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Captain Jean-Luc Picard did originally have a French accent, but it was scrapped because no one could take it seriously. According to Patrick Stewart, "it sounded like Inspector Clouseau."
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In auditioning for the role of Captain Picard, Patrick Stewart had initially brought a toupee out of concern over his baldness. Gene Roddenberry told him to ditch it.
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When told that Captain Picard drank a lot of tea, Patrick Stewart suggested the character should drink lapsang souchong (a variety favored by Winston Churchill). The producers were afraid that audience members wouldn't know what it was, so they made him change it to Earl Grey.
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Captain Picard and Professor X Met in a 1998 Star Trek/X-Men crossover Novel
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Edward James Olmos (Commander Adama from Battlestar Galactica) was offered the role of Captain Picard in The Next Generation but declined the offer.
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In the final days of casting for Star Trek: The Next Generation, Patrick Stewart beat out a mystery candidate for the role of Jean-Luc Picard. He's never been able to confirm the identity of the actor who might have been the captain of the Enterprise D in his place.
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The origin of a popular MEME was Star Trek TNG Season 3 Episode 24 when Captain Picard was quoting Shakespear's Sonnet 18: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" seen here at 1:49
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7 years after the highest point of Earth was first climbed in 1953 (Mount Everest 9000 m), two men reached the deepest point of the Earth (Mariana Trench 11 000 m) with the submarine Trieste. Captain Picard of Star Trek TNG was named in honor of one of those two explorers.
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Sir Patrick Stewart, who played Captain Picard on Star Trek, uses legal marijuana products every day to help his arthritis.
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A reporter commented on Captain Picard's baldness, saying "Surely they would have cured baldness by the 24th century." Start Trek creator Gene Roddenberry replied "In the 24th century, they wouldn’t care."
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Patrick Stewart did not originally audition for the role of Captain Picard on Star Trek. Stewart was chosen after producer Bob Justman heard him reading at a lecture at UCLA.
