page_title: Tsunkatse
section_title: Production
hierarchical_section_title: Tsunkatse / Production
caption_attribution_description: English: Dwayne Johnson at the G.I. JOE: RETALIATION - Red carpet movie premiere tonight, Event Cinemas, Sydney, Australia 2013.
context_page_description: "Tsunkatse" is the fifteenth episode of the sixth season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager. The episode first aired on the UPN network on February 9, 2000. Directed by Mike Vejar, it was developed from a story by Gannon Kenney and turned into a teleplay by Robert Doherty. The episode featured Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in a guest role as a Pendari fighter, and former Star Trek: Deep Space Nine actors J. G. Hertzler and Jeffrey Combs.
  Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet and Maquis crew of the starship USS Voyager after they were stranded in the Delta Quadrant far from the rest of the Federation. In this episode, Seven of Nine is abducted, along with Tuvok, while on a survey mission and forced by her captors to fight in an arena for the entertainment of others.
  The episode had originally been called "Arena". The crossover between Voyager and the UPN wrestling show WWF Smackdown was described as a "clever marketing ploy" by Russ, but received a negative fan reaction on broadcast.
context_section_description: An early version of the script had Tuvok involved in the fighting, but it was decided that it would be more dramatic if there was a character involved who was not as adept at fighting. Instead, it was decided to have the character of Seven of Nine featured in this way which Tim Russ later described as a "clever marketing ploy" as UPN promoted that character heavily at the time. The episode was originally entitled "Arena", but was subsequently renamed to "Tsunkatse".
  WWE wrestler and actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson appeared as the Pendari Champion in a guest role. Johnson performed his own stunts in the episode, although the other actors were represented in the fight scenes by stunt doubles. He used one of his signature moves, the "Rock Bottom", during the fight scenes against Ryan's Seven of Nine as well as other wrestling moves. Despite the use of stunt doubles and the choreography of the fight scenes, Ryan was still reportedly quite sore after the first day's shooting completed.
  The episode also featured guest appearances by actors J. G. Hertzler and Jeffrey Combs best known to Star Trek fans from the series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine where they respectively played Martok and the double role of Weyoun and Brunt. Combs described his character as the "Don King of my quadrant", but was a little uneasy about appearing on Voyager after 35 episodes of Deep Space Nine as some of the sets from his former show had been re-used in a different manner, saying "It felt like how an old person might feel going home, but things are not quite the same."
  Hertzler said in an interview that he based his character on the role played by Morgan Freeman in the film The Shawshank Redemption (1994). He said that "Freeman plays a lifer. A guy that's been a lifer in prison has a different attitude toward life and death." Other influences included Tony Todd, who had appeared as a Hirogen in the fourth season episode "Prey", and Hertzler subsequently compared the costumes that he and Todd wore in their roles, saying "The frustrating thing for me was that Tony got to wear shoulder pads, a huge chest piece, a fabulous helmet. I didn't get any of that. I was in a skintight rubber suit. Had I been 23, I would have been much happier, but at 49?"
caption: "Tsunkatse" featured The Rock, real name Dwayne Johnson, as the Pendari Champion
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