The Star Trek Character Wesley Snipes Almost Played Before His Rise To Fame

There might be a mirror universe where “Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s” Geordi La Forge looks like Wesley Snipes. As revealed in a 2011 interview with Collider, the “Blade” and “New Jack City” star recalled that he was considered for the show before LeVar Burton donned the Visor as the iconic Enterprise-d engineer.

While promoting “Coming 2 America,” Snipes recalled nearly enlisting in Starfleet and was quite disappointed when he didn’t get the part. “Yes, that is true. I think that was in the ’80s. Yeah. And was disappointed that I didn’t get it. Not as disappointed as I…