They originally wanted George Takei to be the guest star, but had to bow out because he was on the LA Board of Transit and didn’t want to seem like he was disparaging public transportation
Gotta give some credit on Takei for that tbh, refusing to disparage public transport while you have responsibility over that stuff is both a very valid reason for recusing yourself from something and one of those moral dilemmas that only happen in real life because no one would ever think of it for fiction.
They originally wanted George Takei to be the guest star, but had to bow out because he was on the LA Board of Transit and didn’t want to seem like he was disparaging public transportation
For the Leonard Nimoy role?
Yep!
They mention it on the DVD commentary for the episode
Gotta give some credit on Takei for that tbh, refusing to disparage public transport while you have responsibility over that stuff is both a very valid reason for recusing yourself from something and one of those moral dilemmas that only happen in real life because no one would ever think of it for fiction.