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Why Patrick Stewart ‘stormed off’ the ‘Star Trek’ set

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Patrick Stewart got candid in his new memoir about his experiences on the sci-fi show.
Patrick Stewart caused some havoc on set of his 1987 TV series “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”
The acclaimed British actor, 83, recalled in his new book “Making It So: A Memoir” — out Oct. 3 — how he “stormed off the set” after feeling like he was being made fun off.
In an excerpt published by The Hollywood Reporter, the “X-Men” alum noted that he came in conflict with his costars because he felt that they weren’t acting seriously enough.
“My castmates doubled over in laughter when they flubbed multiple takes and, in rehearsals, they sometimes ad-libbed things that weren’t in the script to make their lines funnier,” Stewart wrote.
He then compared how his early career experiences at the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre had “been intense and serious.

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