Editing Typecasting (section)

===''Star Trek''===
One example of typecasting occurred with the cast of the original ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' series. During ''Star Trek''{{'}}s original run from 1966 to 1969, [[William Shatner]] was the highest-paid cast member at $5,000 per episode (equivalent to ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|5000|1966|r=-3}}}} in {{inflation-year|US}}), with [[Leonard Nimoy]] and the other actors being paid much less.<ref name="rioux2005">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5JUOIKG2XcwC&q=trekkie+1975&pg=PA218|title=From Sawdust to Stardust: The Biography of DeForest Kelley, Star Trek's Dr. McCoy|last=Rioux|first=Terry Lee|year=2005|publisher= [[Simon and Schuster]] |isbn=0-7434-5762-5|pages=166–167, 297}}</ref> The press predicted that Nimoy would be a star after the series ended,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B7dGAAAAIBAJ&pg=3727,498929|title=Mr. Spock's Trek To Stardom|work=Warsaw Times-Union|date=December 4, 1967|agency=Newspaper Enterprise Association|via=[[Google News]]|access-date=May 7, 2011|author=Kleiner, Dick|location=Warsaw, Indiana|page=7}}</ref> and [[James Doohan]] expected that appearing on an NBC series would help his post-''Star Trek'' career.<ref name="upi19690421">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3a8iAAAAIBAJ&pg=4120,5103972|title='Star Trek' Ace Is Former Pilot|agency=[[United Press International]]|work=Beaver County Times|date=April 21, 1969|access-date=May 6, 2011|location=Beaver, Pennsylvania|pages=B12}}</ref> The series so typecast the actors, however—as early as March 1970, [[Nichelle Nichols]] complained of ''Star Trek'' having "defined [her] so narrowly as an actress",<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WWtkAAAAIBAJ&pg=1085,4768770 | title=Star Trek Player Nichelle Nichols Performing Here Tonight, Saturday|work=Calgary Herald|date=1970-03-13|access-date=May 7, 2011 | last=Leney |first=Peter | page=28}}</ref> and Doohan said in 1976 that even producers he worked for before ''Star Trek'' now told his agent "I don't want a Scotsman"<ref name="tomorrow19760204">{{Cite AV media |url=http://www.tvparty.com/70-star-trek.html |title=Star Trek cast on Tom Snyder's Tomorrow, 1976 |type=Television production |orig-date=1976-02-04 |series=Tomorrow |access-date=2024-03-15 |via=YouTube}}</ref>—that only Shatner and Nimoy continued working steadily throughout the 1970s, and even their work received little attention unless it was ''Star Trek''-related.{{r|michaels19781210}}

[[Walter Koenig]] in 1976 noted the disparity between the adulation from [[Trekkies]] at [[Science fiction convention|''Star Trek'' conventions]] and his obscurity in Hollywood.{{r|tomorrow19760204}} [[residual (entertainment industry)|Residuals]] from the series ended in 1971;{{r|tomorrow19760204}}<ref name="wigler19850606">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1291&dat=19850606&id=b0pUAAAAIBAJ&pg=7087,1658629|title='Trekkers' keeping TV series out of this World|work=Boca Raton News|date=June 6, 1985|access-date=December 16, 2014|last=Wigler|first= Stephen|pages=4B}}</ref> Koenig, Doohan, and [[DeForest Kelley]] discussed the paradox of starring in what Kelley described as "the most popular series in the world" because of [[rerun]]s, but "not getting paid for it".{{r|tomorrow19760204}} Cast members' income came mostly from personal appearances at conventions; by 1978 Kelley, for example, earned up to $50,000 (equivalent to ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|50000|1978|r=-3}}}} in {{inflation-year|US}}) annually.<ref name="michaels19781210">{{Cite news |last=Michaels |first=Marguerite |date=December 10, 1978|title=A Visit to Star Trek's Movie Launch |pages=4–7|work=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]|url=https://trekkerscrapbook.com/2013/04/23/the-daily-scrapbook-parade-magazine-cover-december-10-1978/ |access-date=June 1, 2022}}</ref> In 1979, the first of [[Star Trek (film series)|six films]] starring the cast appeared; Kelley earned $1 million for the final film, ''[[Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country]]'' (1991).{{r|rioux2005}}

