Someone from Indian and Pakistan could be described as South Asian.
That's what my wife prefers. Call her Subcontintental--as I have seen on the internet--and she is likely to slug someone.
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Someone from Indian and Pakistan could be described as South Asian.
That's what my wife prefers. Call her Subcontintental--as I have seen on the internet--and she is likely to slug someone.
Rankin does seem like the sort of choice they'd go for if they're trying to recapture a dashing heroic type like Tennant. He is the right amount of established but mostly unknown, handsome but "unrefined" good looks, young but not boyish, and of course safely white and male.
Roughly the same age Tennant was, looks like him and is Scottish. Sigh, suddenly Kris Marshall doesn't seem such a terrible idea :-(
Obviously I'll give him a chance, IF there is some truth to this, but I'll be disappointed in Chibnall and the BBC.
I've never heard of him, but the same was true for Matt Smith and that turned out brilliantly. But I agree it would be disappointing. Safely young, white and male.
I suspect that if not him in particular, it's going to be someone along those lines in an attempt to recreate something that I don't think can be recreated. The circumstances that took the series into the heart of the UK consciousness back then just don't exist any more.
I'd agree, plus Nu Who was still new and vital. I just don't think they can recreate that, any more than they could set out to redo Tom or Matt, or anyone really. If they do want a handsome, dashing mid thirties bloke then fine, I don't see why he has to be white.
Love him or loathe him you can't deny Moffat has laid a lot of ground work for both ethnicity and gender changing with a regeneration, and it'll be a shame if that isn't even considered within the audition process.
I'm convinced that Moffat has given non-white actors a shot, For instance, Moffat offered the eleventh Doctor to Chiwetel Ejiofor before the role was offered to Matt Smith.
And didn't Patterson Joseph say he was in the running for The Twelfth Doctor or was that report not substantiated?
Not quite. Joseph was Neil Gaiman's personal pick for the twelfth Doctor. Gaiman also confirmed that a black actor had been offered the role and turned it down, but he doesn't name who. It was undoubtedly Ejiofor.
The runner up for the twelfth Doctor was Ben Daniels. I imagine Moffat auditioned a lot of people, though, and any of them could say they were "in the running."
But the final decision came down to Capaldi and Daniels.
The runner up for the twelfth Doctor was Ben Daniels. I imagine Moffat auditioned a lot of people, though, and any of them could say they were "in the running."
But the final decision came down to Capaldi and Daniels.
Ah, okay, then I got my wires crossed. I knew Ben Daniels was the runner-up for The Twelfth Doctor.
I think people have had Paterson Joseph in the running for the role since Neverwhere first aired.
When Joseph reprised the role of the Marquis for BBC Radio 4's "How the Maqruis Got His Coat Back," the radio play begins with an opening that essentially plays like a post-regeneration scene, since the radio play continues on from the Neverwhere adaptation with Supergirl's David Harewood, explaining to James McAvoy's Richard (and the audience) the Marquis' new voice and the new attitude. Even more than Neverwhere, "How the Marquis..." plays very much like a Doctor Who story.
Ha, that's awesome. I haven't gotten the chance to listen to that radio play yet, but the Neverwhere play was fantastic.
My mom is Korean and she says Oriental. As an Asian-American this kinda makes me cringe when she says it in public, lol..but she's from a different generation so it gets a pass (in private I actually find it quite amusing). The reason it's not really used anymore is because Oriental, for us, evokes the image of a rice-farming silk trader and other out-dated stereotypes. Asian is imperfect as well, since it encompasses Indians and Russians, when the specific term should be Southeast-Asian.
But I identify as Asian. Labels are never perfect *shrugs*
But I identify as Asian. Labels are never perfect *shrugs*
Fair enough.
As much as I love Smith's Doctor, I still want to see Ejiofor in the role. Just too much success in Hollywood lately though to expect him to give up those big paychecks for this humble gig.
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