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They sure have a lot of fun with Data! I bet Brent Spiner couldn't believe his luck having signed up to play a robot and then getting to play all sorts.

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Aye, it was a career-making role that turned out to be a bundle of different roles. What a treat for any actor!

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How dearly would I have loved Patrick McGoohan to be in TNG. I wonder why he said no.

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Nobody seems to know - but there is a gap in his roles between 1987 and 1991 which this falls into. I wonder if he was just not in a good place at that time.

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