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Gomez’s Hair Caused A Crisis Behind The Scenes Of Star Trek: TNG
By WITNEY SEIBOLD
Ensign Gomez is a notable minor character from the second season of "Star Trek: The Next Generation," but Trekkies might not know that her hair caused a crisis behind the scenes.
In a 2018 interview with StarTrek.com, actress Lycia Naff revealed a minor crisis involving her hair that occurred after she was dismissed from the set on her last day of shooting.
Although Gomez was meant to be a potential love interest for Geordi La Forge, she was later relegated to only two episodes after having been written to be more comedic.
Having been told that she wouldn’t be back for the following season, Naff had already gotten a shorter hairdo when she got the call to re-shoot the hallway scene a few weeks later.
"At that point, they saw my hair didn't match earlier shots and we had to scramble to add extensions to match the previous length," the actress explained.
Naff didn't cut her hair out of spite, however, adding that if she "was told to not cut my hair, I never would have, but I'd been completely wrapped from the part [...]."
Luckily, Michael Westmore and his hair-and-makeup team made it so that fans can’t see the difference between the original takes and the reshoots. Naff’s hair matches perfectly.