![]() Louise Fletcher made her first appearance of the season, and, as Kai Winn, delivered a speech to Kira about how she spent the Occupation, which served to add some admirable qualities to her normally unsympathetic character. I think of the ill-intentions toward our people." I think that my lover is dead because of her. "I think of how much I hate this woman," she says. "Working with her is great fun," says Nana Visitor, but she admits that Kira's feelings toward Winn take center stage when they act together. "We thought, 'What if she goes all the way and becomes leader of the planet?' That will really set the stakes and bring Kira into the story," says Moore.Ĭast and crew alike have nothing but praise for Louise Fletcher. It was only after the writers envisioned Winn's role in the Bajoran-Cardassian peace treaty ("Life Support") that things began to click. Recalls Moore, " became this debate about culture versus survival that just didn't go anywhere." Kai Winn was a latecomer to the mix and the script's dramatic salvation. "In some of the dailies, we would look at her and say, 'Jesus, she has no business being up. The caliber of Louise Fletcher's contribution was appreciated by all, perhaps even more so as, according to Behr, she was extremely ill with the flu while they were filming her scenes. "Suddenly we had some real stakes."īringing in Kai Winn, of course, raised the ante even more. "It became more of a Deep Space Nine story," says Moore. The episode did gain the measure of humanity the producers were looking for. Whether an awareness of fan interest in Bareil would have granted the vedek a stay of execution is a moot point. "He did it for his children, because they loved the show. We were bound for glory." Langella's uncredited appearance was apparently a matter of the actor's own volition. ![]() Kolbe concurs, "Between the two of them, nothing could go wrong. Seeing Fletcher and Langella together was great." "Frank Langella, Richard Beymer, and Louise Fletcher. The casting for, everyone agrees, was a godsend. Here is what various DS9 personnel had to say about Louise Fletcher and Kai Winn. The Deep Space Nine Companion summarizes all the episodes of the series with production notes, complete cast lists, and interviews with the writers.
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