Patrick Stewart has recalled how he almost missed out on the part of Jean-Luc Picard after Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry took a dislike to him.
The veteran actor, 79, played the character on TV and in films from 1987 to 2002, returning to the franchise this year for the Amazon Prime Video series Picard.
He said screenwriter and producer Roddenberry had made it “perfectly clear” he was not wanted for the part after a brief initial interview.
Speaking during a virtual roundtable hosted by The Hollywood Reporter, he said: “It was very odd with Gene because I was dragged in to audition for him in his living room the morning after I’d been seen doing something at UCLA. “My meeting lasted about six minutes and then it was perfectly clear I
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