Did you know that? The View from the Bridge , hardback ed. This is Saavik. She was pounds after her third audition and attended her fourth audition three days after finding out that her mother had just died in a car crash, an experience that had caused the actress' weight to reduce to pounds.
Alley stated, " Nicholas Meyer told me on the spot that I had the role. I always thought that was very kind of him. Trek: The Unauthorized Story of the Movies , p. Even while sleeping, Kirstie Alley undergoes the physical transformation into Saavik. Nick Meyer noted, " She wouldn't take them off. The View from the Bridge , interior photographs Despite having pointy Vulcan ears, the actress' eyebrows were not characteristically slanted like other Vulcans seen up to that time.
Nick Meyer made a concerted effort to embody realism and avoid overt sexuality in Kirstie Alley's depiction of Saavik, which was the actress' first film role. That's real. You're in the Navy. You're a pro. Just do your job. You're good; you're at the top of your class there. Kirstie Alley was somewhat uncertain if other fans would accept a Vulcan female and she endeavored not to make the unemotional female character seem too much like "a bitch," by concentrating on the emotionality of Saavik's Romulan heritage, which accounts for her crying on screen at one point.
The Making of the Trek Films , 3rd ed. Nick Meyer believed Kirstie Alley succeeded in channeling the reserved emotionality of Saavik's Vulcan aspect in the film, generally. The director commented, " She gave a very actor performance, because none of her own, sort of, impish humor is present in this. What you see in Cheers and so forth, her comic timing. None of that. She was a Vulcan. Saavik, and that was important to me.
That was what I wanted to get across. I think the performance is much more interesting for that reason. He went on to remark that, even though playing Saavik involved the first work Alley did in front of a camera, "she delivered her lines like a seasoned pro.
I thought it might be nice if there was but that's not their plan. As a matter of fact, my recommendation to them is that they make her even a bit more alien in her dialogue as we did with Mr.
I thought a few times too often she sounded like an American girl who had just laid down her tennis racket, and I think you have to build in those mysteries and those mysterious ways, especially when you have aliens. Scenes deleted from Star Trek II included one wherein Spock made note to Kirk of Saavik's half-Romulan heritage and another in which she was introduced to David Marcus, hinting at an unspoken flirtation between them.
It was Nick Meyer who removed the idea of Saavik being half-Romulan. He explained, " I didn't see that it made any difference. There was nothing about her that was Romulan, so let her be Vulcan. The excised flirtatious component of Saavik's relationship with David was connected to a fascination that Saavik is implied as having with Kirk in the film, such as a suggestion that she made her appearance less formal for Kirk's benefit. Producer Robert Sallin confirmed that this was an intentional implication, stating, " Yes, it was meant to be subtle.
Another branch of a story which, if you'd allowed it to go, would get in the way. I thought it was funny in the movie because here's Saavik, who is half-way in love with Admiral Kirk, and she knows that's completely inappropriate. The moment she finds out that Admiral Kirk has a son—it just makes a heck of a lot of sense to her. The flirtation was to take place at the start of scene , and the meaningful glances Saavik and David exchange are not lost on a fatherly Kirk, who amusingly remarks, " Ah, she's learning by doing ," referring to an earlier discussion he had with Saavik in the turbolift on the Human condition in scene This take was slated for replacement with a more businesslike one, with Saavik herself trying her hand at humor, but neither had been included in any of the movie versions or their home media format derivatives , though the original, actually filmed, take has also been featured in the aforementioned promotional short.
She'd been a total newcomer then, and Paramount had been within its rights to insert an option clause in her contract that required her to perform in a sequel for a predetermined price. But the company had neglected to do it—so Kirstie was now a free agent! With Leonard Nimoy having been highly impressed by Kirstie Alley's portrayal of Saavik in Star Trek II , he and Harve Bennett were eager for the third film to feature the actress making a comeback appearance in the role.
I Am Spock , hardback ed. However, Kirstie Alley's agent thereafter requested a massive salary increase for the actress to reappear as Saavik in the new film. This option was declined — due to the financial demands — by Harve Bennett and Leonard Nimoy. In numerous statements, Bennett publicly claimed that Alley had demanded an enormous fee. The actress herself later dismissed this notion, also relating that she had felt surprised by the rejection of her reprising the role and that Paramount had never presented a counter offer to her.
