# Wil Wheaton on Reddit (u/wil)

Part of Celebrities on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-06. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/celebrities-on-reddit/wil-wheaton

Wil Wheaton: Actor and writer, Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation.

- Reddit account: [u/wil](https://www.reddit.com/user/wil/) (Personal account)
- How we know it's theirs: [His 2014 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/24z5ec/hi_im_wil_wheaton_ama_about_tabletop_the_wil/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/startrek (41), r/LosAngeles (21), r/movies (17), r/losangeleskings (15), r/IAmA (13), r/politics (12)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2009 to 2026
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wil_Wheaton

## Moments

### u/wil in r/startrek, Feb 4, 2025 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Similar for the [sartorial] Picard Maneuver - the cut of the costumes made the top ride up when they sat down, so Patrick Stewart would pull it down when he stood up.

> Funny story about that.
>
> We were filming on the bridge. The scene started with Wesley standing, and after half a page or so, he sits down at the conn and I think plots a course or something.
>
> Whenever Wesley sat down, he pulled his jacket tight, just like Picard always did. If you look, you'll see that we all do that. That's an important bit of context: we all did that.
>
> So it was like take four of the scene. After we cut on take three, this producer came into the set and stood off camera, just to the right of the viewscreen, as we were looking at it. We do take four, and while we are resetting for take five, this producer comes over to me, leans down so nobody can hear him, and says, "You can't pull your tunic down like that. That's the Picard Maneuver, and only Picard can do that."
>
> So, first of all: this guy is so far out of his lane, he isn't on the map. If anyone is ever going to talk to an actor, especially in between takes, it **always** goes through the First Assistant Director, and the Director. It's a matter of professional respect, and it's important for our work. If anyone can come up and give us notes or whatever, we will end up with all these conflicting notes, unsure which one to actually listen to.
>
> I know all of this, but I don't want to get in trouble, so I just say, "...okay. How am I supposed to stop it from riding up to my tits when I sit down? Because that's what happens."
>
> He looks so annoyed at me, and sort of bark-whispers, "Just don't touch it." And he walks away.
>
> I am about to engage in a bit of passive resistance, a bit of malicious compliance, because I am so tired of being treated differently than these same people treat the adults, and I still haven't learned how to speak up for myself, directly.
>
> We reset, they roll, and when Wesley sits down, his tunic comes all the way up, just like I said it would. It exposes my fake muscle suit, my bracers holding up my trousers, and absolutely ruins the take.
>
> "Cut!" The director calls from offstage.
>
> "Wil, you have to pull your tunic down," he says, with this tone of utter confusion. Like, *obviously*.
>
> "Yeah, I know," I say, looking straight at the guy who is about to wish he'd stayed in his lane, "but [his name] told me that I wasn't allowed to do the Picard Maneuver, so..." and I shrug, the tunic still bunched up.
>
> That guy turned so bright red, he lit up in the darkness. Everyone on the entire crew looked at him. He sputtered something, and quickly walked out of the stage.
>
> I made eye contact with Brent and with Frakes. They both looked back at me, communicating their approval. It felt great.
>
> That guy never gave me a note again. If I recall correctly, my little tunic tug (similar to, yet legally distinctly different from the Picard Maneuver) is in the final cut of the episode.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/startrek/comments/1ih8dv6/whats_tngs_helmet_moment/mazi0ch/ · 120 points as of Nov 6, 2026

### u/wil in r/IAmA, May 7, 2014 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> Does Felicia Day ever have really bad breath that you can't tell her about, but it makes you want to go sit on the other side of the room, but you can't, because you work together sometimes, so you just breath through your mouth and pray for her to leave? Asking for a friend.

> Pretty much like every goddamn time I'm around her. She really needs to lay off the garlic hummus.

Context: The question came from Felicia Day's own account, u/fday. The two often work together. (https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/24z5ec/hi_im_wil_wheaton_ama_about_tabletop_the_wil/chc3rp8/)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/24z5ec/comment/chc3rp8/ · 2,477 points as of Nov 6, 2026

### u/wil in r/IAmA, May 7, 2014 · Personal story

Replying to a redditor:

> If you can have any theme song play when you enter a room (a la WWE), what would it be?

