

Long before he became a Star Trek captain, Patrick Stewart appeared in David Lynch’s Dune, a film that tested his command of science fiction, according to coverage of the late actor’s career.

Long before he became a Star Trek captain, Patrick Stewart appeared in David Lynch’s Dune, a film that tested his command of science fiction, according to coverage of the late actor’s career.
Wait, Dune was 1984 and Stewart’s Star Trek run began in 1987, so which role is he even playing here? And did anyone on the Lynch set ever say what that “test” actually was?