Star Trek legend Marina Sirtis’ major error after refusing role ‘Didn’t want to do sci-fi’
Marina Sirtis is best remembered for her leading role in the iconic sci-fi series Star Trek: The Next Generation. The small-screen star revealed she prematurely turned down an offer to appear in a blockbuster movie.
The 66-year-old has enjoyed an illustrious career in both television and film, having appeared in Star Trek for three decades.
Marina admitted she didn’t want to take on any more sci-fi roles because she “had done it before”.
But unbeknownst to the Deanna Troi actress she had made a blunder after being offered two scripts.
The actress said she had turned down a meeting to star in the sci-fi action comedy Men In Black.
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“There’s one thing I would like to go back on. After the Star Trek series finished and we had done the first movie, I was sent two scripts,” Marina recalled.
“One was an offer and the other I had to go into a meeting.”
She continued: “The meeting script was for a sci-fi film and the other offer was a movie about saving the rainforest.
“I said, ‘I don’t want to do sci-fi. I’ve done the sci-fi thing. I really want to do the movie about the rainforest.'”
The hit movie spawned two sequels, Men In Black II (2002) and Men In Black 3 (2012).
In 2019, the franchise had another spin-off film called Men In Black International.
Meanwhile, the Star Trek favourite explained that she went on to take part in the film about a rainforest but it had gone straight to DVD.
“Consequently, I can’t read a script. I don’t know a good script from a bad script so I say yes to everything now,” the actress remarked.
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