Star Trek: Voyager
Summary
If Paramount Pictures one day decide to giveStar Trek : Voyagerthe Kelvin Timeline treatment , which Hollywood star would play Captain Kathryn Janeway ( Kate Mulgrew ) and her crew ? The core assumption ofVoyagerwas two ideologically opposed groups - Starfleet and the Maquis - being pressure to work together after being stranded in the Delta Quadrant . The engagement amongVoyager ’s casting of characterswas rarely explored in a meaningful way on television . A series ofStar Trek : Voyagermovies could put that conflict front and centerin the first movie , and further develop the besotted - knit bond between the crew in future entries .
There would be no shortfall of storylines for screenwriters to conform , either , given the wealth of thrillingStar Trek : Voyagermovie episodesthat were broadcast during its seven - time of year ladder . If the studio want a different glide slope , then the uncharted territory of the Delta Quadrant could provide rich storytelling opportunities . While thisStar Trek : Voyagerreboot motion-picture show is purely hypothetical , and devotee casting it is just for play , there are several role player working in Hollywood today that could take on the roles of the fabled USS Voyager crew .
J.J. Abrams ' first Star Trek movie kicked off a new plot line for the dealership , but the motion-picture show also stole two things from Voyager season 3 .
10Charlie Day as Neelix
Originally played by Ethan Phillips
Charlie Day would ace theVoyagercharacter ’s sweeter , more vulnerable side , while bestow an edge to Neelix that would make his portrait unique .
It ’s Always gay in Philadelphia ’s Charlie Day is perfectly suitable to playing the USS Voyager ’s morale officer and point of hospitality , Neelix . InAlways Sunny , Day plays the naive but easily agitated janitor / bartender of Paddy ’s Pub . Suceeding Ethan Phillips in the persona of Neelix , Charlie Day would nail theVoyagercharacter ’s sweeter , more vulnerable side , while bringing an edge to Neelix that would make his portrayal singular .
WhileCharlie Day ’s recent movieFool ’s Paradisedidn’t perform well either critically or commercially , Charlie Day is still a attraction at the box authority . His roles inIt ’s Always cheery in Philadelphia , Super Mario Brothers , andHorrible Bosseseach show thatCharlie daytime excels as part of an ensemble . There is no greater ensemble in celluloid or TV than the crew of aFederation spaceship , meaning that Day would be a outstanding summation to the cast of aStar Trek : Voyagermovie .
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Star Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s Colm Meaney recently played Shelley Kelly opposite Charlie Day in two episodes ofIt ’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia ’s time of year 15 .
9Dafne Keen as Kes
Originally played by Jennifer Lien
Keen excels at dally strange untested woman in over-the-top circumstance , not just inLoganbutHis Dark MaterialsandThe Acolytetoo .
The relationship between Neelix and Kes inStar Trek : Voyagerwas always slightly leftover , not least because of the age gap . AVoyagermovie reboot could call this by pull in Neelix ’s relationship with Kes more agnate , making Dafne Keen an idealistic actress to play the role opposite Charlie Day . Keen made her Hollywood debut inLoganopposite Hugh Jackman andStar Trek : The Next Generation ’s Patrick Stewart , playing X-23 , the adoptive girl of Wolverine . lancinate excels at playing strange youthful women in over-the-top fate , not just inLoganbutHis Dark MaterialsandThe Acolytetoo .
InStar Trek : Voyager , Kes was always more interesting than her relationship with Neelix or her flirtation with Lt . Tom Paris ( Robert Duncan McNeill).The Ocampan species and Kes ' psychical gifts gave her an interesting arcthat was curtailed whenJennifer Lien leftVoyager . Through no fault of Lien , the storey of Kes got lost in the original series , so telling her story through aStar Trekmovie could turn on the author to focalise in on the Ocampans and their unparalleled biota , and Dafne Keen has already shown her considerable skills in playing such a character .
