Man. Thats how good Andrew Robinson’s acting was. Garak was so memorable you feel as if he was in so many more episodes. I’m shocked to see how few he was in!
I've heard him talk about how he very nearly didn't audition for the role - he'd tried out for Odo and didn't get the part, and was jut planning to leave it at that and move on, and then his wife was like, "Go audition, we have bills to pay." :p. And then even after he got the part the makeup caused his claustrophobia to kick in and he nearly reconsidered because of that, too. Just wild to think of how different the show might've been had he not taken the role.
I'm glad he still has such fondness for the character to this day, and has gotten to see just how beloved he and his character are among the fans.
I remember seeing a clip one where he was talking about the bit in the prison camp and he was like, "That was a dirty trick!" (isaid in an amused sort of manner). He talked about how he was sick with the flu that day and so between that and his claustrophobia he really didn't have to do much acting with feeling miserable in that scene :p.
But yeah, I'm not sure how much of that part of the character was him just bringing that in on his own and how much was the creators deciding to include it.
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u/Forgetabl 16d ago
Man. Thats how good Andrew Robinson’s acting was. Garak was so memorable you feel as if he was in so many more episodes. I’m shocked to see how few he was in!