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For many individuals, Patrick Stewart is Jean-Luc Picard. The actor’s portrayal of the captain of the USS Enterprise-D secured him a everlasting place in popular culture historical past, and an iconic standing amongst sci-fi followers.

Nevertheless it very almost may by no means have occurred. When Stewart auditioned for the function of Picard, he already had commitments to numerous stage performs in England, and his agent wasn’t even satisfied that The Subsequent Technology was potential. Talking as a part of the L.A. Instances Envelope Drama Roundtable, Stewart revealed that his agent suggested him: “It’s not going to work. You can not revive an iconic sequence like Star Trek. You’ll be fortunate to get midway by means of the primary season. Join it, then go residence.” The Yorkshire-born Stewart additionally revealed he had by no means even heard of such a factor as a six-year contract when Hollywood provided him one.

After all, The Subsequent Technology did become a large success – a lot in order that seven years later, Stewart was nonetheless enjoying Picard. The Subsequent Technology had develop into simply as iconic as The Unique Collection, and Stewart himself had been launched to worldwide stardom.

Regardless of his preliminary skepticism, Stewart ultimately settled so properly into the function of Picard that, in his phrases, “there was a blurring of the connection between actor and character” as he more and more put extra of himself into his efficiency. He even went on to say that “the longer I labored on it, the extra he grew to become me.”

Stewart additionally had so much to say about his fellow Subsequent Gen actors, enthusing that they have been “a gaggle of people with whom the connection has by no means been damaged.” In accordance with Stewart, there was fixed laughter on set, with each one of many foremost solid being answerable for a minimum of one large chortle daily of filming. The temper was jovial to the purpose the place one director, pissed off by the fixed pranks, acquired down on his knees and begged Stewart to “please, simply say the road.”

He ended the interview by saying that though he loves Star Trek, he loves his fellow actors extra.

Concerning the creator

Matthew Doherty

Matthew Doherty is a author at We Obtained This Lined. His work has additionally appeared on WorthPoint and The Collector. Matthew loves to put in writing about something TV and film associated, however has an obsession for all issues Star Trek. In his spare time, he’s writing a science fiction novel that will likely be completed in some unspecified time in the future within the twenty second Century.