The fifth entry in the Star Trek franchise, Star Trek: Voyager, is a sci-fi series that sees the crew of the USS Voyager on a long journey back to their home after finding themselves stranded at the far ends of the Milky Way Galaxy. Led by Captain Kathryn Janeway, the series follows the crew as they embark through truly uncharted areas of space, with new species, friends, foes, and mysteries to solve as they wrestle with the politics of a crew in a situation they’ve never faced before.
The best of Jennifer Lien ’s Star Trek : Voyager episode as Kes center on her empathy , compassion , and growing telepathic powers .
8Glen Powell as Lt. Tom Paris
Originally played by Robert Duncan McNeill
Glen Powell played a cocksure and slightly chesty pilot inTop Gun : Maverick , so he ’s already got the moveable skills to fly the USS Voyager .
FromTop Gun : Maverickto the upcomingTwisters , Glen Powell is definitely having his big Hollywood minute . Therefore , Powell would be a corner bureau blessing to this hypotheticalStar Trek : Voyagermovie , and Lt . Tom Paris ( Robert Duncan McNeill ) is his perfect function . Tom Paris is one ofStar Trek ’s best pilots , and had a cockiness that would regularly put him at betting odds with Captain Janeway and the Voyager crew . Powell ’s played similarly excessively positive characters before , and look to be playing one again in the upcomingTwistersequel .
Most pertinently , Glen Powell played a cocksure and more or less arrogant pilot inTop Gun : Maverick , so he ’s already got the moveable acquisition to fly the USS Voyager . The character of Tom Paris requires an actor who ’s capable of display brash authority while hinting at a more vulnerable and insecure side . Throughout his vocation so far , Glen Powell has played pilots , spaceman , hit men and romantic leads , which makes him the arrant package for a prospective Tom Paris recast .
7Jennifer Lawrence as Lt. B’Elanna Torres
Originally played by Roxann Dawson
By combine the elusive outside of her legal action use with her own brainy acerbic wit , Jennifer Lawrence would be a terrific replacement to Roxann Dawson as Lt . B’Elanna Torres .
Having become a household name with purpose in theHunger GamesandX - Menfranchises , Jennifer Lawrence may require to giveStar Trekmovies a veering . However , as this is a hypotheticalStar Trek : Voyagermovie reboot , that wo n’t be a problem . Lawrence ’s roles as Katniss Everdeen and Mystique establish her ability to bring a stage of grit and Platonism to the Hollywood genre movie . As a gritty Hollywood action heroine , Jennifer Lawrence would make a brilliant Lt . B’Elanna Torres in a hypotheticalVoyagerreboot .
However , like all thebest Klingon warriors , B’Elanna Torres was also very funny inStar Trek : Voyager . Jennifer Lawrence establish her exceptional comic chops in the recent amorous comedyNo Hard Feelings . Indeed , No Hard Feelingsproves that Lawrence has the science to play B’Elanna ’s spiky romance with Tom Paris , too . By compound the tough outside of her action theatrical role with her own brilliant acerbic wit , Jennifer Lawrence would be a wonderful replacement to Roxann Dawson as Lt . B’Elanna Torres .
Star Trek Beyond introduced Sofia Boutella as Jaylah , a young alien heroine whose character was root on by an former Jennifer Lawrence persona .
6Manny Jacinto as Ensign Harry Kim
Originally played by Garrett Wang
Casting Manny Jacinto as an older Harry , whose own bad selection have jeopardized his Starfleet career could explicate his status asVoyager ’s everlasting national flag .
Manny Jacinto is 19 years sure-enough than Garrett Wang was when he starred inStar Trek : Voyager , but he could still be a great Harry Kim . By contrive an older actor like Manny Jacinto as Harry , aVoyagerreboot could lend more weighting to the melodic theme of the eternal ensign . InThe Good Place , Manny Jacinto won audience hearts as loveable idiot Jason Mendoza , a man who had made miserable aliveness option but also possessed a heart of amber . mould Manny Jacinto as an old Harry , whose own bad choices have jeopardize his Starfleet career could excuse his condition asVoyager ’s perpetual national flag .
