Star Trek: 10 Behind The Scenes Secrets From Caretaker

10. Recasting Janeway

It is by now a well-known fact that Genevieve Bujold was originally cast as Captain Janeway. Before Caretaker made it past the initial days of filming, she abruptly quit the part, which led to a scramble to replace her. Thankfully, Kate Mulgrew stepped into the part, and the Janeway that the audience grew to love was born.

However, to go back to Bujold, the reason why she quit is quite a sour one. Garrett Wang, who along with Robert Duncan McNeill was one of the few Voyager stars to share scenes with her, explained that he approached her about her brusque demeanor. As he described it, she would arrive, she would film, and she would leave immediately afterward.

According to Wang, Bujold was incredibly annoyed that the producers had lied to her. She had been led to believe that she would be playing a captain first, and a woman second. However, as soon as she arrived, the hair and make-up team descended. This, in her opinion, created delays in the filming process, which in turn kept her away from her small children.

She quickly decided that the role wasn't for her, and that was that. Her claims were certainly not baseless - Mulgrew would later recount that she grew weary of the amount of messing with her style on Voyager's early seasons.