Casting
Worf was at first not intended to be a regular character, since Gene Roddenberry wanted to avoid "retreads of characters or races featured prominently in the original Star Trek series", and so the June 1, 1987 cast portrait did not include Worf. Several "tall, slim, black actors" auditioned for Worf before Michael Dorn came along, walking into the audition in character and not smiling (Indeed, Michael Dorn found the seriousness of the role, especially during the audition, at first to be uncomfortable, since he considers himself a comedian at heart).
Dorn is the only Star Trek actor to have worked concurrently on the Next Generation films and the Deep Space Nine series, both of which are set in the same time period. There are scenes in First Contact and Insurrection to explain his absence from Deep Space 9 and reunion with Captain Jean-Luc Picard's officers. In First Contact Worf is initially commanding USS Defiant before he is beamed aboard the Enterprise, while in Insurrection Picard jokes that Worf was late for his bridge shift due to being accustomed to life aboard Deep Space 9.
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