2026-10-29 19:51 UTC
"The Los Angeles Times referred to him as an 'unknown British Shakespearean actor' in a story announcing his casting [on "Star Trek: The Next Generation"]. Brent Spiner, who played the android Data on the show, fashioned a sign to go above Stewart’s dressing room that read in bright red, 'WARNING: Unknown British Shakespearean Actor.'"
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/patrick-stewart-dead-star-trek-x-men-1236742932/
Replies (3)
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@spiegelmama@infosec.exchange 2026-10-29 20:00
@jalefkowit@hachyderm.io Oh. This one hurts. 😔
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@raganwald@social.bau-ha.us 2026-10-29 20:26
@jalefkowit@hachyderm.io As George Carlin quipped in his legendary "Airport Security" routine... "What exactly is an “unknown person?” Surely everyone is known to someone!
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@chicating@mastodon.world 2026-10-29 20:55
@jalefkowit@hachyderm.io In that case, I might just write "Mr Stewart does not have a lot of(Either television experience or American television experience, whichever applies, though I saw him first in PBS recording of Antigone and what are the chances my school had a new video?) there's a huge gap between "hanging out at Nobu" and "unknown"