The truth that the incident had left Sirtis with an enormous gap in her uniform — to not point out one heck of a fright — did not save her from getting snapped at for ruining the take. It additionally meant the set must be rapidly rebuilt, forcing everybody to stay round for one more 5 hours, which Sirtis mentioned made her the goal of everybody’s ire for the night. When the reshoot lastly got here round, Sirtis was understandably nervous. Chatting with Leisure Weekly in 1994, she mentioned, “On the subsequent take, I went over to the chair, and in what [was supposed to be] a life-or-death state of affairs, I finished and wiped down the seat. It gave [the crew] an excellent chuckle.” She’d additionally needed to remind the pissed off director that they may reduce that half from the movie.
Whereas the good-spirited Sirtis was capable of finding humor within the expertise, it was a irritating exclamation level on one other instance of Hollywood’s mistreatment of girls. Recalling her pleasure after discovering Troi would lastly get her probability on the helm, Troi instructed Dublin Comedian Con that she known as up her finest good friend Michael Dorn (Worf). “I mentioned Dorny! Dorny! I get to drive the Enterprise!” However her enthusiasm had waned when she obtained to the script’s ending.
Itemizing a few of the individuals who obtained an opportunity to captain earlier than Troi, Sirtis lamented, “The primary bloke — it was the blind dude … then it was the kid. Then it was just about any chick in purple who occurred to be passing.” And till Troi obtained behind the wheel, Sirtis famous, the Enterprise got here out simply high-quality. “By no means a scratch on it till Troi obtained to drive!” she laughed. “To be truthful, that planet simply got here out of nowhere.”