Star Trek: Voyager
Summary
Captain Kathryn Janeway actor Kate Mulgrew assume responsibility for tensions onStar Trek : Voyagerbetween herself and Seven of Nine actor Jeri Ryan . Ryan joined the dramatis personae ofVoyagerin season 4 , after flagging ratings prompt a shakeup of the typicalStar Trekformat with the inclusion of sexy x - Borg Seven of Nine . Mulgrew had worked hard to establish Janeway as a smart , coherent , and authoritative distaff senior pilot , and the addition of Seven of Nine , with her notably skintight costumes , seemed to countermine Mulgrew ’s center opinion thatVoyagercould and should come through without swear on sexuality appealto have viewers ' tending .
Kate Mulgrew ’s opposition to Seven of Nine as a role led to Mulgrew treating Jeri Ryan badly on - band , and a rumored feud arising between the two actors whileStar Trek : Voyagerwas in production . In late yr , Mulgrew has apologized for her unprofessional behaviour , and Mulgrew and Ryan have appear together at normal with no apparent ill will toward each other . InThe Fifty - Year Mission : The Next 25 Yearsby Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross , Mulgrew addresses her touch aboutSeven of Nine onStar Trek : Voyagerand takes obligation for Ryan ’s on - set mistreatment . Read her quote below :
permit ’s be very consecutive about something : This is on me , not Jeri . She came in and did what she was ask to do . No doubtfulness about that , and she did it very well . It ’s on me , because I ’d hoped against promise that Janeway would be sufficient . That we did n’t have to bring a beautiful , sexy girl in . That somehow the power of my control , the vicissitudes of my talent , would be sufficient unto the solar day , because this would really change television , right ? That ’s what dug me the hardest , that to foot up the number they did that . … That was my version of it . And that suffer me . I found it sort of insulting . And , of form , she embodied the part , this beautiful girl . But we certainly were perfectly professional . I had been nothing short of whole professional , and she did her occupation . Very well ! It was a very full mind that she was half Borg , but it ’s on me . I ’m gloomy it has to be part of this bequest , and I should have probably carry myself better . I should have been more philosophic about it , but in the moment it was hard .
In its seven season , Star Trek : Voyager introduced many young face to the Trek universe . Here is a dislocation of the show ’s main cast and persona .
Both Captain Janeway and Seven of Nine Were Great Star Trek Characters
Voyager Ignored the Myth of Beauty Vs. Brains
Kate Mulgrew ’s initial trepidation atSeven of Nine ’s introduction onStar Trek : Voyagermust be frame in relation to reductive attitudes towards distaff television characters in the 1990s . The permeative inclination to pit ravisher against intelligence in female characters , and in woman in general , contributed to Mulgrew ’s feeling that a blistering miss onVoyagerwould bring down the perception ofStar Trek : Voyageras a smart , heedful show that appealed to female fans . Instead , Voyagertossed out the false duality all , portraying both Janeway and Seven as intelligent , capable women who could each be purpose models in their own right : Janeway as a leader , and Seven as a survivor .
Seven ’s authentically compelling journey from drone to human check Seven shape through harm with the help of those around her . Captain Janeway , in peculiar , was enriched as a character throughJaneway ’s personal investing in helping Sevenrediscover her manhood . Catsuits and heels were just decorationfor Seven ’s arc as a complex and nuanced eccentric , whose troubled retiring and unique perspective play much - ask conflict toStar Trek : Voyager . Fortunately , Kate Mulgrew also recognize that Seven of Nine was far more than an injection of sex charm , and has since apologized for her previous assumptions about Jeri Ryan .
Star Trek : Voyageris useable to stream on Paramount+ .
germ : The Fifty - Year Mission : The Next 25 Years : From The Next Generation to J. J. Abrams : The double-dyed , Uncensored , and Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trekby Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross
