Ian McKellen Once Advised Patrick Stewart Not To Play Picard Hayley Williams As part of a celebration of Patrick Stewart's 80th birthday, his long-time friend Sir Ian McKellen has dished some goss on their history together. In an interview with The Guardian, picked up by THR, McKellen confessed that he advised his friend not to take the Star Trek role for the sake of his career. It was due to Stewart's "success as a classical actor with the Royal Shakespeare and National Theatre companies" that McKellen warned against the role as Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation. "He’s long forgiven me my advice not to risk a solid career on the British stage by falling for an uncertain future in Star Trek." In hindsight Stewart's career after Star Trek was anything but uncertain, with Picard becoming a fan-favorite character that Stewart would reprise for seven seasons, four movies and now CBS's new show Star Trek: Picard. Continue Reading at GameSpot https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

As part of a celebration of Patrick Stewart's 80th birthday, his long-time friend Sir Ian McKellen has dished some goss on their history together. In an interview with The Guardian, picked up by THR, McKellen confessed that he advised his friend not to take the Star Trek role for the sake of his career.

It was due to Stewart's "success as a classical actor with the Royal Shakespeare and National Theatre companies" that McKellen warned against the role as Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation. "He’s long forgiven me my advice not to risk a solid career on the British stage by falling for an uncertain future in Star Trek."

In hindsight Stewart's career after Star Trek was anything but uncertain, with Picard becoming a fan-favorite character that Stewart would reprise for seven seasons, four movies and now CBS's new show Star Trek: Picard.

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