I'm sure neither he nor Kirstie realized it, but the salary he wanted for her second Star Trek appearance was higher than what was being paid to De Kelley after seventeen years!
We couldn't agree to the price on either budgetary or ethical grounds, but Kirstie and her agent held firm. According to Nimoy, the rise in Kirstie Alley's requested salary was directly influenced by the amount the character is featured in the movie, which the actress' agent referred to upon calling the studio back to ask for the increased figure. But we needed someone in the crew to replace Vulcan knowledge, and that ultimately decided us that she had to be in the story. Nimoy offered, " I think it was clear to us that we wanted to continue the Saavik idea because of her potential relationship with Spock.
I was looking for an actress who could fill this slot [ An early story outline that Harve Bennett wrote for Star Trek III featured Saavik returning to the Genesis planet as a member of the Enterprise crew, abandoning the ship for the safety of the planet due to attacking Romulan miners.
During a tender moment on the surface of Genesis, Saavik directly confessed to Kirk her love for him.
The idea of having Saavik bond with a young Spock via pon farr was suggested by Gene Roddenberry. Trek: The Unauthorized Story of the Movies , 3rd ed. Whatever you think is right. Bennett stated, " We were passing the knife over Saavik just like the Klingon in the film.
When Saavik is first introduced in the script of Star Trek III , it is said she is " looking radiant, is wearing her hair down these days, but is as intense and efficient as ever. It was now one year later. The members of the casting department set up a meeting that Robin Curtis had with Leonard Nimoy, a day or so later. He explained to me who this character was and what the back-story was a little bit, so I would understand what it was I was talking about.
At this point, Robin Curtis' casting as Saavik was imminent. She related, " I don't think I met anyone again until I screen-tested almost, maybe, six to eight weeks later. And that almost felt like just a matter of exercise, like, 'Let's have fun now. Let's see what this character might look like if you were to play her because, you know, we think you're going to play her,' kind of thing, you know, and that's what it felt like, that day.
And then I was called, I believe the next day, [with news] that I'd got the part and this was absolutely a very thrilling moment. Star Trek Movie Memories , p. Saavik's makeup design was changed, introducing slanted Vulcan eyebrows to the character's facial appearance, when Robin Curtis assumed the role for Star Trek III.
She did not find her prosthetic Vulcan ears uncomfortable. No, not at all [ They were just this weightless, nothing bit of latex stuff. Due to this, Curtis was ultimately slightly envious of Alley, laughing, " I'm sorta jealous she got away with it, but I hope she had fun. She was not only instructed that she couldn't take the ear prosthetics home with her but was also cautioned to rub Neosporin on her own real ears every night, as the danger of a skin infection might have made the daily application of the faux ears extremely problematic.
I suppose it's like how female captains or admirals have been called "sir. Joined: Feb 19, Too Much Fun , Jul 5, Evans , Jul 5, Okay, I wouldn't know about that because I hardly watched Voyager, but that reminds me of something I wanted to ask that somewhat relates to this thread's question: Did anyone ever call Janeway m'am? Chaos Descending , Jul 5, ChristopherPike , Jul 5, Starfleet tradition. The role, not the gender. Triskelion , Jul 5, Joined: Oct 28, Location: Central Florida.
Stag , Jul 5, Joined: Dec 16, I guess it's great to have new members. Grant , Jul 5, The aliens are about to kill Archer, so Trip, thinking fast, tells them that he will take them to Shran.
Trip dies after being fatally wounded. Sadly, Elizabeth died soon afterward, due to a fever and an elevated white blood cell count. When discussing why Star Trek: Enterprise was canceled after four seasons, Trinneer pointed to scheduling issues with the network UPN as well as losing a major corporate backer for the show early on: The problem was that for the nights that we were on, usually your Major League Baseball team was also on UPN locally.
Two years later, Seven of Nine, along with three other drones, crashed on a planet and they were separated from the Borg Collective. Michael Burnham is Mary Sue.
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