““Kate Mulgrew”
That voice! Arrrgh!””
I only made it through the first season of Voyager when it aired. It was horrible. I never understood why they chose *her* for that role. From what I understand, they wanted Genevive Bujold to be the captain (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SIZcDWKyw0 if you’re interested in how that might have turned out).
While Bujold was certainly miscast for that role, someone similar in looks with some passion for the role would have been quite interesting. The selection of the woman that sounds like Yoda on helium had me baffled.
I eagerly watched any episode that had “Seven of Nine” in the synopsis on Netflix. If they wouldn’t have added that work of art known as Jeri Ryan, that show would have been DOA after it’s 4th season.
I love PC Trekkers. They scream and yell “SEXISM” yet don’t seem to mind that some attractive, curvy woman in a bodysuit is a key member of the bridge from STTNG on forward.
I remember discussing the casting for the role of Janeway at the time. Mulgrew seemed to play it like she was either slightly drunk or doing a strange impersonation of Shatner’s Kirk. Bujold was even odder, she’s a glacier without an ounce of charm. One name that was considered was Lindsay Wagner (”The Bionic Woman”), whom I think would’ve done a better job.
(Long dead thread revival...)
The reason Genevive Bujold's acting was so odd in that clip...
...isn't that she thought that this was a good way to portray a Starship Captain...
...but rather, by acting this way, she'd be let out of her contract.
Bujold realized after winning the role that she didn't want to work the notorious grind of TV series hours.