Celebrities: they’re similar to us. That is what we hear on a regular basis, anyway – nevertheless it is not till a star like Patrick Stewart writes a ebook and outs actor Tom Hanks as an enormous fan of Star Trek: The Subsequent Technology that we absolutely acknowledge the depths of that actuality. Sure, one in every of America’s biggest actors is a fan of TNG and a fairly large one based mostly on a wild declare made by Stewart.
Making It So: A Memoir is making headlines for numerous reveals from the actor, and this newest is a doozy. When discussing well-known followers of Star Trek: The Subsequent Technology, Patrick Stewart name-checks Oscar-winner Tom Hanks, who apparently watches loads of TNG. A lot in order that he can do one thing fairly spectacular. Stewart broke it down on this quote beneath:
Then there are the well-known followers. Tom Hanks has advised me he is aware of all of the TNG episodes by title, so obsessively has he watched them.
I am going to save anybody presently firing up their Paramount+ subscription to depend the difficulty. There are 178 wonderful and infrequently WTF-inducing episodes of Star Trek: The Subsequent Technology. Assuming that Tom Hanks wasn’t exaggerating in saying he might title all of these episodes due to what number of instances he is watched them, that is wildly spectacular.
Tom Hanks may need theories about how Star Trek exhibits destroyed the world’s enjoyment of Navy motion pictures, however that does not imply he is not an enormous fan. The truth is, Hanks admitted earlier this yr when he appeared on Josh Horowitz’s Glad Unhappy Confused podcast he would’ve been in Star Trek: First Contact, however there was by no means a proposal made to him. After listening to about his fandom of The Subsequent Technology, I am extra inclined to consider that, and a little bit unhappy that it by no means occurred. Can we in some way use time journey to rewrite historical past and guarantee it occurs?
Patrick Stewart additionally talked about one other well-known Star Trek fan in his ebook, although he did not have all the main points personally. In keeping with the actor, he heard that singer Frank Sinatra was additionally a fan of The Subsequent Technology, however he confessed to no understanding far more than that:
I’ve it on good authority that Frank Sinatra, of all folks, was a faithful viewer. I solely want I might have heard his explanation why.
Someplace within the multiverse, there is a actuality wherein Tom Hanks and Frank Sinatra met and bonded on their Star Trek fandoms and met with Patrick Stewart to recreate the long-lasting poker scenes of The Subsequent Technology. That is what I am selecting to consider, anyway, and I am unable to specific sufficient how cool it’s to listen to about celebrities being followers of different popular culture stuff that they don’t have anything to do with. Let’s simply have all celebrities begin outing the fandoms of their friends in memoirs going ahead!
If you wish to be nearly as good at naming Star Trek: The Subsequent Technology episodes as Tom Hanks, then get to work watching each episode a number of instances over on Paramount+. Those that aren’t fairly as dedicated might take a look at all the opposite content material obtainable and put together for the upcoming Trek exhibits on the horizon by catching up on what else the platform has to supply.
