THIS IS LIKE I CANT EVEN EXPLAIN THE AMOUNT OF JOY I HAVE RIGHT NOW
Flawless recasting
I actually like it when The Doctor is a relatively unknown actor, or one without one huge role that made them famous. A star, like Sir Ian, brings all the other roles they’ve ever played to the table when they act. Seeing John Hurt as the (Spoiler) at the end of The Name of the Doctor, meant that this was a certain type of part with a certain amount of gravitas, and you understood that John Hurt was bringing everything with it (including being John Hurt), just as Derek Jacobi did as the Master.
But I like to see The Doctor as The Doctor, and an actor who doesn’t bring baggage is a grand sort of thing. A star waiting to happen. So I don’t want to see Helen Mirren or Sir Ian McKellen or Chiwetel Ejiofor, or any of the famous names people are suggesting.
I want to see The Doctor. I want to be taken by surprise. I want to squint at a photo of the person online and go “but how can that be The Doctor?”. Then I want to be amazingly, delightedly, completely proven wrong, and, six episodes in, I want to wonder how I could have been so blind. Because this is the Doctor. Of course it is.
But I like to see The Doctor as The Doctor, and an actor who doesn’t bring baggage is a grand sort of thing. A star waiting to happen. So I don’t want to see Helen Mirren or Sir Ian McKellen or Chiwetel Ejiofor, or any of the famous names people are suggesting.
I want to see The Doctor. I want to be taken by surprise. I want to squint at a photo of the person online and go “but how can that be The Doctor?”. Then I want to be amazingly, delightedly, completely proven wrong, and, six episodes in, I want to wonder how I could have been so blind. Because this is the Doctor. Of course it is.
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Neil Gaiman This is exactly what i think too (via doctor-who-companion) |
When you and Benedict Cumberbatch go on holiday, who gets top bunk: him for having the world’s daftest surname, or you for the most common?He’s a mate of mine, Ben. It’s a cool surname, Cumberbatch. I’m happy with bottom bunk. It’s cosier. If I have to get up for a wee, I won’t wake him. (x)
“Tell me a little bit about getting into the right headspace to play Loras, how you do you get into his skin as an actor?” x
End of discussion.
FINALLY
THANK GOD.
Giraffe.
get out.
hey Giraffe girl, it’s fucking gif and you know it!
*clears throat* eh-heh-hem! the creator of the GIF has confirmed it is indeed pronounced “jiff” go to CNN.com under technology if you need proof.
Each ball weighs differently, causing each one to bounce to a specific height, and when precisely placed in the dust pans and thrown down… 2013
EVERY TIME this comes up on my dash i just sit here and stare at it FOREVERRRRRrr.
