10 Notorious Star Trek Urban Legends

10. Paramount Tried To Replace Deanna Troi With Seven Of Nine

One of the more positive moments in Star Trek: Nemesis (and there weren't many) was the brief cameo from Kate Mulgrew as Admiral Janeway. It was fun, it was seamlessly integrated, it was an all-too-infrequent reminder that these characters all form part of a rich and layered shared universe. However, it wasn't Paramount's original choice for incorporating Voyager.

In a tale that's been told, inconsistently, from numerous people, Paramount made more than one attempt to bring Seven of Nine into the movie at the expense of a principal member of The Next Generation's cast. Initially, this was believed to be Marina Sirtis who, when attempting to negotiate pay-parity with her male co-stars, was threatened with being removed from the film.

“When I was negotiating for Nemesis they said ‘We are going to fire you and hire Jeri Ryan. And I said ‘Well Jeri Ryan won’t do it for that money, that is for sure'. I quit smoking for six years but what got me started again was contract negotiations with Paramount. That is how bad it was".

However, Ryan herself stated that while she knew her name was being used in the negotiations, the Troi story was news to her. "They did offer a role in Nemesis, to replace a different character, but it was not Marina. There was absolutely no reason to replace this character with Seven of Nine, so obviously we didn’t do it".