Manny Jacinto is presently playing Qimir inThe Acolyte , give him the everlasting enfranchisement experience that would prepare him for a character in a hypotheticalStar Trek : Voyagermovie . Harry Kim ’s close relationship with Captain Janeway in the original TV serial publication was one ofVoyager ’s most touching partnership . InThe Good Place , Manny Jacinto also played a character who was transform by his friendships with cocksure distaff part models , draw a further analog with the theatrical role of Harry Kim .
5Chiwetel Ejiofor as Lt. Commander Tuvok
Originally played by Tim Russ
Ejiofor ’s ability to sustain an impassive front while suggest at hidden depths proves he ’d be a perfect Tuvok .
Lt . Commander Tuvok ( Tim Russ)is Captain Janeway ’s oldest friend and intrust advisor , so aStar Trek : Voyagerreboot would need to cast someone similarly heady and Stoic . Ejiofor ’s work in the Marvel Cinematic Universe also means that he ’s no stranger to big dealership and their fanatical fanbases . Having played the wayward religious mystic Baron Mordo in theDoctor Strangemovies , Chiwetel Ejiofor has express he ’s got the ability to lend gravitas to magic and techno babble .
Chiwetel Ejiofor ’s Oscar - winning office in12 Years a Slavedemonstrated the extent to which Chiwetel can powerfully keep stoicism . Ejiofor ’s carrying into action of Solomon ’s endurance of the bad treatment was profoundly affect . Star Trekmovies are far less serious than12 Years a hard worker , but Ejiofor can bring that emotional repression to playingStar Trek : Voyager ’s Vulcan security officer . Ejiofor ’s ability to exert an impassive front while hinting at hidden depths proves he ’d be a perfect Tuvok .
In 2022 , Chiwetel Ejiofor played Faraday in the remaking ofThe Man Who fall To Earth , create byStarTrek ’s Alex Kurtzman .
4Zendaya as Seven of Nine
Originally played by Jeri Ryan
Seven always had a unannealed personality , partly due to her latent Borg programming , and Zendaya ’s recent office have establish how the magnetic performing artist is able-bodied to dial that down with powerful event .
Seven of Nine ( Jeri Ryan)was insert inStar Trek : Voyagerseason 4 as a replacement for Kes . In this hypotheticalVoyagerreboot , Seven could be introduced in the 2nd flick , after the first told the story of Kes and her rising to a high being . With that in thinker , Zendaya could be rattling as Seven of Nine in aVoyagermovie , and her late function as Chani inDune : Part Twoproves why . Seven always had a brittle personality , partly due to her latent Borg programming , and Zendaya ’s recent roles have demonstrated how the charismatic performer is able to dial that down with powerful core .
Seven ’s experiments with reconnecting to her man would give a performer as various as Zendaya some fat fabric to do . Many of Zendaya ’s roles in the ilk ofDune , Challengers , and even theSpider - Manmovies have view her put up a front that she bit by bit split up down . This skill to ferment her charisma on and off like a tap could give hypothetical theatre audience a unused take on the character of Seven of Nine in aStar Trek : Voyagermovie reboot .
Although the Star Trek dealership is full of neat characters , Jeri Ryan ’s Seven of Nine has become one of the most impressive since her introduction .
3Robert Picardo as The Doctor
Originally played by Robert Picardo
The Kelvin TimelineStar Trekmovies brought Leonard Nimoy back as an older Spock , so why ca n’t a hypotheticalStar Trek : Voyagermovie boast the Prime Timeline Doctor ?
