20 Things You Didn't Know About Star Trek: Nemesis
18. Numerous Legacy Characters Almost Had Cameos
Nemesis memorably features a fleeting cameo from Voyager's Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), who briefly interacts with Picard on a video call, but several other peripheral Star Trek characters were intended to make cameo appearances in varying capacities.
Most prominently, Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) was offered a role in the film, and according to Jeri Ryan herself it was intended to be a substantial supporting part rather than a quick wink-wink cameo.
Ryan turned it down, though, because she wanted to take a break from her busy schedule working on Boston Public, and also felt that the part never rose above being pure fan-service.
She also turned down an offer to cameo at Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Troi's (Marina Sirtis) wedding, because she again felt it didn't make sense for Seven to be there.
Elsewhere, Ashley Judd's Starfleet Ensign Robin Lefler - a minor character who appeared in two episodes of The Next Generation's fifth season - was written into an early draft, but it never panned out.
And finally, actress Denise Crosby lobbied producer Rick Berman to bring Tasha Yar's half-Romulan daughter Sela back into the fold somehow, but the writers never found a way to work her into the movie.