Editing Star Trek Generations (section)

==Cast==
[[File:Mcdowellgfdl.PNG|thumb|left|alt=A light-skinned, white-haired elderly man talks with a microphone and gestures with his free hand.|Malcolm McDowell (pictured in 2007) requested his character not have alien features to avoid lengthy sessions in the makeup chair.]]
The main cast of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' reprise their roles in ''Generations'': [[Patrick Stewart]] as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, [[Jonathan Frakes]] as Commander William Riker, [[LeVar Burton]] as Chief Engineer Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge, [[Brent Spiner]] as Lieutenant Commander Data, [[Gates McFadden]] as Chief Medical Officer Commander [[Beverly Crusher]], [[Michael Dorn]] as Lieutenant Commander [[Worf]], and [[Marina Sirtis]] as ship's counselor Commander [[Deanna Troi]]. Recurring characters from the series return, including [[Barbara March]] and [[Gwynyth Walsh]] as the villainous Klingon sisters Lursa and B'Etor Duras, [[Patti Yasutake]] as ''Enterprise'' nurse Lieutenant [[Alyssa Ogawa]], and [[Whoopi Goldberg]] as Guinan.

[[Malcolm McDowell]] plays Tolian Soran, the film's antagonist. McDowell had worked with Stewart on stage decades earlier, and relished the chance to kill Shatner's character.<ref name="avclub-malcolm mcdowell interview">{{cite web|author=Adams, Sam|date=June 12, 2011|url=https://www.avclub.com/malcolm-mcdowell-1798226180|title=Random Roles; Malcolm McDowell|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|publisher=G/O Media|access-date=November 19, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112130104/https://film.avclub.com/malcolm-mcdowell-1798226180|archive-date=November 12, 2019}}</ref> He liked his character's spiked hair and black ensemble, and requested that his character not have alien features to avoid lengthy makeup sessions.<ref name="startrek.com-6 things malcolm mcmowell">{{cite web|author=Staff|date=June 13, 2018 |url=https://www.startrek.com/article/6-things-to-know-about-malcolm-mcdowell|title=6 Things to Know About Malcolm McDowell|website=StarTrek.com|publisher=CBS Entertainment|access-date=November 18, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817044122/http://www.startrek.com/article/6-things-to-know-about-malcolm-mcdowell|archive-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref>

