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Star Trek: Patrick Stewart on His Early TNG Picard Being "Too Stagey"
While promoting his memoir Making It So, Stewart gave a glimpse of how difficult he was and how he became his own harshest critic of his season one Captain Picard performances. Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation Image courtesy of Paramount "I was very uncomfortable with the quality of my work in season one," the[...]
London, United Kingdom-January 15, 2020: Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart attend the 'Star Trek; Picard' TV show premiere at the Odeon Luxe cinema in Leicester Square in London. (Image: Cubankite / Shutterstock.com)
Stewart, who's coming off his 10th season as Jean-Luc following his third and presumably final one in the Paramount+ series Picard following his seven-season stint on the syndicated TNG and four Paramount theatrical films, chronicled McKellen's misgivings in his memoir Making It So. London, United Kingdom-January 15, 2020: Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart attend the 'Star[...]
Star Trek: Patrick Stewart on How Close Picard Came to Having Hair
Some of those stories are popping up again with star Sir Patrick Stewart's latest memoir Making It So There's no secret creator Gene Roddenberry wasn't initially a fan of Stewart's casting because of all things, the actor's baldness, and it wasn't until the intervention of his longtime collaborator in TOS executive producer Robert Justman who[...]
Star Trek: Patrick Stewart on TNG S01: "I Had Failed to Read The Room"
Chronicled in Stewart's latest memoir Making It So (via The Hollywood Reporter), the actor discussed taking the job, doubting how it would last beyond its initial season. Patrick Stewart as Picard of the Paramount+ original series STAR TREK: PICARD Photo Cr: Trae Paatton/Paramount+ © 2022 CBS Studios Inc All Rights Reserved. Stewart was dead wrong about that,[...]