Henry VIII: Rise of a Tyrant, review: a handy Tudor primer that left out the juicy bits. It's always highlighted in other people's responses.That's why it was never going to be the overarching theme of the season. We don't go around our day going, "Oh, can I do this? I always knew from the way I wanted to play, but also from Chris' and all the showrunners' extraordinary guidance, that you're never going to show all sides all the time. No, I didn't. “In a film like Kingsman or Bohemian Rhapsody, I’m not playing the lead, I’m playing supporting parts, so your contract is days spread over months, in which you turn up and have a wonderful time, and the pace of work is quite leisurely. “Well, I think increasingly society is redefining itself and I think that pressure is weakening. How do I create my next act? It still has this base of people who come from very different perspectives, very different ideas about how the universe should work, and yet there is something about the deep philosophy and the goodness of this show that is so deeply appealing and it's lasted for generations. It's really interesting. I did that years ago. So there's a sense of like, ah, okay. You're always fascinated by what sticks with people. So what has changed for you this year? The chirp of birds. I love my mates, and when I go on jobs I collect friends; my main ambition is to be able to make loads of new friends. It’s fun.”, And as for the future – well, there’s more work behind the scenes, and we’re back to that characteristic need not to be noticed. All rights reserved. Tom Hollander interview: ... Jodie Whittaker took a predictable plod through time and space 2/5 By Anita Singh 12 Oct 2020, 10:00pm. How do I become another character after this? And the Doctor not only meets the Daleks at the end of last season, but also Cybermen and Judoon. The sense of youth and young adults with their terrible uncertainty about their future now. Yeah. When Jodie Whittaker assumed the mantle of the Doctor, she had a big TARDIS to fill. I haven’t been that ill before. Now, in her second season in the role, Whittaker finds herself taking on some of the Doctor's most iconic adversaries, as well as the critics who still wonder if she's playing the role "as a woman.". To the next person, whoever he or she is, whenever that is, what would you tell that person? You did not grow up in a Who house. “If that is the case, there will surely be different conventions about the way that people partner up. You've said you never hesitated about trying to get this. This show is always so full of heart and so full of a strong moral center. I get "Black Mirror" all the time in America and it's because it's gone on to Netflix. Jodie Whittaker will make a guest appearance The game is set to launch on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Steam next year. Please review our, You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. Jodie Whittaker - Interview Paste Studio NYC (New York, NY), 01/07/2020. Tom Taylor, who plays our son Albie, is terrific. Jodie Whittaker has addressed the subject of gender neutral parenting (Picture: Getty) Doctor Who’s Jodie Whittaker has discussed her childhood and family life in a new interview… Find out more, The latest offers and discount codes from popular brands on Telegraph Voucher Codes, Tom Hollander with Saskia Reeves and Tom Taylor in BBC One's Us, Tom Hollander with girlfriend Fran Hickman, Strictly Come Dancing 2020 celebrity line up: meet this year's contestants, Last night’s TV: what Telegraph reviewers made of Inside the Tower of London and more, Great British Bake Off 2020 contestants: meet this year's bakers, What’s on TV tonight: The Trump Show, Taskmaster, Riviera, and more. How have you sunk into the role? But, at the same time, he’s always imminently about to rush off somewhere. “The future of theatre is in real jeopardy at the moment. When you're approaching a role that is steeped in so much history, it can be quite overwhelming and terrifying because you want to make sure you do it right, but then the joy of this role is anything is possible. We are meeting to talk about his role as Douglas Petersen in the BBC’s adaptation of David Nicholls’s bestseller Us. Stepping into this role, that is a life definer. Quietly, Hollander has been doing his bit, contributing to the Royal Theatrical Fund as he has for the past 30 years. This is exciting, but you don't know what's at the bottom. That's why. I cannot tell you how joyous it is to step on the set in Cardiff. Last season was so much about establishing you and establishing this new group of companions and very new storylines. “It’s got a spotlight on it now because Phoebe [Waller-Bridge] and Olivia [Colman] have brilliantly tried to expand it into a hardship fund. Nobody in the theatre gets rich, other than the odd producer or director or writer. “I’m very excited to see how the audience connects to it,” says Hollander, who never sounds excited, even when he is. It's quite complicated because this is a job that essentially puts you sometimes in a public place. You have no idea how many brilliant people you are going to work with, who are going to open their arms to even though this is potentially their tenth season or whatever. Or not, by somebody. They are the same age – 53 – but Hollander is unmarried and has no children. Then I turned a corner, but it takes a long time to recover from it. It's strange, without even growing up in the household of it, those terms are still incredibly familiar. This job has given me a sense of playfulness. Whether it's race or gender expression or ability or age, the show does that and always nods to it, but then also moves forward. I think that's the thing that's so exciting. There’s this bizarre paradox that apparently we might soon be able to medically sustain our own lives so that it would be conventional to live longer. Most people are effectively subsidising the theatre by working in it. Can I do this?" The fact that the moments of surprise, it was surprising to me the actor as they are to the Doctor. The Doctor continually shows you that you don't know. I think what's interesting is what I felt was the pressure beforehand that I think is different. That's absolutely fine. The Yorkshire-born star gained fame in hit murder mystery Broadchurch. It's limited to life. But the minute I was offered it, Chris sent me the most perfect message. “I’ve thought a lot about my own father and the way that he raised me and I relate to him. The acting profession is not used to begging for itself and it doesn’t sit well because it’s perceived as glamorous. