![]() But I had moved on - so I wanted this series to show me signs that it, too, would move on. “No disrespect to The Next Generation, because I’m very proud of everything we did on that show. ![]() “I was looking for diversity, but particularly diversity in a move away from The Next Generation ,” he told me when I asked what he wanted to see on the page and on the screen. But for Stewart that was very much the point. Those expecting Picard to bear a close resemblance to The Next Generation may of course be frustrated by the show’s insistence on establishing its own identity - one deliberately and conspicuously unlike previous iterations of Star Trek. The show soon moves in surprising new directions - the plot concerns Data’s mysterious legacy and a set of twins with dark secrets - but these first moments make clear that Stewart’s easy gravitas as Picard hasn’t diminished. The series opens with a dream sequence set aboard the long since decommissioned starship Enterprise, in which Picard, now a retired admiral, enjoys a Texas Hold’em lesson with Commander Data, the android played by Brent Spiner, who reprises the role. In Picard, Stewart gets back into the rhythm in about 26 seconds. It’s been nearly 26 years since The Next Generation ended its seven-season run. He’s back in Star Trek, back as Captain Jean-Luc Picard. In the meantime he has returned to familiar territory. ![]() “So now maybe down the road I shall get another career going doing comedy.” (“Suddenly her clothes fall off, and I’ve seen everything,” Stewart enthuses lecherously.) Things “changed a little” for Stewart after Extras, he said. Stewart played himself as an aspiring screenwriter, whose masterpiece-in-progress revolves around his character seeing naked women. For those accustomed only to Sir Patrick’s decorous Star Trek line readings, the cameo was a revelation - a bawdy, uproarious scene-stealing bit of farce. ![]() In 2005, Stewart appeared in an episode of Extras, the Hollywood backlot satire created by and starring Ricky Gervais. Article content Patrick Stewart in a scene from the first episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. ![]()
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