I just got the Voyager season one DVD set. On it is some footage of Genevieve Bujold as Capt. Janeway.
While I’m not a huge fan of Kate Mulgrew and you can’t really judge a character by a few scenes, I think it was in everybody’s best interest that Bujold (a fine actress in her own right) back out of the project.
If Bujold were any more wooden, you’d be able to make a table out of her. She seemed to be sleepwalking through the lines.
I don’t think she would have been able to grow the balls Mulgrew walked onto the set with.
Just my opinion, of course.
By the way, Mr. Blue Sky, did you catch the end of her long dialogue with Tuvok? The moment the director yells “cut,” she gives this really annoyed grimace.