{"id":32376,"date":"2023-04-22T11:46:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T09:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1820879"},"modified":"2023-04-22T17:47:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T15:47:18","slug":"sir-patrick-stewart-not-ruling-out-return-as-star-treks-jean-luc-picard","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/sir-patrick-stewart-not-ruling-out-return-as-star-treks-jean-luc-picard\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Patrick Stewart not ruling out return as Star Trek\u2019s Jean-Luc Picard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> &#8220;If I can occasionally crop up to offer a little bit of comedy myself, then I shall be happy to do that.&#8221; <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 22 April 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>The third season of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/star-trek-picard-season-4\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Star Trek: Picard<\/a> has now come to its emotional end, and while the major plot and character arcs of the series were capped off, there was plenty of teasing towards the future.<\/p>\n<p>This season was billed as the show\u2019s final outing, but showrunner Terry Matalas has repeatedly said that he would like to follow this series up with a <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/star-trek-legacy-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Star Trek: Legacy<\/a> spin-off.<\/p>\n<p>Fans are now desperate to see this come to fruition, not least to see what\u2019s next for Ed Speelers\u2019 character Jack after <em>that<\/em> post-credits scene.<\/p>\n<p>Well, it turns out they may be in luck, as another of the series\u2019 stars has now expressed interest in returning for more adventures \u2013 none other than Jean-Luc Picard\u2019s Sir Patrick Stewart.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/STP33UPJackBeverly00240005V1RT2f-bc1cb41.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/STP33UPJackBeverly00240005V1RT2f-bc1cb41.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Gates McFadden as Beverly Crusher, Patrick Stewart as Picard and Ed Speleers as Jack Crusher in Star Trek: Picard<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Sarah Coulter\/Paramount+<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"\/\/variety.com\/2023\/tv\/news\/star-trek-picard-finale-patrick-stewart-1235590295\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Variety<\/a> following the show\u2019s finale, Stewart was asked whether he would be interested in returning, to which he said: \u201cYes. The circumstances, as it was with Picard, would be the important factor in all of that. But certainly, there is a wonderful future for Ed [Speelers] there, I\u2019m sure of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/star-trek-picard-jack-identity-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Star Trek: Picard\u2019s episode 9 twist reveals Jack\u2019s true identity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/star-trek-picard-enterprise-return-financial-nightmare-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Star Trek: Picard boss: Enterprise\u2019s return was a \u2018financial nightmare\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>\u201cAnd if I can occasionally crop up to offer a little bit of comedy myself, then I shall be happy to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matalas recently revealed a number of scenes from the initial <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/star-trek-picard-cut-finale-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">finale script that had to be cut<\/a>, because the team \u201csimply didn\u2019t have the time and money\u201d.<\/p> <p>He said: \u201cIn the very first iterations of script, we had discovered that Ro Laren had in fact survived, and had been beamed off of her shuttle and was still being used by the Changelings for information. It was already too ambitious of a schedule, so we weren\u2019t able to be able to pull that off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a scene with [the Data-based android from Season 1] Soji and Data that we were also not able to shoot. We have wanted some more \u2018Voyager\u2019 folks to come be part of Seven of Nine\u2019s promotion to captain. 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