Not content with charming the world through his ball pit romps, lobster Halloween costumes and willful misunderstandings of the word “football,” Patrick Stewart appeared on The Daily Show last night to lend his acting skills to a tragic new role: China’s dying lunar rover, Jade Rabbit. The rover, which recently broke down on the surface of the moon, prompted a tear-jerking status update from the Xinhua news agency written from the perspective of the rover: “Oops, I might have broken down. My masters are trying to find ways to save me, but I might not make it through this moon night.” Moving words. Who better to do them justice than veteran Shakespearean actor Patrick Stewart, dressed in what appears to be a cardboard box covered in tin foil? As Jon Stewart warns, by the end you might just have a little moon dust in your eyes.
Patrick Stewart's Inspired Performance as a Dying Chinese Lunar Rover
Patrick Stewart appeared on The Daily Show last night to lend his acting skills to a tragic new role: China’s dying lunar rover, Jade Rabbit.
