Patrick Stewart’s Career Was a Rare and Thrilling Marriage of the Prestigious and the Populist

Patrick Stewart’s Career Was a Rare and Thrilling Marriage of the Prestigious and the Populist

In the first two decades and change of Patrick Stewart’s distinguished professional career, he spent 16 years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, made his Broadway debut alongside Ben Kingsley and Frances de la Tour in a legendary production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by influential theater giant Peter Brook, and became a frequent presence…

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Patrick Stewart Rose From Obscurity to Boldly (and Baldly) Go Where No Yorkshireman Had Gone Before

Patrick Stewart Rose From Obscurity to Boldly (and Baldly) Go Where No Yorkshireman Had Gone Before

Sometimes a great casting choice reveals its greatness only after the fact. Terence Young, who directed the first James Bond film, Dr. No, was so distraught upon learning that his producers had hired Sean Connery that he protested, “Oh, disaster, disaster, disaster!” Gene Roddenberry, the creator of the original Star Trek, was downright furious at…

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Rebecca Romijn Isn’t “Sure” She’s Done Filming for ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Because “They Haven’t Finishing Writing” the Script

Rebecca Romijn Isn’t “Sure” She’s Done Filming for ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Because “They Haven’t Finishing Writing” the Script

Rebecca Romijn is sharing an update on her return as Mystique in the highly-anticipated Avengers: Doomsday.  At The Hollywood Reporter’s San Diego Comic-Con suite, the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds star admitted that she wasn’t sure if she’s finished filming for the forthcoming Marvel film because the script isn’t fully complete.   “[I’m] not quite sure,”…

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