Yeah, but the body swapping would give them a bigger pool of possible talents. They could also play with swapping gender and race and what that would mean for an android.

Also, imagine a five thousand or five million year old Data “thinking” himself to the point he has Q level power. “Adult” humans stop changing or maturing at adulthood. Or rather children change more easily then adult. Data’s struggle was starting in a relatively stable mental state and learning to change over time. What if the ability to change never stops? Never settles in?

The actor swap wouldn’t just be a convince for callback, but a real foundation to discuss scifi/social concepts.