Patrick Stewart’s final film is a fitting end to a career that defied snobbery

Sir Patrick Stewart passed away aged 86 (Picture: Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

‘No, you must not do that. You must not. You have too much important theatre work to do TV. No, you can’t.’

This is what Sir Ian McKellen told his friend, Sir Patrick Stewart, when the latter announced he planned on signing up for a new sci-fi show called Star Trek: The Next Generation. 

Thank god, Sir Patrick ignored his colleague’s warning because it was the role of Captain Jean-Luc Picard that catapulted the Yorkshire-born actor t...