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“X-Men” and “Star Trek” star Sir Patrick Stewart says that recent reports of his retirement have been heavily exaggerated.
Rumors recently began swirling online that his role in the upcoming “Avengers: Doomsday” at Marvel Studios would be the final screen outing for the actor who celebrates his 86th birthday next week.
Stewart has now pretty flatly denied the reports in an interview with TV Insider. The outlet asked him if he was retired or changing his approach to the current phase of his career. He responded:
“As any actor my age will tell you, there are fewer and fewer available roles as we get older. That being said, I still continue to receive interesting offers, and I love being challenged by new work, like voicing a pig’s head in Riz Ahmed’s brilliant new series ‘Bait’. I can’t imagine ever officially ‘retiring’. I’ll always and forever be an actor.”
Stewart has been acting since 1959 and in his time has won two Olivier Awards, a Grammy Award, a Tony Award, three Golden Globe Awards, four Emmy Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.
While he has slowed down his acting gigs in recent years, he’s still around and recently lent his voice to “The Sheep Detectives”.
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