 At one point, the script would have called for Shinzon to be an  exact clone of Captain Picard, where Patrick Stewart (I) (qv)  would have played both roles. But the idea of his clone coming to be  from  _"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) {Unification: Part 1 (#5.7)}_ (qv)  and  _"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) {Unification: Part 2 (#5.8)}_ (qv)  wasnt seen as valid.