Sir Patrick Stewart: I Almost Turned Down Captain Picard on Star Trek
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Sir Patrick Stewart is beloved for his portrayal of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: Next Generation and its spinoff films. But Patrick was 47 years old when he took that life-changing role... and he almost turned it down! He sits down with Guy to talk about the extraordinary life that led to Picard: his working-class upbringing, how he learned to tame perfectionism on stage and embrace his own dark side when playing "horrible" men; and why he wants to focus on comedy in the final chapter of his career.
Links from the Show
01. Star Trek: Next Generation - Picard's best speeches
02. Shakespeare play The Winter's Tale
03. Patrick playing Macbeth
05. Picard memes (CNET)
06. Patrick's Instagram
07. Patrick's memoir, 'Making It So'
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