marc alaimo interview

It is said that even their home had no furnishings. With my situation, Damar was Dukats right hand. I didnt think that it would ever turn into what it has turned into, though. These two actors and longtime friends shared many scenes together on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; when TrekMovie had a chance to talk to them, their fun chemistry was on display right from the start. I want to talk to you, so I did. The show never took the easy way out when it came to situations, be they personal or political, and that provided us with a lot of great things to do as actors.". He went on to portray Romulan Commander Tebok in The Neutral Zone, Cardassian Gul Macet in The Wounded and the high-rolling gambler Frederick LaRouque in Times Arrow. Marc is the sweetest man in the world. Ill do it as an actor, but the thought of anybody thinking of me that way is bothersome. I am your friend. And she was always cute, and he was. Nana Visitor was excited to be cast as Major Kira, a strong, authoritative female lead character. Nobody is better than Marc Alaimo as Gul DukatI guess it was a similar thing for me when I was playing a Ferengi. Major Kira was like Disneyland for an actor. Thats just wonderful fodder. Cut back to Nana Visitor, in a separate interview, rolling her eyes in disgust at the prospect. The only thing I could watch about Cardassians was a couple of episodes of Next Generation, in which Marc Alaimo and David Warner played Cardassians, and that was somewhat helpful, but not really . On The Next Generation I never felt that I was part of the family, he says. Most recently, Marc was co-head of Investment Banking at Oppenheimer & Co, where he also formed the Software & Services team that executed over 120 financing and M&A transactions valued in excess of $15 billion. He remembered, "The studio tried to fire me every year for the first three years. I dont know what kind of lover he would make, though. Now called Deep Space Nine, it is under the command of Commander Sisko (Avery Brooks) who has been ordered by Starfleet to negotiate with Bajor to become part of the Federation. He explained, "I told them that Im very protective of Worf, he is who he is and he became very popular being this guy and Id want him to open up but I didnt want him being taken out of who he is so you dont recognize him after a couple of years, like hes laughing and joking and having a good time. After she played Lwaxana on TNG, she commented, "Lwaxana is sort of the Auntie Mame of the galaxy. He commented, "When I read the pilot script, it was the presentation of a man dealing with loss and raising a son, and how he handled those situations, that really got my attention. In 2010 he voiced The Dean in the Family Guy episode "The Splendid Source". So they began writing these wonderful situations for Dukat where he could be seen as being sensitive or irrational or intellectual. Our speech teacher wanted us to depict any action but to do it as a mime, he recalls. And Avery is a renegade. The actor made his debut on the series playing the uncredited part of Badar NDD, the lead Antican in the episode Lonely Among Us. Scott was a very much of a quarterback on the field. Gul Dukat was a recurring character that appeared in 33 episodes of that series. While there was much more to Leeta than there first appeared, Masterson did find the character lacking in depth and does not want to play someone like Leeta again. One of my favorite lines is, You better be careful, or I will be talking to Weyoun number nine. [both laugh], Jeffrey Combs: Yeah, they were wonderful writers. Never were just evil villians. Things took hours, but they were all so deliberate and they knew their jobs and they made you feel secure. Antican, Avery Brooks, Badar N'D'D, Bajor, Cardassian, Dick Lowry, Entertainment, Frederick LaRouque, Gul Dukat. During Star Trek: The Next Generation, he played the first Romulan, Commander Tebok, in the episode titled "The Neutral Zone" in 1988. I think Dukat has tremendous respect for Sisko because he gets things done the right way. In the fourth-season episode, The whole thing with Dukats daughter has always been a little confusing to me, admits Alaimo. ", The anonymity of makeup had its price, however. If any role came up, they gave it to him. I liked Leeta in many ways, but if I were offered a new role in Trek, Id be happiest if it were entirely opposite of who she was. Casey Biggs: Yeah, you always want to play the opposite. I think we can see now why Creation did that. Some actors got their breakthrough roles in Deep Space Nine, or they got to play a more complicated and authoritative character than most of their other roles allowed. I keep trying to tell you. Were good. Jeffrey Combs: I never talked to him about that. While the fans had mixed reactions about her character, de Boer had a great time joining the cast. Aliamo is a part of the Deep Space Nine documentary "What We Left Behind." I passed three times. So, we kind of had a harmony there and understanding of how to work a scene and support each other. Sadly, Dukat can not afford to damage his reputation by returning home with Ziyal so he contemplates killing her. Marc Alaimo (Michael Anthony Alaimo) was born on 5 May, 1942 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, is an Actor. Oftentimes he takes the most convenient course and thats part of the ongoing friction between the two characters. As the franchises favorite villain, it is exciting to get a behind-the-scenes glimpse at how the show came to life, as well as the actors reminiscing about their time on the show. Jeffrey Combs: In my very first episode he was the only one who came to me and said, Listen, welcome, any time you want to run lines, I dont care how many times, come find me. Trekmovie mods, thank you for this interview. He explained, "It was kind of wonderful for an actor to have a character that looks like that. Julius Caesar, The Three Sisters, Twelfth Night, Othello, She Stoops to Conquer, Waiting for