Patrick Stewart Says Paramount Asked Him to Wear a Wig for ‘Star Trek’ Audition, So He Shipped One From London to the U.S. — Then Execs Saw Him Bald

Patrick Stewart writes in his new memoir, “Making It So,” that Paramount executives wanted him to audition for the role of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” with a wig on, which required his then-wife Sheila Falconer to ship a hairpiece from London to Los Angeles. “Right as I was boarding my […]
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