Sometimes an actor is absolutely perfect for a part, and formal auditions don’t feel all that necessary. Such was the case for Alexander Siddig, the actor whom audiences first really got to know as Dr. Julian Bashir on “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” a role he won by saying just one word.
In an oral history of the series for SyFy, Siddig explained that while he thought he was simply auditioning for a bit part on “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” it turned out that his one episode on that series (season 6’s “Birthright, Part I”) would be part of…
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