Editing Star Trek: Nemesis (section)

=== Casting ===
Baird and Berman had been searching for someone who resembled Patrick Stewart but looked about 25 years younger; at one point they considered [[Jude Law]]. Baird specifically wanted an unknown actor, and Hardy auditioned by tape after Stewart asked Hardy's agent if he thought any of his clients were suitable for the role. Hardy was filming ''Simon: An English Legionnaire'' in Morocco at the time,<ref name="haydock-2012" />{{rp|37}} and decided against using the requested text for the audition. Instead, he got possession of a full script for ''Nemesis'', used a different part of the script, and filmed it partly nude.<ref name="haydock-2012" />{{rp|38}} He was flown to Los Angeles to do a screen test with Stewart; Hardy later described his performance there as "appalling". However, he had recorded himself performing the same piece in a hotel room the night before, and gave that tape to Baird, resulting in his being cast as Shinzon a few days later.<ref name="haydock-2012" />{{rp|39}}

Sirtis was "ecstatic" about the role Troi plays in the movie. She was pleased with the wedding scene, saying that the dress she wore for ''Nemesis'' was nicer than the one she wore at her actual wedding. She was happy to work once again with [[Wil Wheaton]] and [[Whoopi Goldberg]], but felt that the film would be the last one with the entire cast of ''The Next Generation''. She remained certain that it would not be the last ''Star Trek'' film to be made, as she thought that Paramount would want to make a film involving a variety of characters from the different ''Star Trek'' series.<ref name="starlog_2003-01">{{cite magazine |last=Spelling |first=Ian |date=January 2003 |title=Bride of the Stars |url=https://archive.org/stream/starlog_magazine-306/306#page/n25/mode/1up |magazine=Starlog |volume=1 |issue=306 |pages=23–26 |access-date=May 15, 2015}}</ref>

Perlman and Hardy became friends on the set. Perlman said in an interview eight years after the release of the film: "I loved him when I first met him. I loved working with him. I found him to be really smart, really a great kid."<ref name="haydock-2012" />{{rp|43}}