Patrick Stewart Almost Wasn't Jean Luc Picard

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	Patrick Stewart Almost Wasn't Jean Luc Picard

Fracture

4-23-2007 4:59 PM

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star trek, picard, patrick stewart

Fracture says:

He wasn't the kind of man Gene Roddenberry invisioned.

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4-23-2007 7:58 PM

rpcutts

even more shocking than this...

guess who was first offered the lead role in Die Hard?

Richard Gere!

4-24-2007 2:06 AM

aerynvala

wow I'm so glad they went with him.

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