{"id":13279,"date":"2011-11-04T10:46:07","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T17:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=13279"},"modified":"2011-11-04T10:46:07","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T17:46:07","slug":"sroka-as-laxeth-the-talaxian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2011\/11\/sroka-as-laxeth-the-talaxian\/","title":{"rendered":"Sroka As Laxeth The Talaxian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just like his wife <strong>Mariette Hartley<\/strong>, actor <strong>Jerry Sroka<\/strong> has had a guest spot on <em>Star Trek<\/em>, in this case a role on <em>Star Trek: Voyager<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Playing Laxeth the Talaxian in <em>Star Trek: Voyager: Investigations<\/em> gave Sroka a bit of a glimpse of how he might look in the future, at least according to his kids. &#8220;You looked just like Grandma!&#8221; they told him, after watching the episode.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/LaxethSroka110411.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13280\" title=\"LaxethSroka110411\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/LaxethSroka110411.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"132\" \/><\/a>The same makeup that made Sroka &#8220;look like Grandma&#8221; helped him slip easily into the guest role. &#8220;It helped me escape into the character,&#8221; he said. &#8220;[I arrived] around 4:45 in the morning, and it was a four-and-a-half makeup process. That was absolutely astonishing for me. I\u2019d never done anything like it. I\u2019d done other thing that required old-age makeup, but this was amazing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These guys really knew what they were doing. They&#8217;d say, &#8216;You want some more coffee? Have it now, before your face sets, because you&#8217;ll have to wait a little bit.&#8217; But it was remarkable and a great learning experience. And they had such attention to detail. I have such respect for those people and what they do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Married for six years to Hartley, the couple hasn&#8217;t watched each other&#8217;s episodes yet with one another. &#8220;No, we haven&#8217;t,&#8221; said Sroka. &#8220;Boy, that&#8217;s a cute idea.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But, really, we&#8217;re playing catch-up with everything. When we got back to L.A. from Vegas after the big <em>Star Trek<\/em> convention there, we watched <em>Star Trek<\/em> (2009), the one with <strong>Chris Pine<\/strong>. I enjoyed that. 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