![]() This is a particularly good Picard monologue. And so, finally, I felt that I don't need to do that research what I need to do now is find out who he has become and really explore that and try to make that as authentic as possible, as something that happened to a man whom we remember very vividly from "The Next Generation" days.īRIGER: Well, I guess it's too late for this to help as research, but I thought we could maybe listen to a moment from "The Next Generation," if you don't mind. And the longer that we did "Next Generation," the more of Patrick Stewart got into Jean-Luc Picard. ![]() I ended up never watching a moment of "Next Generation" because - OK, I would have been reminded of some things that I'd forgotten. ![]() STEWART: I'm going to watch "Encounter At Farpoint," which was our pilot episode of the series. STEWART: I - from the very beginning, once I had said, OK, I'm on board, there was not a day when I didn't think, OK, this evening, right, I'm going to sit down. When you were preparing for the new show, did you go back and watch any of those old episodes from "The Next Generation?" And if so, what were your thoughts about your performance then? SAM BRIGER: Patrick Stewart, welcome to FRESH AIR. We're going to hear the interview FRESH AIR producer Sam Briger recorded with Patrick Stewart in July. During the pandemic, Stewart provided a little light on Instagram by reading all of Shakespeare's sonnets to his followers, finishing the last one in October. Patrick Stewart has continued to work on many other projects, including multiple Shakespeare productions, his one-man version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" and several X-Men movies as Charles Xavier. But Stewart went on to embody one of "Star Trek's" most beloved characters. He faced a lot of skepticism about whether he was right for the role, including from "Star Trek's" creator, Gene Roddenberry. ![]() At the time, he was best known as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. It's hard to imagine now, but Patrick Stewart was kind of a longshot to play the lead in a sci-fi TV show. Production for the second season of "Picard" is slated to begin in February of 2021. Fans of "Star Trek" and Patrick Stewart were delighted to see the actor return this year to his most famous role, Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the CBS All Access series "Star Trek: Picard." He made his first appearance as Picard in 1987 and has since starred in seven seasons of "The Next Generation" and several "Star Trek" films. ![]()
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