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Patrick Stewart Annoyed by Star Trek Association

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By GustavoLeao / 16:51, 2 April 2006 / People

In a recent interview to the Radio Times, Star Trek The Next Generation star Patrick Stewart talks about his new series Eleventh Hour and his return to England. Here is an excerpt.

Q : Is it annoying that everyone still thinks of you as the bloke from Star Trek ?

Stewart : Yeah, very much so. I have often been irritated when I have been identified as an English actor exclusively know as Jean-Luc Picard, as though the rest of my life didn't exist at all. It continues to irritate now when I'm introduced as "Star Trek's Patrick Stewart". But let me be clear about it, it's not because I'm in any way uncomfortable about the work we did - I'm very proud of the television series and I'm proud that it will go on entertaining people for the rest of my life.

Read the full interview here.



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By: Rational Voice (Odo's file, contact) @ 12:46:02 on Apr 04, 2006

The way I see it, if a person does not want to be constantly associated with one character they have played, they should avoid being actors. There stands a decent chance that any role may be of great interest to many people, and will have something of a "Picard effect" for that actor. Being typecast is a risk when taking almost any major role. Patrick Stewart certainly has a right to be annoyed by it, but he simply needs to deal with it, because nothing will ever change the fact that he was Jean-Luc Picard.

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RE: OK, Hold on a minute. by Cymro @ 14:22:10 on Apr 04

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By: Dukat (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 17:19:45 on Apr 03, 2006

Expecting notoriety from 1987 is one thing, but about th 3rd or 4th season, he coulnd't see it was going to be as huge or bigger than TOS? But he kept signing on, kept taking the paychecks, and then did the movies. These are his choices, his career and retirement was funded completely by this. Yet he complains because he is identified with it.

And I am sure if he goes back to the plays with the RSC, people won't be saying that who are going to those plays. But no, he is doing things and going places where he is identified as a star, and he is a star for only one reason us.

He can be annoyed- he can scream at the moon if he wants-- but the only thing to understand is when he makes statements about that, it is not the whole content that gets known to the general public, but just like the headline "Stewart Annoyed with Star Trek Association". Then we complain about how Trekkies are portrayed in the news and on comedy shows. Was Shatner funny with the Get A Life? yes-- i think so, but I think a lot of people were hurt because he did it in front of everyone-- if he did that at a convention, everyone would have laughed.

Shatner learned from it, and he respects the fans and doesn't say stupid crap like this. That's all I am saying Stewart should do. But he can do anything he wants, and it is my right and anyone elses to be annoyed with him as well.

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RE: OK, Hold on a minute. by Cymro @ 18:27:06 on Apr 03
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