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Collins: Last August, I visited the
Voyager crew on the Paramount
lot in Hollywood.
That day, they were shooting
the episode which aired
tonight. ["One Small Step"]
Behind the scenes, the Voyager
cast is like one big rowdy
family.
Garrett: Listen to the cackle coming from Jeri Ryan over there. |
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| Jeri: This is a cast of psychopaths. I don't know if you've spent any time with many of the cast members. Everybody here is insane, like certifiable lunatic insane. All the men are just completely out of their minds. |
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Collins: And all the men are also pranksters,
joke tellers, and one of them does impressions.
Garrett: (as George Takei) If I was to talk to you like Sulu, this is how I would talk to you. I would say, "Oh, my." Collins: Ok, Garrett, give us your best shot at the Doc. Garrett: (as the Doc) Just remember, Kes, anybody can stargaze on the bridge but the real action happens in Sickbay. See a video clip of this! [600kb] |
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| Collins: That's the Doc, Robert Picardo, call him Bob, directing in his favorite $20 Hawaiian shirt. |
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| Collins: Tim Russ, you notice, is comfy in his bathrobe. |
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| Collins: Ethan Phillips is wearing three hours worth of make-up. |
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| Ethan: That slot in my nose is for credit cards. |
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Collins: The cast has been on this set, fully made up, since 5 in
the morning.
Exactly what substance is on
Dawson's face?
Roxann: It's rubber. Rubber, foam, Latex. Rubber. Collins: That's what it's made of? Roxann: Whatever it is, it's not comfortable. |
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| Collins: And we learned other trade secrets, like what the men have on under those jumpsuits. |
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| Garrett: Some of the men have had to wear girdles, unfortunately. |
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Collins: And how do they remember all that techno babble in the
script?
Beltran: The technobabble is really difficult, so the way to get around it is you just find opportune places to put the dialogue. I put them everywhere. Coffee cups, right on the bottom of the coffee cup, and I'm getting ready to take a sip and I'm looking at the coffee and I go, oh, that's my line. |
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Collins: If you catch Jeri Ryan not
making eye contact in some scenes, there is a very good
reason.
Jeri: I've learned that any time I have a scene, particularly a one on one scene with any of the men, I just know not even to look at them. I look over their head or I'll be there all day, because I'll laugh so hard I'll have make-up running down my face. We do more laughing than accomplishing things much of the time. |
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Seven: I believe Voyager's presence in the Delta Quadrant is no accident. You and the crew have been stranded here intentionally. Chakotay: By whom? Seven: Captain Janeway. Collins: Next week in the "Voyager Conspiracy" episode, the Captain is accused of sabotage and incites a civil war. I'm Pat Collins, UPN 9 News.
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