Godot and Hamlet are just some of the countless productions in which Alaimo has appeared. There were three different actresses who played Ziyal and I never knew who I was going to be facing. Our heroes on the show never get to really be bad. Dukat was unselfish when it came to his daughter and I think were all like that. De Boer added, "They totally embraced it. We know how to block it. [both laugh]. That was great. Morale is always different, but it seemed to be familiar too. Without these little happy accidents, we wouldnt be talking at all. Interviews with Armin Shimerman and Chase Masterson. "I had done it before and I was aware of the difficulties of the makeup. [2] Alaimo also has a daughter from his second marriage. Not sure if theyd be interested to get into the new and heavier prostheses. Star Trek is such a well-run franchise. Jeffrey Combs as Brunt in DS9s Family Business. The weird part is you walk onto a soundstage and you worked on that soundstage for many episodes and it is now all gone, but it is all new. On his experience as Brunt, he commented, "Man, did I have the best time playing Brunt. When he was not cast for Quark, he thought the opportunity had passed until he got a call asking him to guest star. Plenty of other options too. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. If you read the script you may love it.' That was you? Marc Alaimo as Gul Dukat in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Im not the kind of actress who likes to be typecast or pigeonholed. First of all, it is called typecasting. And second of all, he loved that shit. I decide to mess with him and on a break, I come up to him at the craft table in my Ferengi makeup and say, [funny voice] Mr Alaimo, I am such a big fan of yours! He is trying to talk to Ira, who knew I was going to do this. Were they picking up on something you guys were developing on your own? With a bleak home life, many thought he was destined to turn to the street and live a life of crime. Great interview, it was interesting and fun to read. I just love the idea that I was playing a character that a lot of people would say is doing bad things, but I love the idea I am playing it the other way. I remember Shran from Enterprise. He has also patented a 3D chess set in 2002. He has a son from his first marriage, Michael Antony Alaimo (born 1971), who is a writer, story editor and producer known for The Closer, Major Crimes, Invasion, Traveler, and for penning "Columbo Likes the Nightlife," the final episode of Columbo. And they didnt. So Id say the line, because thats my job and Im paid to do that, but I said it in a way that hopefully it drifted off and no one really noticed it. She would have been in her mid-30s when the show began, and he would have been in his early 50s. I was the most annoying fan who wouldnt go away. Looking back at your histories on Deep Space Nine, you guys had this fun rivalry. Major Kira makes him see sense, however, and offers to take care of Ziyal on Deep Space Nine. Its all going to be fine. He would later divorce Karla and remarry a woman named Lorie Bollinger in August 2010. At one point in the past, long before TNG when we were young puppies, had been paired up to do an improv for a movie. Casey Biggs as Damar with Marc Alaimo as Gul Dukat, Both of you played on multiple Star Trek shows. Fans love the unpredictability and temperament of Dukat. He is known for being a TV Actor. However, it is not just fans who despise this "love to hate" character. I told them they should have told me as I took another job. By: Anthony Pascale Love this charakters and actors. For a while there, we thought it was our show, because we had taken over the station. Menu. ", However, his role as Weyoun made more of an impact. Alaimo was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, according to him, although he did the best job of dying when he and his friends played war, he never thought about acting as a profession. The best thing to play is the reluctant hero. We all trust each other so well, we never know what is going to come out of our mouths on the stage. Youve done more than enough for me, so its quite OK that youre done with me. I think hes the most exciting character on the programsimply because the writers can take him in so many different directions. According to Alaimo, Dukat may be transferring the feelings he had for Kira Meru to her daughter Nerys. And I had no idea how many episodes I would do at any given time. It was pretty damn seamless and easy, wasnt it Case? However, on Deep Space Nine, he was best known for the roles of Weyoun and Brunt, two roles he enjoyed for different reasons. Interview with Marc Alaimo. At the time it was just another job. Before he captured hearts and became a household name, Alaimo, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, had a hard childhood. Marc Alaimo (born Michael Joseph Alaimo; May 5, 1942) is an American actor, known for his villainous roles. On television he has guest-starred on such programs as The Six Million Dollar Man, The A-Team, Charlies Angels and Quantum Leap, while his feature film work includes roles in The Dead Pool, Tango & Cash, Total Recall and Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult. I do keep saying Jeffrey Combs and Casey Biggs should be cast in the impending new Trek shows. Marc Alaimo's birthstone is Emerald. 18 comments so far. Top quality article here Trekmovie. Shimerman credits Jonathan Frakes with convincing him to take the role. This was when she learned that he was very sweet, funny, and charming. I made the audience laugh, I made them cry - it was wonderful. Fans and co-star Andrew Robinson who was on the panel with him and was at the time planning a return to acting himself expressed support for the actor and encouraged him to continue acting.[3]. They gave me such great stuff that I never really felt I wasnt challenged, nor did I ever feel that they were dropping the ball on the character. 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