Sim.
De acordo com este site ( ênfase minha):
Isso é confirmado - o mais canonicamente possível - na entrevista a seguir com o produtor Rick Berman, na qual Berman conta a história de como Stewart teve sua peruca teatral enviada da Inglaterra para ser usada em sua última audição para o público. papel do capitão Picard:A revealing comment made by Gene Roddenberry in an interview shortly before his death. In the December 1991 issue of Cinefantastique magazine (which also provided us with this) the Star Trek creator recalled how in 1986 producer Robert Justman had found a British actor called Patrick Stewart whom he believed could be the new captain of the Enterprise in Star Trek: The Next Generation:
"[Bob Justman] had gone to UCLA and had seen this man he wanted as Picard. He presented him to me, and my first reaction was 'Jesus Christ, Bob. I don't want bald man. In his wisdom, Justman kept his mouth shut and let me grow accustomed to him."
Na verdade, Roddenberry pediu a Patrick Stewart para usar uma peruca em seu teste para Star Trek: The Next Generation . Ele fez, mas no final, as cabeças mais calvas prevaleceram.