

We do their coverage first, and shoot their side of this really dramatic scene, and then it was time for my coverage. I remember this one time in particular, I had this once scene with this person, just the two of us. So there's only one entrance to the set, because all the cameras were built up on platforms and stuff to shoot the window - there was just one set of doors. It was a really impressive-looking set with this huge, massive, curved green-screen and this giant window. We'd have scenes - because a lot of my scenes took place in this set they built for my character called the Astrometrics Lab. It was so unnecessary and just so petty things like, oh my God… When there were a lot of scenes with this person the next day, I was sick to my stomach all night, just miserable. " There was nothing I COULD do - literally I would be nauseous when I knew these scenes were coming up. Ryan also explained that, in an intimate workplace environment like a television set with regular cast, there's little anyone can do to avoid someone who is holding a grudge and gave examples of the kinds of antics she'd have to deal with: It really made it an unpleasant work experience." That was tough, and it was particularly tough for some more than others, which was not real fun. They've got this character that's so rich because she's not even human when they start out…Ĭonsequently, all the scripts revolved around Seven of Nine and her relationship with the other characters, of course - which actually ended up leading to some really rich storylines for the other characters.īut that's hard when the new kid comes in and suddenly it's all about them. So all of a sudden, all of that shifted drastically in Season Four and now the writers, who have been writing for the same seven characters for three years, are salivating for something new to write with. Typically, it's the Captain that gets the attention of the press, and the shows revolve around that. Star Trek, traditionally - because this was like the fourth incarnation of Star Trek at the time - was always the Captain, or the Captain and First Officer. " It was understandably tough for an existing cast that had been together for three years already.

This diverted a lot of attention her way (via Trek Core): Ryan recalled how UPN and Paramount were using the introduction of Seven of Nine to push Star Trek: Voyager and the Star Trek franchise into the mainstream. Though the podcast was released last year, her discussion of how her arrival in the fourth season of Star Trek: Voyager didn't go over well with a certain member of the established cast has only just been brought to the attention of Star Trek fans. "He was a man of conviction and enormous sensitivity and the best of humanity.Ryan was a guest on Aisha Tyler's Girl on Girl podcast. "I have lost a great friend and the world has lost a great heart," Armin Shimerman, the actor who played Quark, wrote in a tweet. The site also notes that Eisenberg also played Kar, the young Kazon-Ogla, in a 1995 Star Trek: Voyager episode.įriends and fans remembered Eisenberg on social media. His character was the son of Rom, the nephew of Quark, and the best friend of Jake Sisko, who was the son of commanding officer Benjamin Sisko.Įisenberg was told nothing about his character when he was cast and had no idea that the part would last, Star Trek reports "I thought every episode I was doing might be my last episode," he told in 2012. The actor's cause of death wasn't released, but he underwent his second kidney transplant in 2015, notes in an obituary.Įisenberg played Nog, the first Ferengi to join Starfleet, and appeared in 40 episodes from across all seven seasons.
