8 Star Trek Scenes That Actors Hated Shooting

Many of the worst moments in Trek were fought against strongly by the cast.

By Marcia Fry /

Because Star Trek's characters are beloved by so many people, some of the actors have gotten very attached to who they play on the show, but often an actor's vision for their character has been overshadowed by the vision of the writers and studio executives. This has actually caused a lot of drama behind the scenes that audiences aren't typically even aware of.

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It may surprise some fans to learn that many of the biggest failures of Trek were actually protested by the cast, only for them to be ignored. A number of issues - like plotlines that come out of nowhere and alien concepts that make no logical sense - could've been avoided if the people in charge had been more open to feedback from the cast.

Many Trek actors got annoyed by the lack of creative control they had over their own characters. Others simply suffered from bad writing and a lack of character development. Whatever their reasons, here are ten scenes from Star Trek that actors absolutely hated shooting.

8. The First Appearance Of The Ferengi

Many fans don't know this, but one of the first Ferengi ever seen on Star Trek (in the Next Generation episode, The Last Outpost) was actually played by Armin Shimerman, the actor who went on to play Quark in Deep Space Nine.

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Unfortunately for Shimerman, this performance went on to haunt him. As he explained to Gamespot, at the time, the Ferengi were not yet fully developed into the species we know today. During early episodes of The Next Generation, they were originally intended to be more menacing and scary, actual enemies of the Federation. Shimerman played up the "evil factor" way too much as a result, and ended up portraying the Ferengi as incredibly one-dimensional, and a bit silly, during his first appearance.

When Deep Space Nine began, and the studio was looking for someone to play their new recurring Ferengi character, Quark, Armin auditioned three times before getting the role. He even stated that all of his hard work during the beginning of Deep Space Nine was done in an effort to eradicate that original performance from everyone's minds.

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