Immediately prior to meeting Rick Berman and Ira Steven Behr for the first time prior to reading for the part of Ezri Dax, de Boer drank a glass of water but it went down her windpipe. The first thing the showrunners saw of the actress was her coughing and gasping for breath. De Boer assumed she had blown the audition by giving a poor first impression, but ultimately she was cast in the role.
