When the other Voyager actors were asked to comment on Wang's recollections, they asked "Garrett Who?"
Were other casts as close as the TNG cast are?
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When the other Voyager actors were asked to comment on Wang's recollections, they asked "Garrett Who?"
Having read the autobiographies' of the TOS cast, they were probably the LEAST close of any cast (of course, this could be one of those situations where memory has altered with time and books with more drama sell better).
Takei's book has several chapters dedicated to how Shatner either "stole" his lines or intentionally flubbed Kirk's so that the scenes where Sulu get's his own command had to be scrapped.--His book is by far the least professional and most whiney, as though in hindsight he has forgotten he was a secondary character.
Koenig's memoirs written during the filming of ST:TMP discuss how the main three actors were working together and close but he and the other secondary cast spent most of their time forced to come to work just to wait until some minescule line such as "nooooo!" came along. They would film the one line over the course of a day or two and then go back to waiting. Meanwhile, the main actors largely ignored them.
Nichols and Dohan seem much more professional in their works, but both comment on how both Shatner and Nimoy would vie for the most pay and the most lines, often to the detriment of the other cast.
Even Shatner, in his autobiography apologizes for times when, in his excitement, he may have attempted to upstage, ignore, or grab lines from other actors.
Honestly though, I can easily see why this cast is the least close. This cast was never intended to be an ensemble. There were three lead actors, and a supporting cast. In the last 35+ years of memory, the supporting cast seems to have forgotten this fact.
Takei's book has several chapters dedicated to how Shatner either "stole" his lines or intentionally flubbed Kirk's so that the scenes where Sulu get's his own command had to be scrapped.--His book is by far the least professional and most whiney, as though in hindsight he has forgotten he was a secondary character.
Koenig's memoirs written during the filming of ST:TMP discuss how the main three actors were working together and close but he and the other secondary cast spent most of their time forced to come to work just to wait until some minescule line such as "nooooo!" came along. They would film the one line over the course of a day or two and then go back to waiting. Meanwhile, the main actors largely ignored them.
Nichols and Dohan seem much more professional in their works, but both comment on how both Shatner and Nimoy would vie for the most pay and the most lines, often to the detriment of the other cast.
Even Shatner, in his autobiography apologizes for times when, in his excitement, he may have attempted to upstage, ignore, or grab lines from other actors.
Honestly though, I can easily see why this cast is the least close. This cast was never intended to be an ensemble. There were three lead actors, and a supporting cast. In the last 35+ years of memory, the supporting cast seems to have forgotten this fact.
That's the trouble with conjuring up "legendary status". People try to make more of something than it actually was. Doohan, Takei, Koenig, and Nichols all had very small parts relative to Kelly, Nimoy, and Shatner. The fact that TOS became so popular and garnered a lot of interest for the "lesser" cast, that has probably led them to think more of their roles than they actually were. Let's face it, most actors are people who crave ego stroking. And when the opportunity presents itself, they milk it... until they reach a level where privacy is more important to them off the set.
I was under the impression that the secondary cast was treated with much more respect in the movies, though. They certainly got far more screen time than in the episodes.
Instead of the near constant bitching we hear from some of the TOS supporting cast, I've often thought how refreshing it would be to hear one of them say something like, "You know, I was really just an incidental player on the original show, even though I still loved every minute of it. And, fortunately, over the years, the fans have come to love our characters so much that we've all been able to continue contributing to Star Trek--through the motion pictures and otherwise--to the point where I really feel like part of the Star Trek family now. All in all, it's worked out pretty well!" 
Are you seriously getting pissed at Patrick Stewart for something you're imagining he would do to you because he's English?
I'm sorry to hear that you're prejudiced against Englishmen.
When the other Voyager actors were asked to comment on Wang's recollections, they asked "Garrett Who?"
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I knew that the TNG cast were close. and that the tos wasnt.
but some actors from DS9 are close:
Visitor and Farrell (Kira and J Dax)
Odo and Quark are (even though their characters arnt)
Brooks and Farrell (Sisko and J Dax)
and the VOY cast are (well some of them anyway lol)
Mulgrew and Dawson
Mulgrew and Picado
Mulgrew and Lien
Lien and Picado
Lien and Philips
Philips and Picado
Instead of the near constant bitching we hear from some of the TOS supporting cast, I've often thought how refreshing it would be to hear one of them say something like, "You know, I was really just an incidental player on the original show, even though I still loved every minute of it. And, fortunately, over the years, the fans have come to love our characters so much that we've all been able to continue contributing to Star Trek--through the motion pictures and otherwise--to the point where I really feel like part of the Star Trek family now. All in all, it's worked out pretty well!"
The only one who I've heard come close to making that kind of remark is Walter Koenig, who seems to have his feet on the ground more than any of the others. It must have been difficult for them though, to achieve worldwide fame without the fortune and to be chiefly remembered (and largely typecast) for something you did nearly half a century ago in which they weren't even main players. They probably need to inflate the whole thing into something more than it was.
Well, that's Dorn's memory. On the other hand, you have Nana Visitor saying that they were like a family, and going on about how it was the best time in her life and that it's like the way some people remember college, and about how wonderful and funny the recurring cast members were as well. So it's perfectly possible that it's just that Dorn wasn't that close with anyone (except maybe Farrell, who he had been friends with from before) the way he was with people from TNG.
Shimerman's impressions are somewhere in between, he said that the cast was big and you got to be close to the people you acted a lot with, and not see much of those you didn't get to share many scenes with, which is probably the closest to the objective truth.
What I do know about the DS9 cast from the interviews and con appearances seems to support this. Combs, Alaimo and Biggs are good friends (Alaimo and Combs ended up as neighbors as well), Visitor and Auberjonois seem to be good friends, Auberjonois and Shimerman, Brooks was close with Lofton, Siddig was friends with Robinson, Meaney and DeBoer (even though they don't get to see each other much these days since Siddig lives on another continent, he said he used to go to pubs with Meaney all the time and that it was great seeing him again, and he and Robinson used to perform Robinson's play about Garak and Bashir in conventions) and so on. They all seem to get along well in conventions, and I haven't heard about any of the cast having conflicts and issues with each other the way TOS cast or sometimes VOY cast did.
The only negative thing I've heard is actually about Dorn supposedly making some comments about Brooks and his approach. So maybe it's Dorn that just didn't like the atmosphere and found Brooks too serious and the entire atmosphere lacking in jokes compared to the TNG cast. But the TNG cast were much more tightly knit, due to the nature of the show. DS9 cast was wider and there were groups of actors that get to work together more than with others.
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