The first time I saw Patrick Stewart was on PBS in the late 1970s. He was in I Claudius as Sejanus. Honestly, I preferred Jacoby in that BBC presentation. Of course Jacoby had the lead. When Next Gen came out I wasn't sure about this new fastidious Captain. I was still enamored with the swashbuckling Kirk and not quite ready for the new adventure.
By mid season Next Gen had won me over, and Stewart was a big part of that. I loved his delivery, voice, and carry. The "make it so", "engage", and "tea, Earl Gray, hot" began to slink into my speech. I would routinely put a cup of tea in the microwave at work and say those words (I worked as a graphic designer, it is OK to do those things). I genuinely began to like his Captain.
Then came Professor X. If there was ever a head that was made for a role, his was it. And his classical training made X eleven better.
Do you remember that he was in Excalibur? He played Leondegrance.
How about in Hedda? Yeah, me neither. That was his first movie role.
But to me he was Picard. His captain grounded a stellar cast. My favorite episode? Yesterday's Enterprise. My next was The Inner Light. Two ends of a spectrum.
Fun fact? Stewart didn't know about the cultural phenomena that was Star Trek before he came on board. Many around him (himself included) thought it would be a failure and that he would be back to Shakespearean acting quickly. He also initially hated the "techno babble". After a time he embraced the universe and it's techno babble.
He is quoted as saying
"I should play Jean-Luc, I realised, as if he were a character in Henry IV, which is about brave men"
And he did.
Godspeed sir I enjoyed your work.
- "I loved his delivery, voice, and carry."
- "Make it so."
- "Tea, Earl Grey, hot."
- "began to slink into my speech"
- 含義:slink 原意是偷偷摸摸、鬼鬼祟祟地移動;這裡指這些台詞、語氣不知不覺、悄悄地滲透進發話者自己的日常口頭禪之中。 [1]
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