What If? Erin Gray had played Janeway

[voss749]

Erin Gray of buck rogers fame was one of the 5 finalists for Janeway, how do you think Voyager would have been different if she had been picked as Janeway.

 

[Ezri]

It would have been better with Erin Gray

 

[Aragorn]

The scripts would be the same, but the lead actress would've been much easier on the eyes to watch.

Unless there was an actor on the show with some sort of creative clout, Voyager was doomed to be what it was.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

They'd have had to replace her with Genevieve Bujold in a week, much to their relief.

 

[Ezri]

With all the women of Voyager, Janeway was the problem.

 

[nx1701g]

Linda Hamilton was also up for the role. Wasn't Sigourney Weaver also on the short list?

 

[Shatmandu]

voss749 said:
Erin Gray of buck rogers fame was one of the 5 finalists for Janeway, how do you think Voyager would have been different if she had been picked as Janeway.

I would have watched the show every day. And I would still be weeping that it was off the air.

Erin Gray turns my crank.

Joe, who could use a crank turning, as a matter of fact

 

[DarKush]

Even though the stories would've probably been as lackluster I think I would've given Voyager more of a chance simply because I had fond memories of Gray on Buck Rogers and Silver Spoons.

 

[Wicca who Wonta]

I think Mulgrew was great as Janeway and I wouldn't want to see anyone else in that role.

 

[od0_ital]

Well, if Erin Gray had been on VOY, I'd have gotten her autograph at Realms Con a couple of years ago, and from what I learned from Marina Sirtis at lunch that day, she'd have probably shown up as a guest star a lot more often (she was a big fan of Gray's).

 

[Sec31Mike]

I think Erin gray would have made a fine Janeway. VOY would have had a nice ratings bump by going with a well known actress for the role. Maybe Janeway would have come off a little less bitchy and condescending.

 

[david g]

God, I cant imagine VOY being nearly as breakthrough or dramatic with an actress like Gray in the role. Mulgrew's performances in DEADLOCK, YOH, and ENGAME, among so many others, are so powerful that I doubt any other performer could rival them.

That having been said, I do always wonder what Lindsay Wagner, another finalist, would have brought to the role, but she simply would have created such a different Janeway that the show would have been a completely different one as well.

 

[NathanielM]

i believe it would have been a better pick thatn the broad major from Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins. I really did not like her very much...

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[Malcom]

Ripley said:
I think Mulgrew was great as Janeway and I wouldn't want to see anyone else in that role.

I think Mulgrew was great as Janeway and I wouldn't want to see anyone else in that role.

 

[Vic Sixx]

I think it would have been alot better, the Erin Gray Janeway/7 of 9 moments would have been alot more erotic

 

[McCoy]

Gray would have been too lightweight. I couldn't imagine the crew being willing to follow her through Hell, like I can with Mulgrew.

 

[Orac Zen]

Ripley said:
I think Mulgrew was great as Janeway and I wouldn't want to see anyone else in that role.

Agreed. Of course, at this distance it's pretty difficult to imagine anyone else in the role, but leaving that aside Mulgrew was terrific in the part and I'm glad she was cast.

 

[Kieran]

I'd have been okay with Gray as Janeway.

 

[OldManDax]

Candice Bergen, Meredith Baxter or Kate Jackson - i'd have taken any of them in the Janeway role.

Erin Gray? Not so much.

Btw, Kate Mulgrew WAS Janeway.

 

[Corran Horn]

I think she would have been great. More feminine. Sometimes Mulgrew sounds like she's smoked 3 packs a day.