ios ync ras ies ▁of ▁the ▁Th erm ians ▁were ▁developed ▁by ▁the ▁actors ▁during ▁this ▁school , ▁and ▁several ▁of ▁their ▁lines ▁came ▁from ▁impro vis ation . ▁Wilson ' s ▁role ▁as ▁L ahn k ▁was ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁larger ▁presence ▁in ▁the ▁film , ▁but ▁the ▁actor ▁was ▁double - book ed ▁alongside ▁a ▁film ing ▁of ▁an ▁N BC ▁pilot ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City . ▁He ▁got ▁a ▁crash ▁course ▁on ▁how ▁to ▁act ▁like ▁a ▁Th erm ian ▁from ▁Col ant oni , ▁Re es , ▁and ▁P yle , ▁but ▁still ▁was ▁nerv ous ▁around ▁the ▁A - list ▁actors ▁leading ▁the ▁cast . ▁Wilson ▁said ▁of ▁a ▁deleted ▁scene , ▁released ▁with ▁the ▁film ' s ▁home ▁media ▁involving ▁L ahn k , ▁was ▁wis ely ▁cut ▁given ▁how ▁nerv ous ▁he ▁was , ▁fl ub bing ▁his ▁lines ▁several ▁times . ▁ ▁Fil ming ▁ ▁L inda ▁De Sc en na , ▁production ▁designer ▁of ▁the ▁film , ▁was ▁interested ▁in ▁the ▁project ▁because ▁it ▁would ▁not ▁have ▁the ▁same ▁a est het ics ▁as ▁other ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁science ▁fiction ▁films , ▁and ▁" it ▁didn ' t ▁have ▁to ▁be ▁real , ▁hi - tech ▁and ▁vac u formed ". ▁De Sc en na ▁drew ▁insp iration ▁for ▁the ▁sets ▁not ▁only ▁from ▁Star ▁Tre k , ▁but ▁also ▁from ▁Buck ▁Rog ers , ▁Batt l est ar ▁Gal act ica , ▁and ▁Lost ▁in ▁Space . ▁De Sc en