In Reply to: Patrick Stewart! Nooooooooooooo! posted by blindness on October 29, 2026 at 13:49:44
Star Trek TNG was my second show in the industry (after Seinfeld). I was on ST:TNG during Season 7, and then on two of their subsequent feature films (First Contact and Insurrection). I have nothing but positive memories of "Mr. Stewart," which was one of the two ways he preferred to be addressed on set. The other was to call him "Captain."
He was always respectful of our production staff, and never lost his temper when filming wasn't going smoothly. What really angered him was when day players (actors) would come in not knowing their lines, or if a guest Director came in unprepared.
For lunch, he liked a "BLT, no L" (Bacon and Tomato sandwich) from the Paramount Commissary. And as far as outside interests, he was an avid soccer fan. As a personal favor for him, I once recorded an England World Cup game, and then had the VHS tape couriered to him on location.
But my favorite memory was when they had rearranged the "wild walls" inside the set of The Enterprise, and Captain Picard got lost on his own ship, and I had to guide The Captain to his Captain's Chair on The Bridge.
RIP Mr. Stewart. Don't suffer fools in the afterlife either, Captain.