Star Trek: Picard
Summary
Jonathan Frakes and Patrick Stewart have been working together for a farseeing time , and Frakes particularly enjoy point Stewart inStar Trek : Picard . Frakes and Stewart began theirStar Trekjourney when they star alongside one another as Commander William Riker and Captain Jean - Luc Picard inStar Trek : The Next Generation . For seven seasons , Captain Picard commanded the USS Enterprise - D with his First Officer Will Riker by his side . InTNGseason 3 , Frakes gave directing a shot with the first-class Data - centric episode , " The Offspring . " Since then , Frakes has become one ofStar Trek’smost darling and prolific directors .
Jonathan Frakes get another chance to direct hisStar Trek : The Next Generationcastmates when they all repay forStar Trek : Picardseason 3 . Frakes had already directed two episodes each inPicardseasons 1 and 2 , but season 3 saw the issue of all ofTNG ’s principal actors , as well as the rebuilt USS Enterprise - D. In an consultation with Michael Rosenbaum on his podcast , Inside of You , Frakes speak about what it was like direct Patrick Stewart inPicard . record his quote and watch the full interview below :
He ’s putty . Absolute putty . He does n’t give me any grief . No , he know if I ’m coming to him , I ’ve either got an idea that he invigorate or that he maybe miss a moment that he might care to test , or he ’ll say , ' I know , Jonny . Act better . ’ And I ’ll say , ‘ Yeah , that would be bang-up . ’ Or his other affair is , ‘ I jazz what you mean , Jonny . Think faster . ’ … But we ’ve done a lot together . I mean , a lot .
Jonathan Frakes and Patrick Stewart have both state they have worked with each other as actors and as actor / director more than anyone else in their respective careers .
Star Trek ’s Patrick Stewart has high congratulations for Jonathan Frakes ' gift as a director in his autobiography " Making It So : A Memoir . "
Jonathan Frakes Continues To Take On New Directing Projects
Frakes directed upcoming episodes of Star Trek: Discovery and Strange New Worlds
Jonathan Frakes has directed episode of numerousStar Trekshows and movies(many of them starring Patrick Stewart ) , including the upcoming final season ofStar Trek : Discovery . After directing the wonderfulStar Trek : Strange New Worldscrossoverepisode withStar Trek : Lower Decks , Frakes has also been wiretap to fall to direct episodes inStrange New Worldsupcoming third time of year . Frakes may be most known for his connections toStar Trek , but he has also steer a long ton of popular goggle box show . FromLeveragetoNCIS : Los AngelestoBurn NoticetoThe Librarians , Frakes stays busy during the breaks betweenStar Trekshows .
In addition to the upcomingStar Trekprojects , Frakes will be directingDeathlands , a 10 - part post - apocalyptic scientific discipline fabrication series base on the ledger series of the same name . Whether this task will affect Frakes ' succeeding contribution toStar Trekremains to be seen , but the director has an obvious love for the franchise that will hopefully keep bring him back toTrek . Nothing new has been enounce about the proposedStar Trek : Picardspin - off , Star Trek : Legacy , andit remains unknown whether Frakes will give back as Captain Will Riker or to direct any futureTrekepisodes . Regardless , Star Trekwouldn’t be where it is today without Jonathan Frakes , and he seems far from done with theTrekfranchise .
Star Trek : Picardis available to stream on Paramount+ .
generator : Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum
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