The Wild Mistake That Led Patrick Stewart To Accept Star Trek

You likely associate Patrick Stewart with a range of roles, from his countless Shakespearean performances to Capitain Picard in Star Trek. 

But it turns out that he only accepted the latter part because of an agent’s sliiiiight miscalculation.

In fact, he thought he’d only be playing the now-iconic part for a few months.

Speaking on The Late Late Show with James Corden last year, the veteran star admitted he “didn’t – couldn’t – accept what it was that I’d taken on” with Star Trek.

That’s partly because, when first signing up for the show, his agent told him: “Look, you know you cannot revive an iconic ...