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cPol
08-26-2010, 04:58 AM
http://gizmodo.com/5621958/wesley-snipes-was-almost-geordi-la-forge-and-other-star-trek-tng-casting-fun

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/1566/500xstartrekcasting.jpg


In a strong argument for the existence of alternate realities, according to this purported 1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation casting sheet Wesley Snipes was once a front-runner to play Geordi La Forge.

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UPDATE: As for authenticity, LeVar Burton himself (!) confirms:

http://twitter.com/levarburton/status/22147677309
RegularJoe
08-26-2010, 05:01 AM
Yaphet Kotto as picard. interesting...
DAVE
08-26-2010, 05:13 AM
Forget about Snipes...REGGIE JACKSON WAS ALMOST GEORDI!??
Ben
08-26-2010, 05:14 AM
So we almost got a cellular peptide cake made out of Denise Crosby?!
Gregory
08-26-2010, 05:18 AM
I'm glad she changed her name to Gates.
Tuco
08-26-2010, 05:32 AM
"Always bet on blind"
Cth
08-26-2010, 05:47 AM
"Always bet on blind"

"Some motherf*ckers are always trying to eject the warp core at maximum velocity inverse to the original trajectory."
OzMan
08-26-2010, 08:06 AM
That would have been a horrible twist of fate. I can't even imagine what that would have been like.

I think Worf and Geordi would have been combat buddies if that had one that way.
Ryudo
08-26-2010, 08:08 AM
I don't think I could endure Rosalind Chao's acting even for as long as Yar was on.

So that's good, I guess.
Foolish Mortal
08-26-2010, 08:38 AM
Yaphet Kotto as picard. interesting...

Yeah that's the one that caught my eye. Wow.
DAVE
08-26-2010, 08:44 AM
"I'm the straw that stirs the Enterprise!"
Gregory
08-26-2010, 08:44 AM
Kevin Peter Hall could have made a visually interesting Data as he was about seven feet tall.
DAVE
08-26-2010, 08:49 AM
Two baseball legends up for the same Star Trek role. Reggie "Mr. October" Jackson, and Willie "Mays" Hayes.
cPol
08-26-2010, 08:53 AM
Two baseball legends up for the same Star Trek role. Reggie "Mr. October" Jackson, and Willie "Mays" Hayes.

I thought the guy on the Chippendale's calendar was Dwayne Zachemore?
Taxman
08-26-2010, 08:59 AM
Wesley Snipes was almost Geordi!I can't imagine it would have even turned out to be the same character.
dankiely
08-26-2010, 09:28 AM
what a different show this would have been. i read that the rocketeer was supposed to be Riker at one point. i wouldn't have minded that change.
Taxman
08-26-2010, 09:37 AM
i read that the rocketeer was supposed to be Riker at one point. i wouldn't have minded that change.I don't even have any idea who actually played the role.
SethInAz
08-26-2010, 09:53 AM
I find it equally interesting that Tim Russ, who played Tuvok on Voyager, was up for Geordi's part.
Taxman
08-26-2010, 11:09 AM
I find it equally interesting that Tim Russ, who played Tuvok on Voyager, was up for Geordi's part.Welcome to 1995.
schizorabbit
08-26-2010, 11:11 AM
Jenny Agutter as Dr. Crusher?

Set phasers to boner.
RegularJoe
08-26-2010, 11:18 AM
I find it equally interesting that Tim Russ, who played Tuvok on Voyager, was up for Geordi's part.

he also had a bit part in, i think, star trek: undiscovered country as a bridge officer.
Ben
08-26-2010, 11:32 AM
Where's Worf?
stevapalooza
08-26-2010, 11:44 AM
Ben Murphy would've been great as Ryker. He's as elusive as Robert Denby.
Foolish Mortal
08-26-2010, 11:58 AM
Where's Worf?

Worf was a late addition to the cast.

Believe it or not, James Avery and Michael Dorn were the two finalists for the part.
http://i38.tinypic.com/154hand.jpg
Ryudo
08-26-2010, 12:00 PM
he also had a bit part in, i think, star trek: undiscovered country as a bridge officer.

Tim Russ was in two episodes of DS9 and Generations before he got to Voyager.

You're probably thinking Trek VI because there was an episode of Voyager that featured Tuvok as part of the Excelsior crew under Hikaru Sulu's command.
Ben
08-26-2010, 02:31 PM
Tim Russ was in two episodes of DS9 and Generations before he got to Voyager.

You're probably thinking Trek VI because there was an episode of Voyager that featured Tuvok as part of the Excelsior crew under Hikaru Sulu's command.He's confusing 6 with Generations.
Foolish Mortal
08-26-2010, 02:41 PM
Tim Russ was actually on an episode of Next Generation. 'Starship Mine'. He played one of a group of mercenaries who were planing to steal the trilithium crystals from the Enterprise's engine while ship was at drydock.
Ben
08-26-2010, 02:45 PM
Guinan was almost played by R2-D2.
leafinsectman
08-26-2010, 03:05 PM
Uncle Phil as Worf!

And holy shit, I thought it said "Roy Thomas" for Picard.
Taxman
08-26-2010, 03:18 PM
He's confusing 6 with Generations.
I don't know Ben, I am kinda split between that and the Voyager episode. :lol:
RegularJoe
08-26-2010, 03:20 PM
He's confusing 6 with Generations.

ding!