"Having been in the sci-fi world for many years now, I am never surprised that people have such strong connections to these shows," he said in a 2012 interview. It may surprise Scott Bakula fans to hear, but his long career in television and film wasn't always in the cards. sentimental purchase that I was really happy to find. [27], In an interview with Ashley Webster, Baio described President Barack Obama as being "either dumb, a Muslim, or a Muslim sympathizer, and I don't think he's dumb". Though he's known for his rugged, old-fashioned good looks, he's also known for his mop-ish hair, and if you've ever looked closely he has well, had, before he went grey a white streak just above his forehead. about it because I was simply happy they . Believe it or not, Bakula once auditioned for "Saturday Night Live" but bombed so badly, that he kept that bit of career trivia secret for years. I have often read that Bakula is very fond of his time on Enterprise as well as the time he spent with fellow cast members. No one is begging for more prequels now lol. : Entertainment Television's Ted Casablanca that they were expecting a baby girl in December. I agree with those who say the show kept getting better as it went on. I suspect like Star Trek, there will be plenty of GOT spin offs and one will be a sequel. The actor says that if he got a call from executive producer Alex Kurtzman, he would hear him out: Ive been doing this too long to ever say never or no to anybody. If youd like it, thats fine, but there are plenty of people out there who understand that Enterprise was a clusterf**k of a show. So its worth checking out for all those reasons. That was classic Trek right there. I think there were tons of factors at the time, the biggest just being a prequel. ", A fiercely private actor, Bakula doesn't grant many interviews and when he does, he doesn't open up about his personal life tin he way many actors do. We all want to that dont we? This is something I have been waiting for decades. He played the aging veteran pitcher Gus Cantrell in Major League: Back to the Minors (1998), the final movie in the Major League trilogy. But I do appreciate being referred to as legacy as opposed to old Trek. Thats very nice. Once Coto came on board it really started to find its footing, imo. Yeah Berman and Braga didnt know if they could write more characters that were even more perfect than the 24th century characters. With the exception of the Botany Bay, did we ever see century-old ship designs in TOS? He did great and was easily one of the best Captains in Star Trek history. Will be a great stand alone movie. In 2004, Baio starred in Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 with Bob Clark. Some actors have a physical quirk that often goes unnoticed like Tom Cruise's center tooth or Megan Fox's toe-thumb; things you don't immediately notice, but once you see it, you can't unsee it. Quantum Leap and Men of a Certain Age star Scott Bakula will certainly be recognizable to most television viewers, but there is something about the star's appearance that not many have ever noticed. The white streak in his hair appeared when he was four years old. "NCIS: New Orleans" took its final bow in May of 2021, with a total of 155 episodes produced. All of the above. He holds the nationality of America. I would love to go back there one day. Typically cast as kind, noble do-gooders, Bakula possesses a unique talent for inhabiting strong, empathetic heroes with a twinkle in their eye, reliably injecting them with a humor, charm, and pathos that has become his signature. What I do know is that the whole future guy thing just didnt work. Stewart Scott Bakula was born on October 9, 1954, in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States. Scott Vincent James Baio (/be.o/; born September 22, 1960[a]) is an American actor. I will say though that it does deserve a second chance and I hope it gets one. By the mid-'80s, Bakula was a star of the stage, with 1983's "Marilyn: An American Fable," 1985's off Broadway "Three Naked Guys" and the musical "Nightclub Confidential" (which co-starred his wife, Krista Neumann) all earning him solid notices. I assume you meant UPN? They just watch the show. Scott Bakula. I just realized what I really needed to do was just pick up, pack up and go to New York.[6]. Everyone's out to get Scott Baio. had been helping a neighbor paint, and his mother thought he had gotten Even ideas of TOS prequels like Spock and Kirk meeting at the academy never got off the ground because most people didnt really want it at the time. According to the film's official Twitter, The Super Mario Bros. Movie will now premiere two days early on April 5. And the universe needs to be made to look like a direct predecessor to TOS this time, not pre-TNG. "I've certainly had a lot of gay fans over the years. I wish the X-Files never came back. ", "I left during the writers' strike and went back to New York and did a Broadway musical," he explained of that time. Cato was awful. It just didnt get the chance to live on like the others did. Your comment is a little odd because Bakula is almost 70 himself, no spring chicken either. I was a HUGE X Files fan from literally day one when few people were paying attention to it at the time and was enthralled. [30][31], On January 29, 2018, sexual misconduct