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Frakes went to seven auditions over six weeks before being cast as Riker.
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Roddenberry's favourite for Riker was Jonathan Frakes, who went through seven auditions before claiming the role.
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He was the second choice actor overall, but after the first choice failed to impress in both his auditions, Frakes claimed the role.
Frakes and six
Dorn is also one of six actors ( the other actors being Jonathan Frakes, Kate Mulgrew, George Takei, Avery Brooks and Majel Barrett ) to lend his voice to Star Trek: Captain's Chair, reprising his role of Lieutenant Commander Worf.
Frakes and being
Frakes commented that it would have been a mistake to cast Hanks as Cochrane due to his being so well known.
Frakes cast Krige after finding that she had all of the mentioned qualities, and being impressed by her performance in Ghost Story ; the director considers her the sexiest Star Trek villain of all time.
Director Gus Van Sant signed on as a consultant for the movie, which is being produced by Braxton Pope and Kevin Frakes.
* This episode is rated 4. 6 / 5 on Star Trek. com ( 24 June 2008 ), and Michael Dorn said this was one of his two favorite episodes, the other being " The Drumhead ," which was also directed by Jonathan Frakes.
Frakes and cast
After two better known directors turned down the job, cast member Jonathan Frakes was chosen to direct to make sure the task fell to someone who understood Star Trek.
Through this relationship, Frakes was able to cast Woodard in the film ; he considered it a coup to land an Academy Award-nominated actress.
In 1992 she appeared alongside fellow cast members Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, and Colm Meaney in a production of Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, which was performed in four cities.
The voice cast featured several actors who are alumni of the Star Trek franchise including Marina Sirtis and Jonathan Frakes ( respectively, Deanna Troi and William Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation ), who were featured regularly as principal cast members.
" Jonathan Frakes has stated that " it ’ s better to be type-cast than not to be cast at all.
The cast included his Star Trek: The Next Generation colleagues Gates McFadden, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner and Colm Meaney.
In addition to the regular cast, actors Gary Cole, Michael Dorn, Susana Esteban, Jonathan Frakes, Rachael MacFarlane, Patrick Stewart, Fred Tatasciore, Gabrielle Union, Wally Wingert, and James Woods.
Frakes and Riker
The episode featured guest appearances by Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis as their Star Trek: The Next Generation characters William Riker and Deanna Troi.
* Jonathan Frakes as Commander William T. Riker
Other Enterprise crewmembers include the ship's first officer William Riker, played by director Jonathan Frakes.
He said: " When I got married my best man was Brent ( Spiner, who portrayed the ST: TNG character Lieutenant Commander Data ) and my groomsmen were Michael ( Dorn, Lieutenant Worf ) and Jonathan ( Frakes, Commander Riker ) and Patrick ( Stewart, Captain Picard ).
Captains: Jean-Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ), William T. Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ), Edward Jellico ( Ronny Cox )
Captain: Admiral William T. Riker ( Jonathan Frakes )
Captain William Thomas Riker, played by Jonathan Frakes, is a fictional character in the Star Trek universe appearing primarily as a main character in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Frakes had grown a mustache and beard between seasons, and Gene Roddenberry asked him to keep it, because he thought it made Riker look more dignified.
Frakes appeared in dual roles in " Second Chances ", a TNG episode in which it was established that Riker had a " twin " created years earlier by a transporter malfunction.
Frakes appeared as the twin, Thomas Riker, in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode " Defiant ", in which he impersonates the other Riker to commandeer the starship Defiant as a member of the Maquis.
Frakes reprised his role of Commander Riker in the 2005 Enterprise series finale, " These Are the Voyages ...".
Frakes is best known for his portrayal of Commander William T. Riker in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and subsequent films.
Frakes would occasionally perform on the trombone during his tenure as Commander Riker, drawing on his college marching band experience.
* Jonathan Frakes as Commander William T. Riker
Director Jonathan Frakes returned to helm his second Trek film and co-star as Commander Riker, Patrick Stewart also did double duty as Captain Picard and associate producer.
Combs originally auditioned for the role of Commander William Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation, but lost out to Jonathan Frakes, though producers kept him in mind for casting in the later series.
William Thomas " Tom " Riker is a fictional character from the Star Trek universe, played by actor Jonathan Frakes.
He is a duplicate of William Riker, a regular character on Star Trek: The Next Generation, also played by Frakes, who was created by a transporter accident when Riker served as second officer aboard the USS Potemkin.
Campbell was the second choice of the producers of Star Trek: The Next Generation to play the role of William Riker, but lost the role to Jonathan Frakes.
* Riker also gains his mustache and beard in this episode ; after Jonathan Frakes returned for filming having grown it, he had intended to shave it off for the new season.
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* DiMaio, Michael ; Frakes, Robert, Constans I ( 337 – 350 A. D .), in De Imperatoribus Romanis ( D. I. R.
* DiMaio, Michael, and Robert Frakes, " Constantine II ( 337 – 340 A. D .)", D. I. R.
It was Frakes ' first theatrical film.
Frakes said he did not have much difficulty directing and acting at the same time, having done so on the television series.
" actually came in and read for the part ", Frakes said.
When Frakes first moved to Los Angeles, Woodard was one of the very first people he met.
During a conversation at a barbecue Woodard said she would become Frakes ' godmother, as he did not have one.
Frakes stated: " I started with the cattle call, then the casting director, the producer, then other directors, to Gene Roddenberry, and then through the Paramount execs, including the vice-president himself and the heads of television.
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