Re: Trek Remastered: The Apple

GeneK <gene@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>"William George Ferguson" <wmgfrgsn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>>They didn't want someone that looked like Davy Jones, they wanted 
>>someone that looked like the Beatles

>The popularity of the Beatles and Davy Jones were cited
>in memos (at least the ones that have been published over
>the years) as reasons why TOS needed a character to
>appeal to younger viewers.  The memos do not specifically
>say "get us someone who looks like..."

But since they DID get someone who looked like Davy Jones, you don't
think that gave Walter Koenig an edge with the casting director?