(August 9, 2018 at 6:09 pm)Jehanne Wrote:(August 9, 2018 at 12:57 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: I don't know how famous Stewart was across the pond before TNG, but in the states he was just a dude who had small parts in that crappy Dune movie and that trippy Excalibur movie. TNG offered him a way to increase his fame and bank account with very little risk (he could always simply go back to theater and small movie roles). That the role became iconic is a testament to both the writers of that era, and his performances (especially season 3 forward), but I neither doubt nor begrudge him for taking the role because he wanted to get paid for his craft.
I have no problem with people wanting to make money, but, after encountering the visionary Gene Roddenberry, I would have thought that Mr. Stewart would have had something a little "deeper" to say while on national television.
Eh, it was a statement made on Leno. I'm 99% sure he was just joking.
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