Patrick Stewart - I, Claudius

[Sirchud68]

Engage!

[SolidMike84]

So strange to see him with...Hair

Still, awesome

[PhilK1080]

George Baker was superb as Tiberius, Patrick Stewart was (as you'd expect) wonderful as Sejanus. Sian Philips great as the horrible Livia. John Hurt a beliveable loony as Caligula, and of course Derek Jacobi overplayed magnificently the stuttering, club footed perpetually terrified, but surviving Claudius....the man who conquered Britain, and named his son after his conquest. Britannicus.

[azurewrath999]

@PhilK1080 Brian Blessed was magnificent as Augustus aswell.

[MartianSanta]

i'ts a shame when they make good British actors play in lame science fiction television programs

[brom00]

@MartianSanta No one put a gun to his head to play Picard. The fact he also does voice work for cartoons must really tear you up.

[MartianSanta]

@brom00

no not really, since i'm an animator my self..., thanks for telling me about it.

i just hate lame science fiction shows like Star-Wars, Star-Trek and any other star related stuff.

they are nothing but glorified space soup operas.

there are four film and tv genres the world could do with out:

space related science fiction, vampire films, realty TV and superhero comics

Patrick Stewart already did two of them, i just hope he won't be involved with the other two

[brom00]

@MartianSanta Forgive me for being a bit terse before. I personally don't really care about the genre of something as long as it is a good story with interesting characters. I do detest reality TV though, because that is a misnomer. As soon as someone knows they are being watched by people or cameras they act completely different.

[JONNOG88]

@MartianSanta

Agreed

I, Claudius > Star Trek.

[TroyAcroyear]

This scene from Ancient Rome had the same lighting scheme as my grandparents’ kitchen.

[Grimgerde]

"If he's profoundly loved, he's also profoundly dead. There's no harm in loving the dead; everyone's loved when he's dead."

My favorite line in the entire series.

[hsybcmpny]

Maybe its snobbery or maybe its the quality of actors or maybe its laziness, but am I the only one that can imagine a Roman film/tv/theatre production to be done with upper English actors? Maybe Shakespeare has something to do with it.

[Tinchazo]

Noooo!!! jajajajaj Capitán Picard con pelo!! está IGUAL que en la serie de los 90s!! Picard es un Q!!! PICARD IS A Q!!

[Bla31n]

Stewart was always a great actor in his own right. Too bad STAR TREK kept him from being more.

[sondano]

@Bla31n you gotta be kidding! his work in Star Trek is a masterpiece the finest acting possible

[Ortzmet]

Is that the Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam?

[claytonicnutz]

@Ortzmet i was just thinking that - Dune just about in this scene! :P

[3baxcb]

@claytonicnutz Patrick Stewart was one of the few redeeming qualities in that cinematic tragedy of a movie adaptation. He, Dean Stockwell and Linda Hunt were probably the best actors cast in that blunder.

[3baxcb]

@Ortzmet I believe that was another actress. Sian could have done that role well since Mohiam is cunning, underhanded but not as murderous as Livia who is more a Harkoneen or Corino.

[DeliriousGoomba]

Whoa, Patrick Stewart with hair.

Nice.

[fantom58]

"I wouldn't count on that if I were you." Win!

[mity15]

Tiberius was a horrilbe looking old man George baker was brilliant as tiberius 10 out of 10 great show I have it on dvd

[Crazydog7]

You've buried more men with your pretty tales then any man in Rome. God she stole every scene she was in.

[IvyLeagueJunkie]

Excellent series... bit of a gap there, you know, between I, Claudius and the Next Generation... I'll assume those were the 'artist as starving theatre actor' years.

As much as I could die in that voice, Mr. Stewart was no match to the performance of Caligula later on... never did evil possess such a dreadful leer-sneer combo.

[jegspillerpiano]

Patrick Stewart got some minor movie roles in the time between. He was one of the knights in Excalibur, and he came across as cringfully wooden. He is not a great actor really, but he's just great as Picard.

[Gargess]

Damn he was hot in this series.

[Kansinfe]

I agree!

[sondano]

@Gargess hot and evil

[leahcimrac]

@Gargess As a heterosexual man I can't agree, but i can understand. :) Hes a legend.

[orange]

He's great!

