Sir Patrick Stewart: Twitter helped inject ‘fun’ into my public persona

Sir Patrick Stewart with co-presenters at Cannes today

Act0r Sir Patrick Stewart has revealed that he is using “fun” and entertainment on Twitter to alter the perception of being a serious actor, saying his tweeting style has led him to a new comedy series with the creator of Family Guy.

At a seminar held by Twitter on storytelling at the Cannes Lions this morning he said people had built a perception of “who Patrick Stewart was” because of the types of serious characters he played, including Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek and a raft of serious Shakespearean characters.

He also revealed how he and Sir Ian McKellen had come up with the idea for the viral Gogo and Didi do New York campaign, promoting the plays they were involved in.