Russ: You know, it wasn't a matter of me being attracted to the role. It was a matter of, I had to go read for a part.
and it was on a show that had a track record of staying on the air.
As an actor you gotta look out for those things.
Whether it would have been a long-running series or whether it would have been two days worth of work at the time, you know.
I had already worked for Rick Berman on the series. I started off on Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, the feature: Generations.
By the time we got to Voyager he was already asking me about the role in the part six months beforehand.
So, the time came and I came in to read for it a couple of times
and it just turned out that I was right for the role physically and
I was aware of the history of the characters that I had to play because it wasn't something that was a new alien character,
it was somebody that'd been established.
And all I thought was that this was a great opportunity as an actor in terms of your career
to be able to establish yourself on a long-running series. And that was very, very important.
Wang: But the reality is: Tim Russ really is a Vulcan in real life.