Im from Orange and Fearne Cotton interviewed him for us on the Red Carpet, if you search for bafta 2009 patrick stewart interview with fearne cotton you'll find it!

[Simoneallen1]

It's a wig! He started losing his hair at 19 - he's in his 30s here!

[themainthing1974]

I like the way Patrick Stewart looks in a toga!:)

[NIMRODakaNIMROD]

Patrick Stewart with hair... Wow... looks ... "surreal", doesn't it?

[Darksabre812]

That is certainly a word for it...

[TitanicExplorer]

this asin't stewart, stewart is bald!!

Fake!!

[MissUniverse2010]

PATRICK STEWART has HAIR in 1976 !!!

But the British Actress SIAN PHILLIPS is GORGEOUS !!!

[ttlms]

Romans. Since the discovery of their existence they have been regarded with fear, suspicion, often hatred. Across the planet, debate rages. Are Romans the next link in the evolutionary chain or simply a new species of humanity fighting for their share of the world? Either way it is a historical fact: Sharing the world has never been the Romans' defining attribute.

[KatellaGate]

Lucius Aelius Sejanus Picard

[Tinchazo]

@KatellaGate I like it!! Jajajajaj

[3baxcb]

@KatellaGate Set a torture. Finger cutting and hair pulling if he doesn't confess. Engage, heh heh heh.....

[tchai62]

I'm glad someone put this up. This was the first time I saw Patrick Stewart. I really hated his character, that's how good an actor he is. I have all of I Claudius on tape. It has some of the finest acting ever seen on TV.

I'm also a star Trek fan, he outshines all the other actors in TNG.

[jafoster2112]

MAKE IT SO motherhumper...

[sterillium]

OMG! He has HAIR!

[youtert]

Beware the Unknown Shakespearean

[ProfessorHuggins]

WOW it's The Reverend Mother

[JamaQu]

Lol! that's funny. it's Gurney too.

[JONOG88]

I don't as a rule like costume drama but I loved I,Claudius truely television at its best. Thank you BBC Four for repeating it and introducing it to me. Now I intend to read all of Rupert Graves books.

Patrick Stewart and Derek Jacobi also shared screentime in the BBC production of Hamlet.

[JONOG88]

Sorry my mistake I meant Robert Graves

[Prycik]

It's Robert Graves, not Rupert. He writes poetry too, It's not bad.

[mythme01]

To everyone commenting on Pat's "hair". That is a wig.  Patrick lost his hair at 19.

[fulyai]

sian phillips' "well i dare say you could tell a pretty tale." sentence is just awesome, that tone of voice and no mistake!

[AisuSeijin]

Wait? Patrick Stewart once had hair? *GASP!*

[JONOG88]

I,Claudius is just about the only costume drama i can stand to watch.

[Mathiastro]

With THAT voice, Patrick Stewart SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED to have a supporting role! =D

[chrissybessie]

Patrick like all actors is 'professional', and actors are told never to turn down roles.

But pick the wrong role, and it can ruin an actor's career eg: known for one thing only!

[NIMRODakaNIMROD]

Oh, you mean like in Patrick Stewart's case the role of Professor Charles Xavier?

..oh... wait...

[iorixs]

in the book it suggests very strongly that caligula had an unnatural relationship with his greatgrandmother livia - this probably contributed to his insanity

[marsupius]

Iorixs: or his insanity led to his unnatural relationships...

[iorixs]

and then he announces to the world that he is a god. typical, when people get into power they suddenly become gods or "superior specimens"

[AndarielHalo]

Eh... Peter O'Toole is still MY Tiberius :)

[Zeriouslly]

Man this series was really really great! The BBC didn't spend much on the sets/locations but the actors more than made up for that with their acting. Sian Phillips put chills up my spine! Rofl Captain Picard with hair...

[jpd66]

Interesting, Patrick Stewart and Sian Phillips in this scene together. Both had supporting roles in David Lynch's Dune.

[qdave]

so strange to see stewart with hair :)

[hydroelectric1]

wow

[milankie]

It's Captain Picard! With Hair!

[verasloane]

LOL! Probably in another Holodeck illusion :-)

I must say though that I do prefer Patrick Stewart without hair !!

[ac301]

love this series and the book is great too