By Chris Snellgrove
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The fact that Wil Wheaton left Star Trek: The next generation often has disconcerted fans. Although it is certainly boring to play the character of children’s genius and take bullshit fans, the fact is that most stars children do not move away from stable pay checks, especially for concerts that Make household names. Why, then, did a talented young actor leave the show that made him famous? It turns out that Wil Wheaton decided to leave this Star Trek spin-off after an anonymous producer lied to him on Wesley’s involvement in “The Ensignes of Command”.
Wil Wheaton leaves Star Trek
The history of the reason why Wil Wheaton left Star Trek: The next generation can be found in The fifty -year mission: the next 25 yearsEdward Gross and Mark A. Altman’s book which is necessary to read for fans of the golden era of the franchise. In this text, the actor tells how he had been thrown into the film Valmont And had to negotiate shooting hours. The film was going to be shot in Paris during the TNG production break after season 2, but the production of the film was going to spread in the production of the third season of TNG.
However, Wil Wheaton I did not think it would be a problem because “command teachings” were the first episode produced for season 3 of this Star Trek and Wesley Crusher spinoff had not very extensive. Therefore, he assumed that it would be quite easy to write it minor scenes in which he could have been written. He held this hypothesis until his agent was contacted by a Star Trek producer.
“One of the producers told my agent that they could not write to me in this episode,” he said, “because it was an episode focused on Wesley, and I couldn’t go to work [in a movie]. He called my house and said to me: “It’s an episode of Wesley, and I write a scene with you and Gates that will advance your mother-son relationship, and it’s really important for the series. “” “”
It sounded well and well, but according to Wheaton, the producer “lied to me … a few days before starting the production of this season of Next generationThis producer completely wrote to me script, and it was appalling for me. The message was very clear – we got you – and it was a decision to sabotage my career. »»
The end of Wesley Crusher
With hindsight, Wil Wheaton remembers this as the incident that motivated him from Star Trek: The next generation. However, there can be more in this story than at first glance … While the actor completely remembers “command signs”, Wesley appears in a handful of scenes. It is possible that Wheaton refers to a more responsible role, which would be just online with this episode receiving large rewritings (as long as the writer Melinda Snodgrass almost removed his name from the credits).
The other interesting thing is that Wil Wheaton remembers this producer of Star Trek who lied to him as a kind of movement of power. Although this is entirely possible (the internal policy of the early TNG would have been very Toxic), it also seems possible that the anonymous producer to whom the actor spoke of the episodes. The episode centered on Wesley which advanced his relationship with his mother was “Evolution”, which served as a real episode of the third season despite the production of “The Ensignes of Command”, so there could be a real mixture Regarding production.
Even if it was an honest mistake, however, we can understand the annoyance of Wil Wheaton with the producers of Star Trek. Inserted or not, a producer prevented the actor from playing in a hot film by Miloš Forman which could have transformed his career. In addition, he would have played alongside Hollywood heavy goods vehicles like Colin Firth and Annette Bening, and we suspect in a way that they would cry “Shut Up, Wesley” much less than the average fan of Star Trek, which makes the film Even more attractive for the talented actor stuck by playing the genius of the most boring children of sci-fi.