allegations made by Nicole Eggert against Baio resurfaced. Although I will argue the new animated shows also had great first seasons, especially Prodigy. comes across as a lot more frail these days. Sep 27, 2012. They need a good story and they all deserve to shine. First Flight was a good episode. When you think about it, the multi-faceted thespian has perhaps portrayed more characters than anyone else on television, because as Sam Beckett on "Leap" he spent five seasons becoming a different person each week, solving problems and righting wrongs before leaping out and into another life to do it all over again. I wouldnt mind seeing Archer/Bakula or TPol or Phlox back for a limited role in one of the new shows, as long as it made sense to the story. @ UpperDecks-NormalNecks Yes, all of that. Its funny, but the urban legend that Many Coto came in and improved the series is utter BS. Mack claimed she was trying to show Baio how Trump hugs women and denied any intentional physical aggression. In 1976, he was first Most of the Federation members are humanoid aliens thats has some biological and cosmetic differences but pretty much human overall. To me a stand out from the first 2 seasons was Dear Doctor. "That's what's wrong with my career!". Scott isn't shy about exposing himself in a publication or even on screen. So I was left holding the bag, basically, and then had to decide where to go from there. Agreed. "I had it put in my contract that I would be done every Wednesday at six so I could be home for dinner," remembers Bakula, who by that time was married to Field. Failed series, less viewership every year (and within each season) as fans kept dropping out, deserved to be cancelled. They finally did that more with Beyond (still my favorite), but unfortunately too little too late. Season 3 broke out and took on a Galactica-like gritty storyline, and then Season 4 finally lived up to the shows original premise. We are going to have to agreed to disagree on this. Having loved Trek since 1966, I, for one, always wondered about the time from Armstrong/Aldrin stepping on the moon to when Kirk set sail on the NCC-1701. band and wrote songs for them, he later sang with the St. Louis In 1976, Baio played the title character Bugsy Malone in the children's gangster musical directed by Alan Parker, which also co-starred Jodie Foster. The X-Files revival crashed and burned. I did a grand rewatch of the entire franchise chronologically starting New Years day 2021, Broken Bow was the first episode I started with in my 800+ hours voyage and it was pure joy watching that show. On rewatch, Season 3 and 4 are much more enjoyable to me. How many times have we landed on a planet and something goes wrong? And I remembered being so bored watching Vox Sola at the time. 10. Missouri, to Sally (Zumwinkel) and J. Stewart Bakula, a lawyer. If they are willing to join, why not!? Ill rewatch that and start watching next week! Premature cancellation always tints the past a little rosy, but I would have happily watched another 3 seasons. But overall I just think going forward is what Trek should be doing and obviously so do the people running it now thankfully, another reason I support Kurtzman,. How about an Ensign Kim Series: Almost Famous 2 I am Trek Legend, Or a Neelix Series: Star Trek Into Kessness. Sadly the way they ended it was just terrible. Imagine if we had same sex aliens dating each other on TOS. So obviously if something is good my mind can be changed. It still is. Ultimately, the answer to this question may remain an open one, but the evidence discussed here will help to shed some light on the issue. So were clear, when its said the first two seasons were superior, a decent comparison is to an old bottle of milk. During the 1990s, Baio appeared in various television programs, including the short-lived Look Who's Talking small screen spin-off Baby Talk. In August 2013, it was announced Bakula would have a recurring role in the first season of HBO's new series Looking. Just like his character Sam Beckett, Bakula set right what could have gone disastrously wrong. Although perhaps the opposite of constipated? Darin Morgan maybe. Probably because Bakula is just more active and fit for his age in general. Scott Bakula with UPN president Dean Valentine at the UPN TCA party in 2001 (Getty). Enterprise has aged very well today. "I'm not as good as I'd like to be,"he joked in 2020. Again that doesnt mean ANY of this will ever happen. That approximately 200 years of exploration must have or could have a lot of exciting history. It was the studio who pushed for it because they were afraid most fans didnt want a prequel setting and wanted a way to still tell stories in the future if they had to. Yeah still plenty of stories to tell in the 22nd century. Although his "personal life" section onWikipedia might be much briefer than most stars who've been a household name since the '80s, this much is known about ScottBakula: he had two children with Neumann before divorcing in 1995; in 2009, he married actress Chelsea Field, and they share two children. "[A marriage]takes energy and focus [you have to] work hard to stay present in the relationship. He got on my case directly about it because I was simply happy they were going forward again.in a show thats literally about the future lol. But then once I gave it a second