Patrick Stewart Recalls Storming Off 'Star Trek' Set, Explains His Heated Reaction & Why It Was Wrong

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“Here’s the funny thing, I was talking to a director a few months ago, and I mentioned that I was I’ve been reading and thinking about King Lear, says Sir Patrick Stewart of his possible future career plans “And he said, Yes, yes, of course. But, you know, Patrick, you’re a little too old. Okay. Well, that was something of a shock.”

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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Patrick Stewart writes in his new memoir, “Making It So,” that Paramount executives wanted him to audition for the role of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” with a wig on, which required his then-wife Sheila Falconer to ship a hairpiece from London to Los Angeles. “Right as I was boarding my plane at Heathrow, my London agent called Sheila at home and notified her that the Paramount people had been in touch, asking if I owned a hairpiece, and if I did, could I bring it to the audition?” Stewart writes (via Insider). “Sheila diligently retrieved my ‘audition wig’ from its space in my wardrobe and boxed it up, whereupon a British Airways representative collected it and placed it on a later flight to Los Angeles.” “I do not know if my hairpiece flew first class,” he continues.

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Legendary screen star Patrick Stewart is known for his iconic bald ‘do, having putting it promptly on display in his acting roles, such as playing Professor X in the “X-Men” series.However, the 83-year-old scored his shiny head earlier than fans realize.He explained in his new memoir “Making It So” that it was at the age of 17 when he began to loose strands.By 19, his head was completely bald.The “Star Trek: The Next Generation” alum revealed that he tried to pay for hair loss treatments at a clinic in Bristol.“I had grown up with thick, dark, wavy hair, but in my first year of drama school, when I was 17, it started to thin out at an accelerated rate,” he recalled, per the Evening Standard.The English actor noted that the more his hair diminished, he mustered up the courage to call the cosmetic medical institution and “have a chat with the people inside.”“They told me what the treatment would cost. That’s when I realized I needed more cash in my pocket,” Stewart penned.In order to earn enough money for the clinic, Stewart began laboring as a bricklayer near his home in West Yorkshire, England.“Just up the road from my parents’ house was the office of a small building firm.

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Tom Hardy on the set of Star Trek: Nemesis.The Jean-Luc Picard actor detailed his experience working on the “particularly weak” 2002 film in his new memoir Making It So, where he starred opposite a young Hardy who played villain Shinzon.“I didn’t have a single exciting scene to play,” Stewart wrote about the film (via Insider). “And the actor who portrayed the movie’s villain, Shinzon, was an odd, solitary young man from London.

Patrick Stewart is opening up about losing his temper the set of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” because he felt his co-stars weren’t being as serious as he was.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Patrick Stewart shares blunt thoughts on 2002’s “Star Trek: Nemesis” in his new memoir, “Making It So” (via Insider). The film, the fourth and final “Star Trek” feature to star “The Next Generation” cast, featured one of Stewart’s least memorable outings as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, at least according to the actor himself.