Gates McFadden appeared as Dr. Cathy Ryan in The Hunt For Red October, and she explains her disappointment at not continuing on to star in the Jack Ryan sequel films. McFadden is currently starring in Star Trek: Picard season 3, reprising her iconic role as Dr. Beverly Crusher alongside the full cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant about Star Trek: Picard season 3 and season 2 of her podcast, InvestiGates: Who Do You Think You Are?, Gates McFadden was asked about her brief appearance as Cathy Ryan in The Hunt For Red October, and how disappointing it was Gates didn't continue in the Jack Ryan sequel films. Read her response below:
Oh, me too. But that was Alec Baldwin. He asked for too much money, and they said no. But I was supposed to. I would have gone on and done the second movie. That's why it was a tiny part in the first one, but it was going to be a bigger part in the second one. But then they just said [to Alec], "Nope, we're not paying you that money." And they went and they cast Harrison Ford, so they couldn't have the same woman playing his wife. That hurt.
In 2011, Baldwin wrote a column for the Huffington Post where he told his side of losing the Jack Ryan role, after years of telling "a half-truth about scheduling conflicts." Baldwin explained that Paramount "cut his throat" because they owed a famous "actor a large sum of money for a greenlit film that fell apart," and "pushing me aside would help to alleviate that debt and put someone with much greater strength at the box office than mine in the role.
Interestingly, Gates McFadden adds a third rationale for why Alec Baldwin's version of Patriot Games, which would also have seen Gates return as Cathy Ryan, never happened. McFadden still regrets losing the part, which would have given her a lead role in a film franchise before the TNG films kicked off with Star Trek Generations in 1994. However, Gates McFadden is doing some of her career-best work in Star Trek: Picard season 3.Star Trek: Picard Season 3 streams Thursdays on Paramount+.
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