8 Star Trek Scenes That Actors 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.

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.