Patrick Stewart definitely looked older than he was, what with the gray hair and significant baldness. It worked for him for sure, though
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Patrick Stewart would've been 46-47 when filming the first season of TNG, and Wil Wheaton is now 53, so yeah quite a bit older
6 years is quite a bit older?
Everyone keeps telling me "oh, the thirties hit hard. OH THE FORTIES HIT HARD. OH THE FIFTIES HIT HARD" like, maybe your body just keeps accruing these little aches and pains that never go away and it starts to suck, and the fifties are when a lot of people realize that? is that it or is there something else I'm missing
Thirties were my best years so far. I was fit as fuck. Zero aches. Earning good money. Travelling. Loving relationship. Kids rolling in while I still had the energy for them. Good times.
Not sure how old you are but if you look after your body, your body will look after you.
Nearly 50 now and the old man aches are creeping in though.
An eighth of one's lifespan up to that point, seems a fair bit to me but then I'm a bit younger than either of them 🤷
He looked the same filming Dune at 43. Heck, even in his 30s he looked late 40s.

Let's see, Wheaton was around 14, Stewart in his forties back then if I recall correctly, it's bee a few decades…yeah that math about adds up.
I do feel a bit older now, but that's to be expected, I'm now in my 50s so it kinda goes with the territory. I know I'm supposed to act shocked at these sort of things, but they generally just make me shrug and remind that getting older is better than the alternative.
getting older is better than the alternative.
There's an alternative‽
Nobody tells me anything!
I'll feel old when anyone reaches Guinan's age
He's even older than Wesley Crusher
"want to feel old?"
my brother in christ, it is the year of our lord 2025. my 1st grader feels old.
What do you expect me to do, look that up myself? We need links!
Yeah, but that's because of all the time dilation from travelling at relativistic speeds.
this is one of those cool "Cleopatra was closer to the moon lander than the construction of the pyramids" except nobody is alive today where that fact could hurt them.
it's not fair.
Shut up Westley
Want to feel older? The series was made in the previous century.
Patrick Stewart is like that joke about Japan living in the year 2000 since the 80s
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