ICYMI: Sir PatrickStewart reflects on his 36-year journey in the StarTrek franchise, from his casting on TheNextGeneration to the StarTrekPicard finale. / STTNG ParamountPlus
, especially when he was initially cast as the lead in Captain Jean-Luc Picard on the Paramount syndicated series. While Stewart accepted the gig with its first season in 1987, the actor had doubts about its initial survival, let alone lasting seven seasons. Here we are 36 years later – after seven seasons, four theatrical films, and three-season legacy sequel serieshis journey in the franchise and how it became his career-defining role in Hollywood.
The actor recalled being recruited."So I was told that it was a new 'Star Trek' series, and I went to Gene Roddenberry's house and was greeted at the door by this man,, who had been at the university the previous night and had called Gene Roddenberry and said, 'I think we found an actor we've got to have in the show.' When I arrived, there were two other men there besides Gene and Robert, and nobody asked me to sit down.
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