Star Trek’s Replacement Saavik Actor Almost Played Worf’s TNG Lover

K’Ehleyr (Suzie Plakson), the lover of Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s Lt. Worf (Michael Dorn) was originally offered to Robin Curtis, who replaced Kirstie Alley as Lt. Saavik in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. A dispute over pay meant that Kirstie Alley didn’t reprise the role of Saavik for Star Trek 3, although there are conflicting stories about the basis of that dispute. Alley believed that she was offered a lower salary so that she wouldn’t return, while Leonard Nimoy said that a “reasonable” offer was made, to which Kirstie Alley’s agent sent an extravagant counteroffer.