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Scott Bakula Says Paramount Did Not Support ENTERPRISE

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By GustavoLeao / 02:15, 6 October 2005 / Enterprise

The latest issue of the German magazine Space View features an exclusive interview with ENTERPRISE star Scott Bakula. Here are a few excerpts (translated from German)

SV: What was the difference working on QUANTUM LEAP and STAR TREK ENTERPRISE?

Bakula: The main difference was that I had six colleagues on ENTERPRISE and we shared the work. On QUANTUM LEAP, Dean [Stockwell] and I were alone. [...] For example: during the shooting of the ENTERPRISE pilot, I had more free time than on four and a half seasons of QUANTUM LEAP.

SV: Did you watch THE ORIGINAL SERIES, when you were young?

Bakula: Not when I was a child, but I saw it regurlarly during my college days - and I couldn't get enough of it! I loved it! I saw all movies with the original crew, but then I lost contact with the franchise until I came back as an actor on ENTERPRISE.

SV: How do you explain ENTERPRISE's cancellation?

Bakula: It definitely wasn't because there are not enough fans anymore, but because of the TV politics. If we were not forced to work with UPN, we would actually talk about Season Five. But we were at the wrong place, at the wrong time, with the wrong politics. There are so many people who supported us, but those people were not at Paramount anymore. In the short time we were there, the studio changed totally. We simply started at the wrong time. (laughs) On the other hand... maybe we hadn't been there, if we hadn't started four years ago.

SV: Do you think, that fans will like ENTERPRISE on DVD?

Bakula: I think they will like it. I actually hope that it will be a great hit, so that all critics will see and realize what they let go. But ironically [...] these ENTERPRISE DVDs will be sold and watched somewhere on this world twenty years from now, but all those series now airing on UPN, won't be remembered. That's not meant with evil intent, but it's the nature of the genre!

Thanks to TREKNews.de for the excerpts.

The full interview can be found in the latest Space View magazine.



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RE: Funny... | Report this post to moderator
By: Yesterday's Lemmiwinks (Odo's file, contact) @ 09:06:09 on Oct 06, 2005

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Funny how Scott was the biggest backer of the network until the show got canned?

...and can you back this up?

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By: steveleenow (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 09:33:27 on Oct 06, 2005

it's negotiations dude - Scott, as the star of the show, and as a star of past shows that did fine, had some pull to try and keep the show going. When you're doing that you don't go out to the press and say "oh yeah, the people I'm fighting with to keep the show going are a bunch of fracking idiots." Saying that will definitely help get your show canned real quick.

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