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Captain Jean-Luc Picard () is a fictional character in the ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' franchise. He appears in the television series ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and the feature films ''Star Trek: Generations'', ''Star Trek: First Contact'', ''Star Trek: Insurrection'' and ''Star Trek: Nemesis''. He also made a cameo appearance in the pilot episode of ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', which began its 7-year run during the 6th season of TNG. He is the only Enterprise captain not born in the United States, and is portrayed by actor Patrick Stewart. ==Casting and design== After the success of the contemporary ''Star Trek'' feature films, a new television series featuring a new cast was announced on October 10, 1986.〔''The Washington Post''. October 13, 1986, Monday, Final Edition. BYLINE: John Carmody, Washington Post Staff Writer. SECTION: STYLE; PAGE B8; THE TV COLUMN〕 ''Star Trek'' creator Gene Roddenberry named Picard for one or both of the twin brothers Auguste Piccard and Jean Felix Piccard, 20th-century Swiss scientists. Patrick Stewart, who has a background of theatre at the Royal Shakespeare Company,〔Phillip Brochbank, ed., ''Players of Shakespeare'' Cambridge: Cambride University Press (1995)〕 was initially considered for the role of Data.〔James Hatfield, George Burt, ''Patrick Stewart: The Unauthorized Biography'' New York: Kensington Publishing (1996)〕 Roddenberry did not want to cast Stewart as Picard, since he had envisioned an actor who was "masculine, virile, and had a lot of hair".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Robert Justman – Co-Producer Co-Creator of Star Trek )〕 Roddenberry's first choice was Stephen Macht, and it took "weeks of discussion" with Robert H. Justman, Rick Berman, and the casting director to convince him that "Stewart was the one they had been looking for to sit in the captain's chair"; Roddenberry agreed after auditioning every other candidate for the role.〔Adam Schrager, "Patrick Stewart: Thespian on the Bridge" ''The Finest Crew in the Fleet: The Next Generation's Cast On Screen and Off''. New York: Wolf Valley Books (1997): 23. This book gives the actor's name as "Steven Mocked".〕 Stewart himself was uncertain why the producers would cast "a middle-aged bald English Shakespearean actor" as captain of the ''Enterprise''. He had his toupee delivered from London to meet with Paramount executives but Roddenberry ordered Stewart to remove the "awful looking" hairpiece. His stentorian voice impressed the executives, who immediately approved the casting. Roddenberry sent Stewart C. S. Forrester's Horatio Hornblower novels, saying the Picard character was based on Hornblower,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=VIDEO: Patrick Stewart On Expecting TNG To Fail, Roddenberry v Berman, Star Trek ‘Albatross’ + more )〕 but Stewart was already familiar with Hornblower, having read the books as a teenager.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Patrick Stewart – Jean Luc Picard, Captain of the Enterprise )〕 As the series progressed, Stewart exercised more control over the character's development. By the time production began on the first ''Next Generation'' film, "it was impossible to tell where Jean Luc started and Patrick Stewart ended",〔 and by the fourth film, he stated that Stewart stated, however, that he is not nearly as serious or brooding as his alter ego.〔(The Journal Arts: Patrick Stewart )〕 Stewart also stated, "One of the delights of having done this series and played this role is that people are so attracted to the whole idea of ''Star Trek''... several years after the series has ended... I enjoy hearing how much people enjoyed the work we did... It's always gratifying to me that this bald, middle-aged Englishman seems to connect with them."〔 Stewart has also commented that his role has helped open up Shakespeare to science fiction fans. He has noted the "regular presence of Trekkies in the audience" whenever he plays theater, and added: "I meet these people afterwards, I get letters from them and see them at the stage door... And they say, 'I've never seen Shakespeare before, I didn't think I'd understand it, but it was wonderful and I can't wait to come back.'"〔(Patrick Stewart interview (BBC) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jean-Luc Picard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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