There are unquestionably actor who could bring their own fresh take to the function ofStar Trek : Voyager ’s EMH , the Doctor ( Robert Picardo).Stanley Tucci , Robert Downey Jr , Paul Bettany , andDoctor Who ’s Peter Capaldi all have the versatility and acerb wit that would make them right successors to Robert Picardo . However , Picardo is such a singular performing artist , and the Doctor is such a beloved character , that it might be more fun to place him as the only original star topology in this brand - new form .
The Kelvin TimelineStar Trekmovies brought Leonard Nimoy back as an older Spock , so perhaps a hypotheticalStar Trek : Voyagermovie could feature the Prime Timeline Doctor . TheVoyagerepisode " Living Witness " saw an alternate version of the EMH inhabit 900 year in the time to come . Perhaps in his attempt to get home base , this alternate Doctor falls through a crack in reality and find himself aboard the Kelvin Timeline ’s USS Voyager , where nobody is as he remembered them . The risible potential of such a storyline would bring out the best in a talented performer like Robert Picardo .
2Aaron Pedersen as Commander Chakotay
Originally played by Robert Beltran
That dichotomy between offence attack aircraft and criminal makes Aaron Pedersen the perfect choice to play reformed Maquis terrorist , Commander Chakotay .
Any recast of Commander Chakotay ( Robert Beltran ) would desire to avoid repeatingStar Trek : Voyager ’s Native American controversy . One likely way round this would be to reframe Chakotay as an Aboriginal Starfleet officer , and castMystery Road ’s Aaron Pedersen in the office . Pedersen is a prolific character reference actor in Australia , fiddle bull and criminal alike in movies likeGoldstoneandKilling Ground . That duality between crime battler and vicious makes Aaron Pedersen the perfect selection to play the reformed Maquis terrorist , Commander Chakotay .
Aaron Pedersen ’s best - bonk role is as Detective Jay Swan inMystery Roadand the forego film . Jay is a self-coloured and reliable figure , softly - speak , but with a strong moral code that is sometimes at betting odds with the rules and regulations of the Australian police force . Despite their different indigenous backgrounds , Jay Swan andStar Trek : Voyager ’s Chakotay palpate like kindred spirits , take a leak Aaron Pedersen a slap-up molding choice for a hypothetical reboot motion picture .
1Cate Blanchett as Captain Kathryn Janeway
Originally played by Kate Mulgrew
Kate Mulgrew brought a degree of Katharine Hepburn ’s charm and brainpower to the character of Janeway , something to which Cate Blanchett is no alien .
Cate Blanchett and Kate Mulgrew have both played Hollywood fable Katharine Hepburn on concealment , but that ’s just one reasonableness the Australian actor would make a expectant Captain Janeway . Kate Mulgrew brought a level of Katharine Hepburn ’s charm and mentality to the role of Janeway , something to which Cate Blanchett is no alien . On top of their shared love for Katharine Hepburn , Blanchett and Mulgrew are also versatile performers that can seamlessly change over from light , bubbling comedy to much darker , soul - search material .
Captain Janeway always feel the free weight of duty to her crew throughoutStar Trek : Voyager , and an role player of Blanchett ’s caliber would be able-bodied to rap into that . Due to the occasional nature of the USS Voyager ’s adventure , the show rarely explored Janeway ’s inner struggles with her responsibilities and the system of weights of her decision to run aground her crew in the Delta Quadrant . AStar Trek : Voyagermovie , specifically compose to address that battle , led by Cate Blanchett , is such an enticing prospect that it ’s disappointing it will probably never happen !
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The fifth ingress in the Star Trek enfranchisement , Star Trek : Voyager , is a sci - fi series that watch the crew of the USS Voyager on a long journey back to their home plate after find themselves strand at the far ends of the Milky Way Galaxy . Led by Captain Kathryn Janeway , the series follows the crew as they embark through truly uncharted surface area of infinite , with new species , acquaintance , foeman , and mysteries to solve as they wrestle with the politics of a crew in a spot they ’ve never face before .
