by Heather
I’m taking Fan Girl Friday to the next level for me. We are discussing Garrett Wang (last name is pronounced "Wong”). Most famous for Star Trek: Voyager, the convention circuit and being a mega geek himself. Garrett Wang was the first Star Trek actor I ever met at a convention and my first autographed photo. He was kind, warm and enthusiastic the first time I met him, and every time since. I know this has a lot to do with how I see him now. In one way, he ruined me for future fan meetings with other actors. As most of us know who have been to conventions, not all the actors we meet are actually pleasant.
 | For the last several years, he has run Trek Trak at Dragon Con. Dragon Con is a multigenre convention with over 50K attendees which takes place once a year over Labor Day weekend in Atlanta, Georgia. Dragon Con is where I continued to get to know Garrett Wang. Twenty years later he is still enthusiastic to meet and greet fans, still giving of his time and still warm to everyone he meets. Friday night at Dragon Con you will usually find him at Klingon Karaoke or wandering around one of the five convention hotels geeking out over fan costumes. |
From the multiple conventions I have attended, I can tell you he is a great voice impersonator. There hasn’t been a single time I have seen him where he hasn’t busted out with an impersonation of George Takei, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo or William Shatner.
Unfortunately, his passion for science fiction and his need to offer honest opinions did limit his career on Voyager to only acting. He has stated publicly about Rick Berman “If there is a Hell in this existence that we have that people can go to, he's first on the list.” Garrett has told many fans that the direction while on Voyager was for all the actors playing humans to act more wooden so the alien characters will seem more alive.
He was the first actor in Star Trek history to be denied the chance to direct based on things he said during interviews. This is something he says haunts him today. He is such a fan of Star Trek and sci-fi in general that he just wanted a chance to make the show the best that it could be
He was the first actor in Star Trek history to be denied the chance to direct based on things he said during interviews. This is something he says haunts him today. He is such a fan of Star Trek and sci-fi in general that he just wanted a chance to make the show the best that it could be
 | I will always have a warm place in my heart for Garrett Wang with all his wonderful geekiness that he is not afraid to share with his fans. <--- Heather and Garrett, DCon 2014 |
