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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
Also, Deanna Troi was a traditional blonde beauty like the girls that would show up in the 60's show. Denise Crosby originally auditioned for the proto Deanna Troi character.
Tasha Yar was supposed to be Tanya Hernandez because Roddenberry or Berman or someone saw Aliens and took a liking to Vasquez. The head of security was supposed to be in the vein of that tough hispanic female character and that's why the dark haired Marina Sirtis audioned for head of security.
Later on, someone decided to just swap the actresses completely.
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I had heard the story that Crosby and Sirtis had auditioned for the opposite roles and final casting swapped them, but I didn't know the apocrypha about the Yar character originally being hispanic. Thanks
