It’s so bizarre to read this in the present, knowing how incredible TNG was, but I get it - the original crew WAS Star Trek to them.
The dedicated fans revived this series in syndication, well after it had gone off the air in 1969, and felt attached to the characters that they had obsessed over between then and the 1980s. Like modern fans, they thought that departure from what they knew would ruin it.
I wish I could go back and time and tell them that TNG is going to rock.
ramble81@lemm.ee 10 months ago
“unknown British Shakespearian actor…” Wow, I never thought I’d hear Patrick Stewart described that way.
GreenMario@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I think he was just an extra in the movie Excalibur before TNG, outside of stage.
daikiki@lemmy.world 10 months ago
How dare you disrespect Gurney Halleck like that?
Xbeam@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The picture in the article is him as Gurney in Dune.
theodewere@kbin.social 10 months ago
lol he wasn't an extra.. he had a hugely important role.. he was Guenevere's father for crying out loud, they fought a huge battle at his castle and everything.. he tries to draw the freaking sword itself!!
Todd_cross@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
He was great as Sejanus in I, Claudius.
AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social 10 months ago
He was in I, Claudius. He’d been in stuff.
Pipoca@lemmy.world 10 months ago
He wasn’t well- known, but had had a bunch of assorted roles on TV and movies.
Amazed@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Shlock shock journalism to sell issues.