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Patrick Stewart Says It is Very Unlikely Paramount Will Invite Him to Play Picard Again

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By GustavoLeao / 16:02, 15 February 2008 / Feature Films

Bloomberg.com posted an interview with Star Trek The Next Generation star Patrick Stewart, in which he talks about his production of Macbeth. Stewart also talked to journalist Philip Boroff briefly about Star Trek, the new movie and his friendship with William Shatner. Here are few excerpts from the interview.

Boroff: I was watching the last movie, Star Trek Nemesis last night. Will you reprise the role?


Stewart: I think it's very unlikely they will invite me to. There is a new Star Trek movie, but it's a prequel to the original series. I would certainly consider it, because I love that character.

Boroff: As Jean-Luc Picard, were you doing Pilates or sit- ups? Or was that just part of the role that that captain had fantastic posture?


Stewart: I was trained as a classical stage actor. The outline that you make on the stage has an impact on the audience. And I work out pretty much every day. You have to. Laurence Olivier once said, ``You're going to do the classics, you got to be fit like an athlete.''


Boroff: Did you save any Star Trek memorabilia?


Stewart: I have a small warehouse full of it in L.A. I'm going to do something with it in the near future.


Boroff: Put it up for auction?


Stewart: Something like that.


Boroff: You don't feel any rivalry with William Shatner (Captain Kirk), do you?


Stewart: Bill is one of my dear friends. He's an absolutely stupendous individual and I adore him.


Boroff: Do you joke around?


Stewart: Of course we do. The important thing is not to take it too seriously. I'd been an actor for 27 years before I put on that spacesuit. I'm so grateful for it. It meant when the series ended I had a career that wasn't connected to it that I could return to.


The full interview is here.



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The baton | Report this post to moderator
By: What you talkin' about, Gary (Odo's file, contact) @ 10:28:22 on Feb 18, 2008

There's now time to put Picard in the movie. Generations was a transitional film, and could have been better if it wasn't. It's only fair that someone from TNG passes the baton back to the TOS crew. A small cameo will suffice from Stewart.

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By: c.p. (Odo's file, contact) @ 16:23:09 on Feb 16, 2008

If Abrams and his team can nimbly capture the element of the unexpected, and successfully juggle multiple time lines and/or time periods, why not revisit TNG at some point in the new series of movies? I hope J.J. isn't going to make his series as pedestrian as sequels usually are these days. I'm hoping he finds a way to mix the entire world of Star Trek up a bit. There's much potential in TNG and DS9. Of course his new stars will probably have to take center stage.

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By: Hbasm (Odo's file, contact) @ 11:09:35 on Feb 16, 2008

I don't think its unlikely we will see Jean-Luc Picard again. Maybe in the next movie. Of course. Why not.


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By: OV-101 (Odo's file, contact) @ 17:40:32 on Feb 15, 2008

I have to say I find Stewart's comments heathy. I think he really likes his involvement in Star Trek but he does not let the Picard character define who he is. I agree with Gustavo, I too believe we will see Capt. Picard in action somewhere, somehow in the future.

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Stewart is all Class, I Tell You! | Report this post to moderator
By: The Magrathean (Odo's file, contact) @ 16:23:42 on Feb 15, 2008

I think it would be nice for Picard to play a cameo in the new film.

But I'm not going to pout and stamp my feet if he's not in it. :-)


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RE: Stewart is all Class, I Tell You! by critch @ 18:16:44 on Feb 15
    RE: Stewart is all Class, I Tell You! by The Magrathean @ 18:34:12 on Feb 15
RE: Stewart is all Class, I Tell You! by GustavoLeao @ 17:30:22 on Feb 15

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By: Karl1981 (Odo's file, contact) @ 16:20:27 on Feb 15, 2008

You know, as much as I love Patrick Stewart, and Captain Picard, I'm not entirely sure he deserves a call from paramount offering him a part. After all, over the last year he has bashed Star Trek at every given opportunity. And now he seems to be changing his tune......... not entirely sure what to make of it all really. Just seems very odd to me.


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RE: So...... ??? by The Magrathean @ 16:30:32 on Feb 15
    Hey, thats not true ! by GustavoLeao @ 17:06:04 on Feb 15
       RE: Hey, thats not true ! by The Magrathean @ 18:26:49 on Feb 15
          RE: Hey, thats not true ! by GustavoLeao @ 19:56:45 on Feb 15
       RE: Hey, thats not true ! by NEXUS @ 18:11:49 on Feb 15
          RE: Hey, thats not true ! by Sherlock @ 20:45:47 on Feb 15
          RE: Hey, thats not true ! by euges426 @ 19:26:34 on Feb 15
             RE: Hey, thats not true ! by Kamen Rider Blade @ 22:50:23 on Feb 15
                Nemesis was Not a Final Movie by GustavoLeao @ 04:39:59 on Feb 16
       RE: Hey, thats not true ! by captainkoloth @ 17:59:53 on Feb 15
RE: So...... ??? by ]X-Men[Wolverine @ 16:29:02 on Feb 15
    RE: So...... ??? by Karl1981 @ 00:49:33 on Feb 16
       RE: So...... ??? by GustavoLeao @ 04:43:20 on Feb 16
       RE: So...... ??? by ]X-Men[Wolverine @ 01:08:31 on Feb 16
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