Summary
- Patrick Stewart confirms Gene Roddenberry's strange idea for Deanna Troi in Star Trek: The Next Generation involving giving the Counselor three or four breasts.
- The early days of shooting TNG were filled with anxiety, and Stewart describes "The Naked Now" episode as desperate and lacking good ideas.
- Fortunately, the idea for Troi's multiple breasts was rejected, and she evolved into a strong and confident character in TNG and Star Trek: Picard.
Patrick Stewart confirms an old Star Trek: The Next Generation rumor about Gene Roddenberry's bizarre idea for Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis). The behind-the-scenes stories of how Roddenberry got Star Trek: The Next Generation up and running in its tumultuous season 1 are legendary, and Stewart revisits those early TNG days in his autobiography, "Making It So: A Memoir." Of course, Stewart touches on how Roddenberry initially didn't want Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, although Sir Patrick praises the late Star Trek: TNG's vision in his book.
In "Making It So: A Memoir," Patrick Stewart reveals how the first few months of shooting Star Trek: The Next Generation season 1 were "full of anxiety," and he discusses the third episode of TNG, "The Naked Now," which Stewart described as a "sex farce" before confirming Gene Roddenberry's weird idea for Deanna Troi. Read the excerpt below:
A lot of people enjoy “The Naked Now,” but to me, it smacked of desperation, as if we had been on the air for years and the writers had already emptied the cupboard of good ideas. But Gene, as it is well known, was a fan of cheesecake – he had Marina wear a minidress and go-go boots in the pilot, as if the 1960s had never ended, and he contemplated giving Deanna Troi three or even four breasts.
