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    Patrick Stewart Didn't Want To Reprise Captain Picard In A Post-Brexit World

    Before Brexit, he was hopeful the European Union would have similarities to Star Trek's Federation of Planets. In Star Trek: Picard, producers created a very different universe.
    by Lulu Garcia-Navarro Jan 12, 2020 3 minutes

    In the new television series Star Trek: Picard, Patrick Stewart reprises his beloved character, Starfleet Captain Jean-Luc Picard, 17 years after Picard's last movie appearance.

    For seven seasons, the leader of the Starship Enterprise exuded wit, grit and refinement while protecting the galaxy from harm in a future that saw humans as peacekeeping explorers.

    But when the producers first approached the actor, Stewart was uninterested in returning to the character who defended a

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