Star Trek: Enterprise
Summary
Scott Bakula was the first and only choice to be the series take ofStar Trek : Enterprise , confirm managing director James L. Conway . Enterprisepremiered in the fall of 2001 as a prequel toStar Trek : The Original Series , chart the escapade of Captain Jonathan Archer ( Bakula ) and the NX-01 , the first Starship Enterprise . Conway directedEnterprise ’s serial premiere , " Broken Bow , " and several other democratic sequence , withBakula leading an all - new castincluding Jolene Blalock as Vulcan Science Officer T’Pol and Connor Trinneer as Chief Engineer Commander Trip Tucker .
In a wide - ranging conversation onThe Shuttlepod Showwith Connor Trinneer and Dominic Keating about their time working together onStar Trek : Enterprise , James L. Conway was call for about the appendage of casting the series . Conway swan that T’Pol andCaptain Jonathan Archerwere the toilsome role to cast and thatthere was"no musical accompaniment " if Scott Bakula did n’t sign on to star inEnterprise . record their quotes and watch over The Shuttlepod Show video recording below .
James L. Conway : The hardest ones to cast were T’Pol , and then we did n’t know about Scott until the weekend before we started shooting . And they had n’t close down his deal . Everyone was sort of sure it was gon na close but not 100 % trusted .
Dominic Keating : Did they have a backup ?
James L. Conway : No . There is no accompaniment .
Connor Trinneer : Really ? It was him or no one .
James L. Conway : Him or no one .
Star Trek : Enterprise introduced new faces to the prequel serial coiffure a century before the events of Star Trek : The Original Series .
Scott Bakula’s Star Trek Legacy as Enterprise’s Captain Jonathan Archer
Bakula remains revered by his Enterprise co-stars.
It ’s shocking thatthere was no Plan B if Scott Bakula did n’t sign on on to play Captain Archer inStar Trek : Enterprise , but James L. Conway noted that the caput of United Paramount connection , Kerry McCluggage , was acquaintance withBakula from when Scott starred inQuantum Leapon NBC , and they were confident that Bakula ’s deal would be made . Elsewhere onThe Shuttlepod Show , Conway told the story of how McCluggage detest Captain Archer ’s hair when he saw footage ofEnterprise ’s archetype , and the production had to redo Clarence Day of work after Bakula ’s haircut had been align to McCluggage ’s expiation .
James L. Conway toldThe Shuttlepod Showthat Jolene Blalock ab initio did n’t want to sign on to play T’Pol , but she finally did don the Vulcan ears . It ’s now impossible that any other actress could be T’Pol .
As any listener ofThe Shuttlepod Showknows , Scott Bakula ’s formerStar Trek : Enterprisecast mates have nothing but glow thing to say about their show ’s leading man . Bakula is revered for being a nice and generous series lead who treats everyone on position with respect . Bakula only from time to time makes appearances relating toStar Trek , such as when he take part in William Shatner ’s 2011 documentary film , The Captains , and he does n’t often seem atStar Trekconventions . The Shuttlepod Showawaits Scott Bakula joining them as a invitee , andStar Trek : Enterprisefans hope Bakula might one twenty-four hour period play Captain Jonathan Archer again on Star Trek on Paramount+ .
Star Trek : Enterpriseis available to stream on Paramount+ .
Source : The Shuttlepod Show
