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Brent Spiner Says Nemesis was a Really Emotional Ending for The Next Generation

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By GustavoLeao / 18:01, 23 June 2008 / Star Trek: Nemesis

DreamWatch Total SciFi just posted a new interview with Star Trek The Next Generation star Brent Spiner, in which he revealed he wanted Buffy actor James Marsters for the role of Shinzon in Star Trek Nemesis. "I like Spike. I wanted him to play Shinzon in Nemesis!" Spiner told the site. Here are few excerpts of the interview.

Were any of the actors emotional when Star Trek: The Next Generation filmed its last episode?


Michael Dorn was emotional. He was crying and kept spitting those fake teeth out...But the ‘ending-ending' really was Nemesis. That was really emotional.


Have you saved any of your Star Trek: The Next Generation costumes?


I was told I couldn't take anything, so I wore my visor home off the set of Next Generation and I did that with my costume from the last movie [Nemesis]. That's all I've taken. Why? Because I could!
 

You co-wrote Star Trek Nemesis. Do you want to direct?


The most important thing you need to be a director is boundless energy. And I love sleep. I was not willing to give up sleep to tell people what to do!

The full interview, in which also talks about Threshold and his upcoming projects, can be found here.



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RE: Spike as Shinzon | Report this post to moderator
By: seventhstar (Odo's file, contact) @ 06:30:07 on Jun 24, 2008

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Quote: Well, much better than the awful Tom Hardy anyway...sigh...

Gustavo

See, I thought Tom Hardy did a fine job and James Marsden would be a fitting actor for clone of Tom Cruise but not close of Patrick Stewart. The problem with Shinzon was plot and script, but the actor was fine, I think.


Brent Spiner was talking about James Marsters as Shinzon.

Marsden and Marsters are easily confused, name-wise, but they really are two different people, or so I've been told.

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RE: Spike as Shinzon by Terry212 @ 06:41:37 on Jun 24
    RE: Spike as Shinzon by GustavoLeao @ 07:50:35 on Jun 24

RE: Spike as Shinzon | Report this post to moderator
By: JDKing (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:20:25 on Jun 24, 2008

I agree, that was not Hardy's fault in any way, blame that director who had zero clue of Star Trek. I'm sure it wouldn't have mattered who was cast as Shinzon, it would have been a stinker!

And if I may throw my 2 cents in, I think Stewart should have played both roles. He was a clone afterall. (Not that that would have saved Nemesis though)

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