Who Would You Cast As Captain Picard In A New Series or Movie?

[BillJ]

Deathlok wrote:

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How about Daniel Stewart?

[Oso Blanco]

Dream wrote:

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Impossbile. Picard is one of the few characters that I think is impossible to recast with a new actor.

Yes, Patrick Stewart was THAT good.

My thoughts exactly!

[Oso Blanco]

Zombie Redshirt wrote:

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I'd really rather have another crew than yet another reboot.

This!

[Captaindemotion]

I can't believe I forgot to suggest James McEvoy!

[Gaith]

Picard will never be recast - the hard core fans would accept no substitute, and the general public would never be interested in a TNG reboot because ol' JL isn't a hip, swingin' brawler. Thank Zeus!

[R. Star]

Gaith wrote:

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Picard will never be recast - the hard core fans would accept no substitute, and the general public would never be interested in a TNG reboot because ol' JL isn't a hip, swingin' brawler. Thank Zeus!

I suspect the same thing would have been said of Kirk a few years ago.

[King Daniel into Darkness]

Knight Templar wrote:

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I meant play Picard as he appears in the ST:TNG series.

James McAvoy.... in 20 years.

[King Daniel into Darkness]

Zombie Redshirt wrote:

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I suspect the same thing would have been said of Kirk a few years ago.

And the most iconic Trek character of them all, Spock. Now played by Zachary Quinto.

Since Charles Xavier from the X-Men movies is basically Picard in a wheelchair with telepathy, and they replaced Patrick Stewart with James McAvoy in the prequel X-Men: First Class, I say the Picard character can definitely live on without Patrick Stewart.

[T'Girl]

Zombie Redshirt wrote:

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I suspect the same thing would have been said of Kirk a few years ago.

It's still being said.

[Gaith]

Zombie Redshirt wrote:

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I suspect the same thing would have been said of Kirk a few years ago.

Er, no: as a hip, swingin' brawler, who was always chasing after ladies and punching aliens in the face, Kirk had/has a lot more mainstream appeal than Picard, and that should have been as obvious a few years ago as it is today.

It's like asking the general public whether they'd prefer to see a "Young Han Solo" or a "Young(er) Luke Skywalker " movie. The former's gonna win a mainstream public poll by a mile, every time.

[R. Star]

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They changed Kirk a lot in ST09... why would you think they wouldn't change Picard to appeal to the public? They already tried turning Picard into an action hero in the TNG movies.

[Captaindemotion]

Gaith wrote:

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Er, no: as a hip, swingin' brawler, who was always chasing after ladies and punching aliens in the face, Kirk had/has a lot more mainstream appeal than Picard, and that should have been as obvious a few years ago as it is today.

It's like asking the general public whether they'd prefer to see a "Young Han Solo" or a "Young(er) Luke Skywalker " movie. The former's gonna win a mainstream public poll by a mile, every time.

We know from Tapestry that the young JLP was a fairly hip swinging brawler, while the Picard of the movies made for a fairly convincing action man (something which was first seen on the small screen in Starship Mine). I don't think a reinvention of Picard a la Chris Pine's Kirk would have to be all that radical.