Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Picard Season 3, Episode 6 – "The Bounty"Star Trek: Picard season 3 guest star Daniel Davis was initially "puzzled" at first by his return as Professor James Moriarty. Davis appeared in two classic episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation as Moriarty, a holographic version of the Sherlock Holmes villain who was created to outwit Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner). Moriarty's comeback in Star Trek: Picard season 3 places an alternate version of the criminal mastermind in Daystrom Station, a Starfleet black site housing their biggest secrets.
In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant, Daniel Davis was asked about how he prepared to play this slightly different version of his iconic TNG character. Davis explained how his role in Star Trek: Picard season 3 compared to his initial expectations. Read his quote below:
Well, I was puzzled by it, to tell you the truth. Because when I settled the fact that I was committing to the episode, I hadn't read it. I hadn't seen the script… And I was puzzled because even Jonathan Frakes' character, Riker, says, "This is not the self-aware Moriarty we knew on the Enterprise." And I agreed with that line. And I thought, "Who am I?" Because I thought he was past being menacing and threatening on Next Gen.
I fantasized that perhaps they were going to have me have some sort of resolution with Picard, because Picard is not a promise-breaker. And he said, "I will find a way of getting you off the holodeck" But he never did. So I thought, "Oh, okay, maybe that's what this is gonna be about." But it wasn't.
