Leonard Crofoot has done a bit of everything in his career. He’s acted, danced and choreographed. He’s a juggler, water skier and unicyclist. Along the way, he made three very different appearances on Star Trek, playing Trent in The Next Generation episode “Angel One,” one of the memorable iterations of Lal in the TNG hour “The Offspring” and a Qomar spectator in the Voyager installment “Virtuoso.” StarTrek.com recently caught up with Crofoot for an interview in which he discussed all of the above and more. Here’s what he had to say…
Let's go back to 1987. How did you land your first Trek role as Trent in the TNG episode "Angel One"? You'd already spread the seeds of goodwill with your audition for "The Last Outpost," right?
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What interested you most about the character in “Angel One”? And about the concept of the episode, that males were subservient to females?
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What do you remember of the shoot? Of playing the character androgynously?
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Tell us more about how the opportunity came a couple of years later to play the mannequin version of Lal in "The Offspring"…
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What were the costume fittings and makeup application process like for that episode?
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What was your mindset as an actor playing this particular androgynous android?
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How did you enjoy working with Patrick, Brent and Marina, and also with Jonathan as a director?
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Lal was an incredibly memorable, heartbreaking character that you and a couple of other people, including Hallie Todd, were involved in bringing to life. How much a part of the character/story/episode do you feel you were and what does it mean to you that "The Offspring" still resonates so strongly with fans today?
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Next Generation
You later popped up on Voyager, in the episode “Virtuoso.” Was that an invitation?
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What do you recall of that experience?
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You're an actor, dancer, choreographer, water skier, juggler, unicyclist and more. When people ask what you do for a living, what do you say? What does it say on your passport under "occupation"?
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Barnum
Of your acting work on Broadway, TV and film, what are some of your most treasured experiences and why?
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Barnum
Playbill
Broadway Scene Stealers
Hello Dolly
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Nijinsky Speaks
Singing in the Rain
A.N.T. Farm
The Dancer Within
What did you take away from so many years doing your Nijinsky show and getting inside his mind, his moves?
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How many Trek conventions have you done over the years?
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What's life like for you these days? What are you up to? Are you still acting? Teaching?
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The Big Bang Theory
Blue Apple
