Star Trek: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Quark

10. Armin Shimerman was the first to be cast

Even though Armin Shimerman had already played a Ferengi on Star Trek: The Next Generation, his audition process for the role of Quark wasn't exactly smooth.

In an interview with Gamespot, he says that he auditioned for the role three times in total and that he was getting very anxious about the whole ordeal and that his confidence was drained. After the first audition, he had to wait for six weeks before he got a callback.

The second time around, he auditioned alongside his friend Max Grodenchik who was aiming for the same role, but, of course, ended up getting cast as Quark's brother, Rom. Only the third time did Shimerman get the chance to do it in front of the show's creators, Rick Berman and Michael Piller.

During that audition, the waiting room in front was filled with people who would go on to become the series' main cast, without any of them, including himself, knowing it at the time. According to Shimerman, he was the first of the lot to get the call from the producers. A mere twenty-four hours later, Deep Space Nine got its Quark.