SS>job.  I dunno.  I just get the impression that 
SS>Stewart couldn't care less if
SS>he plays Picard or not...  is it just me?
 PS> I agree.  It seems that his heart has always been 
 PS> with his stage acting
 PS> in the UK, and to stick with Star Trek only for the money.  I
 PS> sense a little of the same from Spiner, who is looking to start a
 PS> big-time movie career.  (He should, too; he's the best actor ST
 PS> has ever had.)  Frakes, on the other hand, knows to 
 PS> stick with ST as his
 PS> major deal, and to direct and act in other roles only as a standby.
 
I find that Frakes is one of the few Star Trek actors that totally embraces 
the fact that he's part of the "family" now.  Instead of trying to shed the 
typecasting, he's revelling in it.  The money doesn't hurt either, I suppose. 
:)  
 
I agree that Brent Spiner is an excellent actor, but I think he may have done 
Data for too long to seriously do anything else...  in Independance Day, even 
though he played a weird scientist, I noticed several Data mannerisms that 
constantly reminded me that he basically is that character.  I wish him luck.
 
I hope the next movie has a more balanced treatment of the cast instead of 
focussing mostly on Picard...  unfortunately that's not likely to happen if 
they are paying him the rumored amounts that I've been hearing.
--- Maximus 3.01
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