangible quality that previous Vulcans like Leonard Nimoy and Tim Russ possessed. Instead, she was a wooden board that really didn't improve until the final season. I don't know who I'd replace her with, but perhaps not trying to use her as a sex object and going older might have been the right move.

TPTB had the right ideas with Archer, but Bakula wasn't the man to pull it off. It was perfectly alright to me to have Archer make mistakes and not be as polished in space exploration or diplomacy as a Kirk or a Picard. This is where they needed an actor like Connor Trinneer minus the accent. A younger actor that could more effectively portray those characteristics.

I know I probably missed the "Just For Fun" part of this thread, but that is how I would recast ENT.

I didn't mean this to be a criticism of the ENT cast - therefore the 'just for fun' bit.

And for the record, I like Jolene Blalock in the role, minus the catsuit, and I don't think she was wooden at all, at least I thought she got a lot of Vulcan emotions across. Bakula... I agree that he didn't have the gravitas that the other captains did, but he did get better during the course of the series. I don't have a problem with him anymore as I did in season 1.

Archer - Keith Carradine
T'Pol - Jolene Blalock
Trip - Connor Trinneer
Hoshi - Grace Park (from BSG)
Malcolm - David Tennant
Travis - I wouldn't cast him at all... If we're gonna have a mute helmsman, lets at least get a busty chick to play her
Phlox - Billingsley was fine...

It'd be pointless to cast anyone as Travis unless the role is better written. I'd like to have seen the original concept for Travis - as an older, rough-around-the-edges Boomer who challenges Archer's perspective.

Archer - Keith Carradine
T'Pol - Jolene Blalock
Trip - Connor Trinneer
Hoshi - Grace Park (from BSG)
Malcolm - David Tennant
Travis - I wouldn't cast him at all... If we're gonna have a mute helmsman, lets at least get a busty chick to play her
Phlox - Billingsley was fine...

Archer - Matt LeBlanc
T'Pol - Natalie Portman
Tucker - Viggo Mortenson
Reed - Elizabeth Dennehy (Elizabeth Shelby, Best of Both Worlds (TNG))
Hoshi - no change, Linda Park is the best
Phlox - Pauley Perette
Mayweather - extra in red shirt

Archer-Bruce Campbell
T'Pol- Dichen Lachman
Tucker-Anthony Clark
Phlox-John Billingsley
Sato-Linda Park
Reed-Noel Clark
Mayweather-Wil Wheaton

It's a damn shame.

I'm looking at these posts, and people can't think of any black actors....if Mayweather was to be recasted.

Naturally, his character would be better written if we were--for fun--to recast the characters.

Like I said in another post, no one has issues with Hoshi being lesser written or even Reed. Hoshi and Mayweather were about equal in screen time, but as aforementioned in a previous post, it's obvious why Linda Park is given leeway.

Let me throw out some names:

*Derek Luke
*Anthony Mackie
*Nate Parker

I'm sure there are others.

I've seen some posts that want Mayweather to be old(?)....or older?

Well, why can't he be young and handsome? (Not that he can older and handsome, but you know what I'm getting at). There are other shows on television that showcase young, white actors that are considered sex symbols....

Where is that Picard/Trip/Sisko falm palm?

Let's make Mayweather an Asian chick; no matter how she's written I'm sure certain types of male posters wouldn't mind how she's written....just so long she's onscreen.

And these are 'Star Trek' fans...

 

[Skywalker]

Everyone saying that they wouldn't recast anyone is kind of missing the point of the thread. It's not supposed to be a "the cast sucks, who could have done it better?" sort of thing, it's supposed to be a fun "who else do you think might have worked in the role?" sort of thing.

 

[DevilEyes]

Like I said in another post, no one has issues with Hoshi being lesser written or even Reed.

Reed was actually well fleshed outas a character.Hoshi to a lesser extent, but more than Travis.

I've seen some posts that want Mayweather to be old(?)....or older?

Well, why can't he be young and handsome? (Not that he can older and handsome, but you know what I'm getting at). There are other shows on television that showcase young, white actors that are considered sex symbols....

Because that was the original concept for the character, or so I've heard: an older, more experienced Boomer who provides a different perspective and challenges Archer's views... Kind of hard to imagine with wet-around-the-ears young ensign? It's not like wet-around-the-ears ensigns are the greatest character concept... Did we really need Harry Kim #2? Instead they should have made use of the background and history he was given.

What does that have to do with being handsome or a sex symbol? As you said... why can't he be older and handsome?

Everyone saying that they wouldn't recast anyone is kind of missing the point of the thread. It's not supposed to be a "the cast sucks, who could have done it better?" sort of thing, it's supposed to be a fun "who else do you think might have worked in the role?" sort of thing.

Exactly.

I have some ideas, but I'm having trouble thinking of suggestions for Phlox and Trip. Back to you later.

 

[JiNX-01]

Because that was the original concept for the character, or so I've heard: an older, more experienced Boomer who provides a different perspective and challenges Archer's views... Kind of hard to imagine with wet-around-the-ears young ensign? It's not like wet-around-the-ears ensigns are the greatest character concept... Did we really need Harry Kim #2? Instead they should have made use of the background and history he was given.

What does that have to do with being handsome or a sex symbol? As you said... why can't he be older and handsome?

Mayweather was born in space. He spent pretty much his entire life there and met many alien species. So the real problem with Travis is that he is cast as a wet-behind-the-ears "kid" with the "golly gee isn't this exciting" act.

IMO, it would have been more interesting to keep Anthony as Travis but play him as a "been there, done that" kind of guy who unwittingly irks the captain whenever he tosses out a nugget of experience that reminds Archer how far he has to go to "catch up" with this "kid" (much to the discreet amusement of the bridge crew, not including T'Pol, of course).

 

[Jimmy Bob]

So no actor can be the same?

Captain Archer - Harry Lennix
T'Pol - Rutina Wesley
Trip - Sam Trammell
Malcolm - Reed Diamond
Hoshi - Dichen Lachmann
Phlox - Andreas Katsulas
Travis - Phil Morris

 

[KimMH]

Mayweather/Montgomery was drop dead gorgeous - but he wasn't as interesting as he should have been. That's the shame of it. He mostly became very very pretty wallpaper.

 

[Anwar]

It's easy to see why Shran called all humans "pinkskins" given Mayweather's huge role in the show...

 

[JiNX-01]

Mayweather/Montgomery was drop dead gorgeous - but he wasn't as interesting as he should have been. That's the shame of it. He mostly became very very pretty wallpaper.[/QUOTE]
Well, that's not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[KimMH]

^^yowtch! hopefully he wasn't referring to the inside of their skin . . . we're all pink on the inside - and a buncha other colors I don't want to see . . .

^aye!

 

[SFRabid]

Captain - Connor Trinneer - Would have been a great captain.
First Officer - Linda Park - A role more like what she played in the mirror universe episodes.
Security - Scott Bakula - Being angry and getting beat up would have fit.
Communications - Jolene Blalock - those lips could speak 1000 languages. Plus, a Vulcan would be ready for comminicating with other species. The captain could always wonder if the Vulcan is really telling him everything.
Helm - Dominic Keating - More of a daredevil. Willing to fly anything and do anything.
Engineer - John Billingsely - Could have played a "so smart he is stupid" engineer.
Doctor - Anthony Montgomery - That smile is a better fit for a doctor.

I think Trinneer would have been an excellent captain and Billingsley could have pulled off a great engineer that was too smart to be a normal person.