''Parade'' stated of the cast, "They are 'stars' only in the world of ''Star Trek'' ... [They] lost control of their destinies the minute they stepped on the bridge of the make-believe ''[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|Enterprise]]'' in 1966",<ref name="michaels19781210"/> and ''[[The New York Times]]'' observed in 1991 that "For most of the actors in the original "Star Trek" series, [[Starfleet]] has never been far off the professional horizons." Being identified so closely with one role<ref name="marriott19910915">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/15/arts/tv-view-the-star-trek-curse-a-lifetime-starfleet-commission.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm | title=TV VIEW; THE 'STAR TREK' CURSE: A LIFETIME STARFLEET COMMISSION | work= [[The New York Times]] | date=1991-09-15 | access-date=May 3, 2011 | author=Marriott, Michael}}</ref> left the series' cast with mixed emotions; Shatner called it "awesome and irksome". Koenig called it "bittersweet ... People are interested in Chekov, not me", but admitted that there was "a certain immortality in being associated with ''Star Trek''".{{r|michaels19781210}} Doohan said that being part of a "classic" was "beautiful. Your great-grandchildren will still be seeing ''Star Trek''".{{r|tomorrow19760204}}

Some of the ''Next Generation'' actors also became typecast. [[Patrick Stewart]] recalled that a "distinguished Hollywood director I wanted to work for said to me 'Why would I want Captain Picard in my movie?' That was painful".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/what-s-on/patrick-stewart-can-t-wait-for-chichester-role-1-1249400 | title=Patrick Stewart can't wait for Chichester role | work=Portsmouth News | date=2010-04-13 | access-date=1 April 2016}}</ref> His most prominent non-''Star Trek'' film or television role, [[Charles Xavier (film character)|Professor X]] in the [[X-Men (film series)|''X-Men'' film series]], shares similarities to [[Jean-Luc Picard]]. Stewart has stated "I don't have a film career. I have a [[media franchise|franchise]] career"; he continues to work on stage as a Shakespearean actor.<ref name="appleyard20071104">{{cite news | publisher = News Corp. | url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article2785374.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511195800/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article2785374.ece | archive-date=2008-05-11 | title=Patrick Stewart: Keep on Trekkin' | work=The Sunday Times | date=2007-11-04 | access-date=April 27, 2011 | author=Appleyard, Bryan}}</ref> ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|The Next Generation]]'' had one of the largest budgets of its time,<ref>{{cite book | title=Entertainment Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis | publisher=Cambridge University Press | author=Vogel, Harold L. | year=2007 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zjHg5j0CsEoC&pg=PA222 | page=222 | isbn=978-0-521-87485-4}}</ref> and the cast became very wealthy.<ref name="appleyard20071104"/><ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UlhPAAAAIBAJ&pg=5604%2C1577738 | title=In Step With: Patrick Stewart | work=Parade | date=1992-04-05 | access-date=April 28, 2011 | author=Brady, James | page=21}}</ref> [[Jonathan Frakes]] stated that "it's better to be type-cast than not to be cast at all."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/frakes/printpage.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011115185829/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/frakes/printpage.html | archive-date=2001-11-15 | title=Jonathan Frakes - The Next Generation's Number One, Will Riker, and Trek director | publisher=BBC | access-date=May 7, 2011}}</ref> [[Michael Dorn]] said in 1991, "If what happened to the first cast is called being typecast, then I want to be typecast. Of course, they didn't get the jobs after 'Trek.' But they are making their sixth movie. Name me someone else in television who has made ''six'' movies!"<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-05-05-tm-2100-story.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106201722/http://articles.latimes.com/print/1991-05-05/magazine/tm-2100_1_star-trek | archive-date=2015-11-06 | title=How Gene Roddenberry and his Brain Trust Have Boldly Taken 'Star Trek' Where No TV Series Has Gone Before : Trekking to the Top | work=Los Angeles Times | date=1991-05-05 | page=16 | access-date=April 27, 2011 | last=Teitelbaum |first= Sheldon | url-status=live }}</ref>