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Originally Posted by Blaster86
Ryan and Mulgrew hated eachother from the start. No one on the main cast of fond of Jeri Ryan when she started. They had, to that point, spent three or four years together as a cast and then the UPN execs decide they need something to make the show more appealing. They decide Borg Bambi is the way to go. But they also decide that the show doesn't get additional budget for this so one of the main cast has gots ta go to make way.
While business is business, a lot of them looked at it as Jennifer Lien got pushed out for Jeri Ryan while at the same time, the rest of the cast were told they weren't good enough to carry the show.
Apparently Dorn experienced a similar icing out when he first started on DS9 due to the cast's feeling him being parachuted in was a mark against them. I can imagine it would have been a much longer and severe icing out if him arriving also saw Alexander Siddig fired to make way.
Say what you will, the cast had a point. Kate Mulgrew just took it to the nth degree and never forgave Ryan until long after the series ended.
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The Voyager cast had a minor, inconsequential point. Because the studio was right on that one, the current cast couldnt carry the show.
Some may infer 'inject hot woman' was the entire point and thats not wholly wrong, but really it was a '2-birds' scenario. While bringing in an attractive woman helped, it also allowed the writers to bring in the Borg which essentially solidified the storyline of the back-half of that entire series.
And if Mulgrew and Co. didnt like it? That show was dying. Take on a new cast member or the lot of you get turfed.
And Jennifer Lien was let go because apparently she was borderline psychotic.
As for Dorn, thats a harder one. I have not seen any evidence that he was a jerk or an ass or anything, but the rest of the cast just really didnt like him. TNG and DS9. He was always the butt of the on-set jokes and pranks.
Obviously I dont know the guy, but I thought Dorn played the part he was given really well and while not one of my favourite characters, Worf had some really interesting arcs that moved Star Trek forward.
Maybe he was just a crummy co-worker, who knows? Maybe he beat Frakes to the Craft Services table and took all the good sammiches!!