chance, I kicked myself for not watching it. September 15, 2022 By Blair Marnell Nearly three decades ago, Scott Bakula's character, Sam Beckett, made the choice to continue traveling through time in the series finale of Quantum Leap.. I dont know about anyone else, but I was disappointed when *Star Trek Enterprise* was discontinued when it was. Bakula still does actiony roles like on NCIS. He points to changes at the Viacom-owned network during the 2001-2005 era when Enterprise was on the air, affirming his belief the show would have matched the 7-season runs of the three previous Star Trek series if it had been distributed through syndication (like The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine): Had we been syndicated, we would have gotten an easy seven, easy breezy. he dated Kes at 9 yrs old and she was so ignorant and innocent and she had no clue what was going on. So OK, you won me over! He also indicated he is open to following other legacy actors in lending his voice to an animated Trek show: Ive done a bunch of animated voice-over work and animation, so I enjoy it. Could also be successfully attached to Section 31 or Discovery. Ditto RE the above replies! I am calling BS on the entire Many Coto Improved Enterprise narrative. For me, I would take another season of Enterprise over Discovery, Picard or another movie. Dude they brought back Sybok, anything is fucking possible now lol. And I had heard indirectly that he was indeed planning to take the show up to and possibly into the Romulan war. They have a completely different biology and cultural norm than we do. She claimed that Baio molested her for three years beginning when she was 14 and a co-star on Charles in Charge, and that when she was 17, she had intercourse with him. [23] Upon Reagan's death in 2004, he was quoted by the New York Daily News as saying, "President Reagan made me feel proud to be an American. Knowing that doesnt make that show better. File Archer under been there, done that. But thats a very common Star Trek trend lol. As it turned out, Bakula's concern was unwarranted, and he'd blow past his previous episode totals by half. So when I say the show didnt interest me, I mean it lol. But yes I get your point too and probably why it wasnt a good idea to do it. tbd. ;D. But obviously I did ultimately come around. No, we dont. In 1982, he appeared in the film Zapped! Bakula made big news last year when he chose not to participate in NBCs reboot of Quantum Leap, so he has a history of saying no. I would like to see the Star Trek novel Federation adapted where, instead of Kirk and Picard, Pikes Enterprise meet Archers Enterprise NX-01 in the singularity and pass of Zefram Cochrane from the 21st Century to the 23rd Century. In 2006, he reprised the role of Archer for the Star Trek: Legacy PC and Xbox 360 video games as a voice-over. I was a preteen when Enterprise came out and one of the biggest problems with it is that it really wasnt that friendly to a younger audience. But we slugged our way through it. But part of me would like to see a generational shift forward. Meaning we are now some 145 years before GoT. Before Enterprise, Bakula gained fame for starring on another science fiction series, the highly successful Quantum Leap (1989-1993). In 1995, Bakula appeared on the cover of Playgirl. While the white streak may have earned him some mean nicknames, he says it helped. Scott Bakula Took 15 Years to Propose to 'NCIS' Co-star after His 1st Marriage Ended Due to Work By Stephen Thompson Jan 16, 2022 08:40 P.M. Scott Bakula's career skyrocketed after starring in "Quantum Leap." However, his fame and success came at the price of his marriage. He has been a time-traveling hero in the NBC adventure drama "Quantum Leap,"the beloved Captain Jonathan Archer in "Star Trek: Enterprise," and Special Agent in Charge on "NCIS: New Orleans," but perhaps Scott Bakula's best role is one of Hollywood's most revered, underrated stars for the better part of the last three decades. Plus better uniforms too. Thischarm, charisma and ability to laugh at himself may have secured a place on the Mount Rushmore ofTV's strong, sensitive leading men but what do you really know about ScottBakula? But your main point is right, they have to come up with a good story to even think about it. From all accounts, Bakula is very much a real-life Sam Beckett. He won two Young Artist Awards during the Third Annual Youth in Film Awards (19801982) as Best Young Actor in a Television Special for Stoned and Best Young Comedian in Television or Motion Pictures for Happy Days. I understand is all about money. Like you do know this is all fiction right? But yeah the new show just doesnt interest me much on that alone. In May of 2021, the finale of "NCIS: New Orleans" featured Dwayne Pride and Rita Devereaux getting married as cameras rolled on the second time Bakula and Field had exchanged "I Do" with each other. Lower Decks DS9 episode with Kyra and Quark was a really nice episode. Looking back now, Bakula admits that theexperience damaged his relationship with his wife and daughter. Yeah no doubt. ", "They wrote this character who is born and bred in New Orleans, but they didn't want the full-on accent," Bakula told the St. Louis Post-Dispatchin 2014, as he developed the character. 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