Patrick Stewart became a huge star thanks to Star Trek: TNG, but two actors playing the Enterprise crew were initially more famous than their captain.
Although it made him a household name and led to a hugely successful Hollywood career, Patrick Stewart wasn't the biggest star attached to Star Trek: The Next Generation when it first aired in 1987. Patrick Stewart wasn't Gene Roddenberry's preferred choice for the role of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, and he doubted that the classically trained actor would be a good fit for the captain's chair. As Star Trek author Mark A.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Although Stewart had predominantly done theater and had roles in, to quote Altman, "bad movies like Lifeforce", he had also been in some of the most critically acclaimed British TV dramas of the 1970s and 80s. Stewart had appeared in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, I, Claudius, and Smiley's People for the BBC, but in the pre-streaming age, these seminal TV dramas hadn't been as widely seen in the US.
When Star Trek: The Next Generation aired in 1987, it was a decade after LeVar Burton had captured the hearts and minds of a generation of viewers as Kunta Kinte in the miniseries Roots. Based on the 1976 novel by Alex Haley, it told the story of America's history of slavery. The show had a huge response, with 36.38 million households tuning in for the final episode on January 30th, 1977.
Star Trek Is Now Unthinkable Without Patrick Stewart's Picard & TNG Thankfully, Patrick Stewart's lack of blockbuster credits like Stand by Me or Roots didn't stand in the way of him being cast as Jean-Luc Picard. Roddenberry's objections to Patrick Stewart were the very thing that made Star Trek: The Next Generation so distinct from its parent show.
Having a classically trained actor of Patrick Stewart's gravitas allowed Star Trek: The Next Generation to push Gene Roddenberry's vision in a new direction. Captain Kirk was very rarely affected by his experiences beyond the end of each episode, but Captain Picard had lasting scars from his encounters with aliens like the Borg that continue to define the character to this day.
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