12 Actors Who Hated Being On Star Trek

Wil Wheaton was coming off an already successful career when he appeared in Star Trek The Next Generation as Wesley Crusher. He had just starred in the critical hit Stand By Me and was fresh in peoples' minds.

He was brought into the show to play the character that, unfortunately, many audiences would quickly come to hate. One such audience member was Rod Roddenberry, Gene's son. He felt anger toward Will as he felt that Gene was replacing the missing relationship between father and son with the relationship he was establishing with Will. As the show began to air, Wheaton became the subject of much negative fan reaction and would eventually leave in the show's fourth season.

In a recent reunion, Wheaton spoke about his feelings of regret for the way he handled his time on the show. He felt sad and ashamed of the way he had left and he felt that for years he was not able to keep up a relationship with his cast mates. Thankfully in later life, he has been welcomed back to the family, returning for 2002's Star Trek Nemesis and is currently hosting the after-show for Star Trek Picard, The Ready Room.