When someone or something captures my attention, I investigate. If it's a person, I go to work, gathering intel. Ha Ha!
One of my many quirks is that I like to know who the person is, as a person.
Are they kind?
Are they intelligent?
Are they educated?
How much of the personality of the character or music they play is actually a part of who the person is.
Having known of Sir Patrick Stewart's background for many years, he has, yet again, come to the surface with his reprised role as:
✨Jean Luc Picard ✨
He is now, in the new series which can only be seen on the CBS All Access platform, Admiral Picard, Retired from StarFleet.
It's too soon for me to form a valid opinion of the series. Patrick Stewarts voice sounds like Winnie the Pooh, to me.
Less like the formidable, decisive StarShip Captain.
Still, he is, actually a Knight. Yes.
He was Knighted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 2010.
So, whether he is commanding a StarShip or not, he is
Sir Patrick Stewart.
Being married to an American woman, living & working mostly in the USA, he has wished to get involved with the politics of the USA.
Unfortunately, he would have to have USA Citizenship to do this.
While he would enjoy dual citizenship, one caveat is that he could not hold any royal titles, to do so.
In a very candid interview, he stated that he didn't want to give up the Knighthood with the perks of having it.
With a mischevious smile, he gave yet another reason. He enjoys calling his wife "Lady Stewart" when she is peevish with him.
He knows full well that she can't hold a title, he says it softens her, well, most of the time.
If you never knew Sir Patrick Stewarts life story, it's worth a bit of your time.
Caveat: It will make you cry. It's heartbreaking.
This is Patrick with his mum around 1940
Just a bit o the trivia:
~ He began losing all the hair on his head at around 18. It distressed him into thinking that no girl would want to be seen with a bald guy still in his late teens or early 20s.
~ His first acting role was that of a Russian Military Officer. A job he was embarrassed to have, yet, he took because his windows were leaking, he needed money to fix them.
~ His mother had to take his father to court to get him to admit that he was indeed Patrick Stewarts as well as the father of his siblings and to marry her & face his responsibilities.
(Heartbreaking! His father suffered very badly with Military PTSD, was horribly abusive toward his wife, Patrick's mother, which he witnessed a small child.)
~ The producer of Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry, did not want Patrick Stewart for the role of Captain Picard. It took some convincing from several others for him to get the role.
~ During the early episodes of STNG, Patrick Stewart didn't unpack his suitcases. He expected to be fired from the role at any time. What pleasant good fortune that they kept him.
~ For all of his roles before STNG, he wore hair pieces. When he took the role of Captain Picard, he realized, he didn't need one.
~ His very best friend is a fellow actor Sir Ian McClellan. Such a good friend that he officiated at Patrick & his brides wedding.
He describes himself as a rather shy lad, in his adolescence, unable to speak to girls, always hoping to make a better life for himself as well as, possibly his mother.
I think he has done it right and proper.
Well done! Sir. Well done!
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