Michael Dorn loved to make Wharf Ann “bruise external” In the early days of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Don set a record for the most Star Trek Appearances playing his iconic Klingon hero. Dorn portrayed Worf in all seven seasons of Star Trek: The Next GenerationFour TNG movies, four seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nineand in Star Trek: Picard Season 3. Michael Dorn appeared as Worf in a combined 285 episodes of Star TrekAnd he’s ready to return for more if the opportunity presents itself.
Worf was originally a minor player who was one of the last actors Star Trek: The Next Generationn. Worf was only supposed to be a Klingon presence on the USS Enterprise-D that had a few lines and did background and support work. however, TNGWriters and producers liked Michael Dorn as Worf and gradually began to increase his role. When Dennis Crosby quit TNG Before season 1 ended, Worf took over her character, Lt. Tasha Yar’s role as Chief of Security. Worf’s prominence grew throughout Star Trek: TNG As his backstory and relationship with the Klingons are fully developed.
Michael Dorn Made Worf Star Trek: TNG’s Angry Outsider
Worf stood out from the cheery shape of the USS Enterprise-D
Michael Dorn was a guest on Inside you podcast where he and host Michael Rosenbaum delved into his career. About how toss started on Star Trek: The Next GenerationDorn describes how the series did not create a backstory for the Klingons, and Star Trek Creator Gene Roddenberry encouraged Michael to just toss “Your own.” Dorn also explains how he made the cast “bruise external” To make him different and to stand out from the rest Star Trek: The Next Generations figure. Read Michael’s quote below:
I have a thing that I do which is I give the character a backstory. No matter what they say. I give the character a backstory unless they say… they give me a backstory. But Jean was very good. He said, ‘You know, Michael, just make the character your own.’ Because I asked him, what do you want from this thing, from this character? And he said: Just make your character. I’m going, okay.
And I realized that the other actors were all their friends, and were going out in the room, and they liked each other. Oh, that’s funny. I mean, it was this really nice group, and I went, “I’m going to do the opposite. And so Worf came in. He was angry, he was an outsider, and he loved being an outsider because He felt he was better than everyone and he just didn’t like being given orders, he would have carried them out, but he would have caught everything.
Lt. Worf delivered a more burning element to Star Trek: The Next Generation. The Klingon was stern and intimidating, but Worf could also be a straight man who drew laughs. like TNG further, Worf’s character was revealed when his backstory was revealedAnd Worf became the focal point for how the Klingons were fully explored and evolved. Worf also saw the crew of the USS Enterprise-D as his friends and found family, warming up to everyone on Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s senior staff (Patrick Stewart) but never losing his evil edge as a Klingon.
Worf changed and became the greatest Klingon from Star Trek
Warf is still Warf, but he also evolved
Worf is far and away the greatest Klingon character in Star TrekAnd this is due to its evolution. Worf learned, grew and changed as he left Star Trek: The Next Generation and moved on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Away from his comfort zone on the USS Enterprise-D, Worf learned to work with a new crew and a new captain, Benjamin Cisco (Avery Brooks), Worf also fell in love with, married, and tragically lost Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell).
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Star Trek: Picard Season 3 presents an older, wiser Worf who claims to have embraced pacifism but is as deadly as ever. Picard Season 3 also revealed that Worf succeeded Jean-Luc Picard as captain of the USS Enterprise-E. However, the Sovereign class starship is lost under mysterious circumstances that Worf says is not his fault. Captain Worf also made a great team with another evil outsider, Commander Rafi Musician (Michelle Hurd). Thanks to Michael Dorn, Worf has always stood out and has been something special and unique ever since Star Trek: The Next Generation started.
Source: Inside Her with Michael Rosenbaum