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism. In, I love the little nods, like in the episode where, ------------------------------------------. That is what everyone said to me and I cannot believe I've already shot my second season. And then you get to say that in the second episode. The heart went [in] like that, and the head went like, "Oh, I don't want to be famous." It's always representing the time that it lives in as well as showing you these new POVs and these new worlds. Going forward, it might happen in someone's career, a point where it's an extraordinary moment, but it might pose certain challenges. In recent years he’s become something of a regular in Hollywood movies and he says he likes the leisurely pace of films. Associated Press articles: Copyright © 2016 The Associated Press. I love the little nods, like in the episode where Ada Lovelace is firing the cannon in the showroom in London. My own parenting was not Victorian, actually. It’s the story of the collapse of the Petersen family after Connie (Saskia Reeves), Douglas’s bohemian wife, wakes up one night to tell him that after 20 years of marriage she’s had enough. “Some of those resonances are very thematically current aren’t they? But also this is a time for you with ultimate expression and we can't always say that on set. The Doctor's seen through adversity comes huge achievements and huge journeys. It has gone like that. And then he happens to mention, almost as an aside, that he has also had Covid himself. That the wonderful thing that you can transition into your own life. Yeah, getting ready, ready to take that hood down. And to walk that line as the grounding figure in this show, of normalizing the idea of women doing things and just being people or being Time Lords, but also then highlighting these moments. This show is bigger than all of us, but let it be as big a moment for you as it possibly can because it'll go like that. I think this came for me at the perfect time, and that might not always be the case for everybody. The reason why the show is so extraordinary is because of the fan base. Now in these first two episodes, there's so clearly this 007 plotline that just leans right into this idea of you are as the Doctor, but also kind of as 007. I was listening to an interview you did with David Tennant about a year ago, and people were asking you … Some interviews it becomes apparent, right? I enjoyed it and I loved it. The sense of claustrophobia within a family that people will have felt more intensely in the Covid time. This is Time Lords, Gallifrey, the Master, possibly the Cybermen. When Jodie Whittaker assumed the mantle of the Doctor, she had a big TARDIS to fill. We have the space to play. I think that that's why it keeps getting recommissioned, why there keeps being another Doctor, why people have loved it for so long because you never know what you're going to get and from what perspective. By Josh Saunders PUBLISHED: PUBLISHED: 19:00, Mon, Oct 12, 2020 But then to be someone's potentially 13th, who's been with it for so long, is wonderful. It's so iconic for so many people. Until the door shuts because of it, it's the person shutting the door, not you. What do you think of then about, so what do I want to do next? I'm here now. I'm happy to say the fan base have an encyclopedic knowledge over me, but I think you would have to have lived under a rock to have never heard of Cybermen, to have never heard of the Master, Gallifrey, all those things. The family holiday people may or may not have been on. But try telling Hollander that – offer him puffery and he will re-route you faster than Waze. His friend, the actress Emily Mortimer, said of him: “When you are with him, he is entirely present; as accessible, engaged, clever and funny as it’s possible to be. You got some words of advice when you stepped into the role from some previous Doctors. . That's "Doctor Who," right? This transcript has been lightly edited for length and clarity. The Doctor never reduces either a race or an opportunity to judgment. The very recent past is in this show. went against 'everything [she] believes in'. For me, the fear in Season 1 was, am I doing it right? But it's like that weird feeling when you go, oh, okay, and you feel like you're in freefall. My parents are not that English. Our gender doesn't necessarily play a role in our narrative until it plays a role in someone else's. Not only was she about to become only the 13th (13th-ish, but that gets complicated) actor in a lineage that dates back to 1963, she was the first woman to assume the role. It's not a 90-minute film. Own the moment. Yeah, it's got a very big opener, big episodes of very high octane and adrenaline for all of us — and some very big reveals. Do you know what? The changes within my life are absolutely of a positive sense. And what a thing to have as an adult. Jodie Whittaker has revealed some of the things she discovered about her ancestors in Who Do You Think You Are? The first season that you were on the eyes of the world were upon you in a way that it would be for any new person stepping into that role. Whereas I felt like if I've made choices that people don't like, I could potentially hold women back. When David got the part or Matt [Smith] got the part, it was solely on them as an individual and how they did. There’s a brilliant actress called Thaddea Graham who has only just left drama school – well, a year and a bit ago.”.

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