One never knows, for certain, why actors take specific roles. Timing and scheduling play in. Motivation, or a dramatic challenge, could be a factor. When it comes to Sir Patrick Stewart and his new film, The Kid Who Would Be King, it appears the man who has played mutants and ship captains was having Wizard Envy! When we spoke with the cast of Joe Cornish’s new film, Stewart opened up about what when through his mind when he was asked to play Merlin on screen, and the thespian admitted:
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