In the film's initial script, the entire principal cast of ''The Original Series'' was featured, but only three members appear in the film: [[William Shatner]] as Kirk, [[James Doohan]] as Scott, and [[Walter Koenig]] as Chekov.<ref name="beeler-1995">{{cite magazine | last = Beeler |first= Michael | year=1995|title=Star Trek Generations; Two Captains; Trek Memories; Spock Speaks; El-Aurian Heavy; Feature vs. Series; The Star Trek Curse; John Alonzo; |magazine=[[Cinefantastique]] |volume=26 |issue=2 |pages=16–27 |url=https://archive.org/details/cinefantastique_1970-2002/Cinefantastique%20Vol%2026%20No%202%20%28Feb%201995%29/page/n15/mode/2up }}</ref>{{rp|17}} [[Leonard Nimoy]] and [[DeForest Kelley]] declined to appear as their characters [[Spock]] and [[Leonard McCoy]]. Nimoy felt there were story problems with the script and that Spock's role was extraneous.<ref name="beeler-1995"/>{{rp|17–20}} Producer [[Rick Berman]] told the press, "Both Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley felt they made a proper goodbye in the last movie."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Voedisch|first1=Lynn|title='Star Trek' Clears Deck for New Generation|work=Chicago Sun-Times|date=May 19, 1994}}</ref> Nimoy and Kelley's lines were subsequently modified for Doohan and Koenig.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.startrek.com/database_article/scott |work=StarTrek.com|access-date=August 12, 2011 |title=Character Biography of Montgomery Scott|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305133828/http://www.startrek.com/database_article/scott|archive-date=March 5, 2016}}</ref> The news that not all of the ''Original Series'' cast was in the film was not passed to all of ''The Next Generation'' actors. When Goldberg arrived on set on her first day, she immediately asked to see [[Nichelle Nichols]], who portrayed [[Nyota Uhura]] in ''The Original Series''. When told that Nichols was not in the film, she said to Koenig, "The fans have been waiting for years to see Nichelle and me and Uhura and Guinan on screen together."<ref>{{cite book|last=Nichols|first=Nichelle|title=Beyond Uhura|pages=309–10|year=1994|publisher=G. P. Putnam's|location=|isbn=0399139931|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/beyonduhurastart00nich}}</ref> Patrick Stewart said that he had made an effort to ensure the original cast's involvement in the film: "I didn't want us to sail into the future just as ''The Next Generation'' cast."<ref>{{cite news|date=2021-08-01|title=Film Flies High as Dual Trek for Stars|url=https://buffalonews.com/news/film-flies-high-as-dual-trek-for-stars/article_690c6941-f098-55b1-a3a3-ea4932786e0b.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210801003148/https://buffalonews.com/news/film-flies-high-as-dual-trek-for-stars/article_690c6941-f098-55b1-a3a3-ea4932786e0b.html|archive-date= 2021-08-01|newspaper=[[The Buffalo News]]|access-date=2021-08-01|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Alan Ruck.JPG|thumb|Alan Ruck (2004)]]
[[Alan Ruck]] plays ''Enterprise''-B captain John Harriman. When approached for the role, Ruck assumed he would play an alien, saying, "Look, when I shave every day, I don't look in the mirror and say, 'Hey! There's a starship commander.'" Berman informed him that the character was from a wealthy and connected family, and was placed in command as a stepping stone to a political career.<ref>{{cite web|author=Harris, Will|date=July 8, 2018|url=https://www.avclub.com/alan-ruck-s-journey-from-ferris-bueller-to-sears-to-the-1827063548|title=Random Roles; Alan Ruck's journey from Ferris Bueller to Sears to the bridge of the Enterprise and beyond|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|publisher=G/O Media|access-date=November 19, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226002743/https://www.avclub.com/alan-ruck-s-journey-from-ferris-bueller-to-sears-to-the-1827063548|archive-date=February 26, 2020}}</ref> [[Jacqueline Kim]] plays ''Enterprise''-B helmsman [[Demora Sulu]]. Kim consulted with art supervisor [[Michael Okuda]] to make sure her hand movements and manipulations of the ships' controls were consistent and accurate.<ref name="asianweek-newgeneration">{{cite news|author=Lin, Sam Chu|date=December 9, 1994|title=A New Generation of Star Trek Takes Off|work=[[AsianWeek]]|publisher=Pan Asia Venture Capital Corporation|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-2294847.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924180330/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-2294847.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref> [[Glenn Morshower]] played an ''Enterprise''-B navigator; he apologized to the director for a poor first rehearsal, because as a ''Star Trek'' fan he was unused to performing along with actors he had idolized for years.<ref name="bluray-commentary">{{cite AV media |people=[[David Carson (director)|Carson, David]]; [[Manny Coto|Coto, Manny]] |date=April 30, 2013|title=Star Trek Generations; Audio commentary |publisher=[[Paramount Pictures]] |medium=Blu-ray}}</ref>{{rp|5'50"}}

Many of the minor characters throughout the film appeared in different roles in the television series. [[Tim Russ]], who appears as an ''Enterprise''-B bridge officer, played a terrorist in "[[Starship Mine]]" and a Klingon in "[[Invasive Procedures (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Invasive Procedures]]", and later joined the cast of ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' as the Vulcan [[Tuvok]].<ref name="nemecek-2003">{{cite book |last=Nemecek |first=Larry |year=2003 |title=Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion |publisher=Pocket Books |edition=3rd |isbn=0743457986}}</ref>{{rp|318}} Various background roles were played by the main cast's stunt doubles.<ref name="okuda"/>