Ian McKellen has long bedeviled the X-Men, but he almost made an enemy of Star Trek fans, as well.
As chronicled in Patrick Stewart’s new memoir, McKellen tried to dissuade him from taking on the role of Jean-Luc Picard.
Variety reports that Stewart’s new memoir, Making It So, recounts a time when Stewart, on the cusp of signing a contract to star in Star Trek: The Next Generation, sought out theatrical colleague McKellen’s advice.
“When I told him I was going to sign the contract, he almost bodily prevented me from doing so.
‘No! No, you must not do that.
You must not.
You have too much important theater work to do.
You can’t throw that away to do TV.
You can’t.
No!’”…
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