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Patrick Stewart to Produce and Star in The Merchant Of Venice Written by John Logan

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By GustavoLeao / 13:34, 2 June 2007 / People

According to The Argus web site, TNG star Patrick Stewart next film project will be producing and starring in a film version of The Merchant Of Venice, set in the Las Vegas of the 20th century. The screenplay was written by Star Trek Nemesis writer John Logan. Here are excerpts from the article.

The idea came out of an argument the two had after Logan described it as a "loathsome play".


"I spent half an hour arguing the contrary," says Patrick. "He said, Would you like it if I started working on a screen project for nothing?' He earns about $2 million a project, so I thought it was a decent offer.


It will be a return to Hollywood for the actor, who recently moved back to Britain.


"I didn't like living in Los Angeles any more. I was terribly homesick for everything you see outside and everything that is going on in this theatre. The fun part about LA is I will be going back as a visitor, not a resident."


He doesn't regret his time spent in America though, or his time spent in Star Trek The Next Generation.


"One of the great things is people do come and will come here to see Jean-Luc Picard." says Stewart.

The full article is here.



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By: rowboat (Odo's file, contact) @ 08:22:38 on Jun 04, 2007

I recently had a discussion with my english teacher about this very subject. When I was in a theater class a few years ago, we were shown a video of Patrick Stewart and another Shakesperean actor, each with their own interpretation of the Shylock character.

The other guy portrayed him straight up- he wore traditional Jewish clothing, had the stereotypical mannerisms, etc. Patrick Stewart, by contrast, played him completely over the top and there were NO hints of him being Jewish at all. After the video, we were asked which performance we liked better, and we all said we liked Patrick Stewart's. He said "you're just saying that because you love Star Trek, right?" and everyone laughed.

He was right.. Stewart's performance was just off the wall crazy, and it had NO basis in reality whatsoever. Anyway, I was telling this to my english professor a few weeks ago and she was telling me that its impossible to leave that component out of the performance and have it be a coherent story.

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It's time to separate the weak from the chafed, the men from the boys, the awkwardly feminine from the possibly Canadian.


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By: IamKirok!!! (Odo's file, contact) @ 20:37:05 on Jun 02, 2007

Yeah...people want to see you AS Jean Luc Picard, idiot. Not in a modernized version of a Shakespeare play that Al Pacino just kicked ass in a few years ago. That will alientate BOTH Trek people AND the theater crowd! Way to go!

I'm sorry to say that each time Stewart expresses himself I am more and more aware of how different he is from the character we know and love.


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