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Patrick Stewart's Star Trek leap worried Ian McKellen, Monetti recalls

ITV News's tribute adds an account of the stage actor learning to embrace the humour and camaraderie of American television.

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ITV News Story of October 30, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? One of the most watched videos since yesterday, with 212,201 views.

Star Trek and X-Men actor Sir Patrick Stewart dies aged 86

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0:30Archival clips revisit Stewart's defining screen roles as Captain Picard and Professor X.
1:10The retrospective traces his Royal Shakespeare Company beginnings and Olivier Award recognition.
1:35Stewart reflects on the worldwide opportunities acting gave a working-class boy.
3:03Sandro Monetti recalls finding Stewart down to earth despite feeling intimidated before their first meeting.
5:00Monetti recounts McKellen's warning against Hollywood and explains Stewart's adjustment to American television sets.

Ian McKellen's advice was emphatic: don't go to Hollywood for Star Trek. Entertainment journalist Sandro Monetti recalls that warning in ITV News's tribute to Sir Patrick Stewart, describing a career decision that helped make the Shakespearean actor familiar to audiences far beyond the theatre.

The report announces Stewart's death at 86 at his home in Los Angeles. His team said he died following a brief journey with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia. The video has drawn roughly 212,000 views in its first sixteen hours.

Alongside Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Professor Charles Xavier, ITV revisits the Royal Shakespeare Company, an early Coronation Street appearance and Stewart's reflections on what acting made possible. In an archival interview, he says: "It has also given ordinary working-class lads like me great opportunities to have a career anywhere in the world."

Monetti's contribution brings a different perspective to the familiar screen roles. He remembers being intimidated before meeting Stewart, then finding him remarkably down to earth. His account also describes an adjustment behind the scenes: Stewart had to move beyond his initial stage-acting snobbery and learn to enjoy the humour of American television sets. The actor who brought such authority to the Enterprise, Monetti recalls, came to embrace the camaraderie around it.

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