Why Jonathan Frakes wasn't having fun in early TNG

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Over at Blastr:

Why Jonathan Frakes wasn't having fun in the early seasons of TNG

It's been 25 years since Jonathan Frakes first stepped onto the bridge of the Enterprise and became a geek icon in Star Trek: The Next Generation. But though he looks back fondly on his time with the rest of the TNG crew now, Frakes said the early years of the show weren't much fun for him, for one very specific reason.

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Seems kind of weak.

[Mel]

It's been 25 years since Jonathan Frakes first stepped onto the bridge of the Enterprise and became a geek icon in Star Trek: The Next Generation ... Roddenberry wanted Riker to be a "taciturn, no-nonsense Midwest type, a Gary Cooper who exuded integrity and devotion to duty."

Good grief. A geek icon? Even if he was allegedly the taciturn type, that didn't make him a geek! Did they mix him up with Wesley Crusher??

I would have said a "stud icon." He was very much a ladies man on the show.

I suspected Gene Roddenberry saw himself in Frakes as Riker. IMO, they bore a strong resemblance to each other at the same age.