> Okay, true and embarrassing story from my childhood:
>
>       When I was a kid, I loved WWF. I watched it every Saturday morning, and one of the highlights of my life was when my parents took my siblings and me to see it, live, at the Sports Arena in Los Angeles.
>
>       So I guess I was probably ten or eleven, and Hulk Hogan was my hero. I got one of my T-shirts out of my dresser, and I cut it up into a Hulkster pattern, with the slashes across the back and everything. Then, I built a wrestling ring out of couch cushions and blankets and stuff in our living room, and decided that I was going to make a huge, grand entrance, just like Hulk Hogan.
>
>       I went to my parents records, and took out what was, at the time, a pretty radical record: Starship's Knee Deep In The Hoopla. I put it on the turntable, cranked the volume up, and readied the needle. I said, in my best announcer voice, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is our title bout for the evening! It is scheduled for one fall! Hailing from Sunland, California, weighing in at 90 pounds, the heavyweight champion of the world .... WIL WHEATON!" I dropped the needle on the record, then ran out of the room as fast as I could, so I could start strutting across the kitchen and into my "arena" as We Built This City On Rock and Roll played.
>
>       I was fully committed to the bit, too. I was pointing at the imaginary people in the audience, putting my hand up to my ear just like Hulk Hogan did, and then I tore off my t-shirt while growling and hearing fifteen thousand people scream for me, as I marched around the wrestling ring I'd made out of four couch cushions and some blankets.
>
>       And the thing about all of this is that nobody ever knew about it but me until just now, because when I did this stupid thing (that was actually totally awesome according to young me), nobody was in the house but me, and I put everything away before my parents got home.
>
>       I, uh, probably wouldn't have a theme song today.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/24z5ec/comment/chc4472/ · 2,238 points as of Nov 6, 2026

### u/wil in r/LosAngeles, Oct 13, 2026 · Normal redditor

Replying to the post "Always exciting to see Angelyne drive by".

> I once won a ride in Angelyne's Corvette, right before COVID. I was so excited, then so bummed out, and then I found out that *everyone* who put their email address in the box wins, because the whole thing was a way for her to pressure you into buying merch out of the trunk. Amazing. Just a legendary move.
>
> I'm old enough to remember the billboards in the early 80s, including the one in the Cahuenga pass that had a handlebar mustache on it for a long time. I grew up having no idea who she was, but being extremely aware of her existence.
>
> She's like a mythical creature, our own cryptid. In retrospect, I'm so glad I didn't collect my free ride back then. I prefer the legend.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/1x4i6zf/always_exciting_to_see_angelyne_drive_by/pge8uz3/ · 87 points as of Nov 6, 2026

### u/wil in r/startrek, Jul 12, 2019 · Personal story

**Want to feel old? Today, I am the same age Patrick Stewart was when we started TNG in 1987.**

> Patrick was 46 years, 320 days old, and I was 14 years, 320ish days when we started.
>
> Today, I am 46 years, 320 days old.
>
> Wow.
>
> What a weird feeling.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/startrek/comments/ccigy9/want_to_feel_old_today_i_am_the_same_age_patrick/ · 2,471 points as of Nov 6, 2026

### u/wil in r/fo76, Oct 16, 2026 · Hobby

Replying to the post "How does 76 compare to Fallout 4 as a single player experience?".

> About 18 months ago, I came to 76 from Fo4, and played the entire single-player mission for a few hundred hours before I ever did anything with another player. I really enjoyed the story missions, and all the world building I discovered by listening to holo tapes and reading notes. I did a little fast travel as possible, and just allowed myself to wander along different roads and railways, until I'd explored the whole map.
>
> It was a deeply satisfying experience, and even now, all these hours and levels later, it still feels like a single-player game that I play with other people.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/fo76/comments/1x74qrj/how_does_76_compare_to_fallout_4_as_a_single/ph1h8a8/ · 64 points as of Nov 6, 2026