Marina Sirtis Cinzano Bianco television commercial starring Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins, in which Collins was splattered with drink. In 1986, Sirtis relocated to the United States. When casting "", Gene Roddenberry was inspired to ask the exotic-looking Sirtis to audition for a role after seeing the film "Aliens" with Bob Justman, which featured the prominent Latina character Vasquez, played by Jenette Goldstein. Sirtis and Denise Crosby initially tried out for each other's eventual roles on "The Next Generation". Sirtis' character was going to be named Lt. Macha Hernandez, the Security Chief. Gene Roddenberry decided to switch them, and Macha Hernandez became
Gordon Rossiter by the Scottish Highlands and Swedish forests and lakes. He has also painted many West Country English villages, as well as Swedish villages, in oils and aquarelle. Rossiter drew his first Salvation Army motif already when he was seven years old, since then, art has been a natural part of his life. After leaving secondary school he studied art at the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol for three years, and went on to complement his education by studying ceramics at Weston-Super-Mare Polytechnic. Rossiter had his first exhibitions in the late 1970s in the UK, after which he has