Patrick Stewart shares raw thoughts on 2002’s Star Trek: Nemesis in his new memoir Making It So (via Insider). The film, the fourth and final Star Trek feature film, stars the cast of The Next Generation,” included one of Stewart’s most memorable performances as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, at least according to the actor himself.
“‘Nemesis,’ which came out in 2002, was particularly weak,” writes Stewart. “I didn’t have a single exciting scene to play, and the actor who played the film’s villain, Shinzon, was a strange, lonely young man from London. His name was Tom Hardy.”
Hardy wasn’t a household name when he played the villain in Star Trek: Nemesis, and Stewart predicted his co-star never would because he alienated himself from the rest of the cast during filming.
“Tom would not interact with any of us on a social level,” Stewart writes. “He never said ‘good morning’, never said ‘good night’ and spent the hours he wasn’t on set in his trailer with his girlfriend… He wasn’t hostile at all – it was just a challenge to build a relationship with him. ” him.”
“The night Tom ended his role, he typically left without ceremony or niceties and just walked out the door,” Stewart adds. “As it closed, I said quietly to Brent [Spiner] and Jonathan [Frakes]”And there’s someone I don’t think we’ll ever hear from again. It gives me great pleasure that Tom has proven me wrong.”
Star Trek: Nemesis was only Hardy’s third feature film. He then had supporting roles in films such as “Layer Cake” and “Marie Antionette” before rising to prominence with projects such as “Bronson” and “Inception”.