New interview with Laurel Goodwin (Yeoman Colt from "The Cage")
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Actually, I believe the word is, "Fascinating." 
Nice interview. Comes off as a lady with a wonderful sense of humor and proportion about the whole thing.
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Great to hear from her!
And it's nice to see a woman who hasn't tried to mess with her looks through cosmetic surgery or botox...
Also, even had they kept her for the show, it is possible that she might have been dumped midseason like Grace Lee Whitney (although she lacked the latter's personal complications).
And her nursing career was probably a greater contribution to humanity than anything she might have done had she stuck around in Hollywood.
Also, even had they kept her for the show, it is possible that she might have been dumped midseason like Grace Lee Whitney (although she lacked the latter's personal complications).
And her nursing career was probably a greater contribution to humanity than anything she might have done had she stuck around in Hollywood.
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Goodwin's story jibes with other accounts that have circulated about Hunter's wife interfering in the negotiations, and basically pricing him out of the series lead. What's interesting to me is Goodwin's account about how it affected her position on the show. Can't comment on its veracity, though.
I thought Hunter's wife said that Jeff wasn't going to commit to a series, no matter what, because he was strictly a "Feature" kind of guy?
Well, I was reading @Harvey 's blog and he is definitely inclined to subscribe that version:
Exit Jeffrey Hunter, Stage Left
Thank you, sir! Always learning something new about STAR TREK on this site. Very few are particularly knowledgable, though. There used to be a guy on here named Therin of Andor who knew every in and out of STAR TREK. If I wanted to know anything behind the scenes, I'd just have a look what he was saying about it. You know ... I liked Jeffrey Hunter in the STAR TREK pilot, but the problem was he was good. The Shat's so hammy and Avery Brooks is the exact same way. It seems like Hunter and Sir Patrick Stewart were the only leads that were really what you'd think of as "actors." The rest were cast for their camp qualities, pretty much, it seems like.
Read this at work today. Fascinating stuff! It's amazing that after 50 years, we're still learning new things about the conception of the show, like the origin of the pointed sideburns.
Reading between the lines, she doesn't seem to have the highest opinion of Mr. Shatner.
Reading between the lines, she doesn't seem to have the highest opinion of Mr. Shatner.
Which is interesting considering that Hunter made a guest appearance on The Green Hornet the same year as TOS' first season.
T'Bonz posted a nice article on TrekToday about Laurel Goodwin with a bit more than the OP, maybe sourced from StarTrek.com?
http://www.trektoday.com/content/2016/09/laurel-goodwin-the-cages-yeoman-colt/
http://www.trektoday.com/content/2016/09/laurel-goodwin-the-cages-yeoman-colt/
Indeed!
BTW, I think that the women' s Cage uniforms made much more sense than the mini-skirt outfit.
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She's great, very down to earth and real.
Just knowing who came up with the sideburns is a new thing for me that I find interesting.
Just knowing who came up with the sideburns is a new thing for me that I find interesting.
That was great, I'm so glad they were able to get her story on the record.
Her account of Jeffery Hunter also jibes with most of what I've read from people who worked with him, that he was a decent and likable guy. Her saying that he was "one of the gang" makes me suspect that the Pike character would have loosened up considerably as the production went on, if the pilot had been picked up.
Her account of Jeffery Hunter also jibes with most of what I've read from people who worked with him, that he was a decent and likable guy. Her saying that he was "one of the gang" makes me suspect that the Pike character would have loosened up considerably as the production went on, if the pilot had been picked up.
Actually, I believe the word is, "Fascinating."
I'm a little skeptical about Goodwin's pointed sideburn claim. In "The Cage," Huner and Nimoy seem to have them:
But other male cast members don't:
And certainly the pointed sideburns weren't in the second pilot:
Except for Spock:
The pointed sideburns didn't become ubiquitous until the series proper:
I recall reading about the sideburns in the Whitfield The Making of Star Trek book and their origins. But I no longer have a copy. @Harvey, any fact check here on the sideburns and who came up with them?
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