Here you go, maybe he was misquoted or maybe he's mellowed :-)
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/culture/2013/may/28/john-simm-doctor-who-fans
A BIG Spoiler Is Coming
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https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/culture/2013/may/28/john-simm-doctor-who-fans
It's not so much that he hates Who fans as that he doesn't like to be focused upon when he's off-duty, as it were. Dr Who is just the more headline-grabbing show to attach the story to.
Yeah, I'm sure any actor hates it when they're just grocery shopping and someone nags them about the role they're most famous for. If he were snubbing fans at a convention who were paying to see him, then I'd say he had a problem.
Indeed, John Simm has otherwise been generally positive about Doctor Who. In The Writer's Tale it's said that when Simm heard RTD wanted him to return for TEOT he immediately said yes and cleared his schedule without even negotiating price or anything like that.
Indeed, John Simm has otherwise been generally positive about Doctor Who. In The Writer's Tale it's said that when Simm heard RTD wanted him to return for TEOT he immediately said yes and cleared his schedule without even negotiating price or anything like that.
One time in 2003, I was recognised while out for breakfast with my wife, and a fan came over and asked to take a picture, which I was OK with - but I remember thinking that, for a writer, that's a one-off that's an anecdote. It's nice. But for an actor, who probably gets that every day... it must get old *real* quick, and I'm glad I'm not famous, or an actor.
All of that sounds pretty reasonable. Like Eccleston, Simm appears to love the work but prefers to stay private and doesn't enjoy the glamour. I don't think this make it any more surprising that he was willing to return to Doctor Who.
Right, those are two very different things. Are there reports of Simm behaving like that at conventions? Has he gone to conventions (and if not, that shouldn't be an issue)?
To my knowledge, John Simm hasn't done any conventions. Sadly, a Google search only turns up more reports of this story being conflated. I did find this article with statements from Simm himself saying the reports took his comment out of context.
Does any of these things matter? A past Master's back! Just about the most exciting thing to look forward in this new series.
When David Tennant was taking off to do Hamlet (which led to the Year of Specials), there were mobs of fans crowding the theater exits hoping for an autograph.
Those crowds died down pretty much the minute he said he'd sign anything that wasn't Doctor Who-related. Dealing with the fandom can be exhausting.
Simm coming back....was that it? That was the big "mind blowing" spoiler? "Mildly surprising?" yes. "Mind blowing?" not even remotely close to being that.
It's interesting because even within that article there's a Radio Times rebuttal of Simm's rebuttal!
That was an interesting comment from the Writer's Tale, but that was 2010 and this article was 2013 and things change, especially if you're being pestered all the time by fans. At the end of the day even if he did have a big problem with fans he must have come to terms with it if he's coming back now. He doesn't seem to have trouble getting acting gigs so doubt it's for the money.
Again I think Who fans must have a very narrow definition of what would count as surprising.
I think only Eccleston returning could possible qualify as mind-melting.
I know! Simm is playing a male version of the Rani. Mind blown yet?
Maybe, maybe not. I think a lot of people are also worn down by Moffat hyperbole.
Yeah, that would definitely do it.
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QFT... I know the interwebs would explode and I would be giddy like the proverbial school girl... Maybe with the new regime starting, he will be come more amiable to it.
Interesting. Someone else already suggested the possibility of one or more of the other Masters returning.
So if Roger Delgaldo and/or Anthony Ainley are going to "reappear" via CGI masking, I sure hope BBC has the permission from their respective estates. And they better have Geoffery Beevers back, too, since he's actually available and still performing as The Master for Big Finish.
Long shot, but I certainly hope for Alex MacQueen and Derek Jacobi, too.
Or perhaps I'm just getting ahead of myself?
So if Roger Delgaldo and/or Anthony Ainley are going to "reappear" via CGI masking, I sure hope BBC has the permission from their respective estates. And they better have Geoffery Beevers back, too, since he's actually available and still performing as The Master for Big Finish.
Long shot, but I certainly hope for Alex MacQueen and Derek Jacobi, too.
Or perhaps I'm just getting ahead of myself?
Interesting. Someone else already suggested the possibility of one or more of the other Masters returning.
So if Roger Delgaldo and/or Anthony Ainley are going to "reappear" via CGI masking, I sure hope BBC has the permission from their respective estates. And they better have Geoffery Beevers back, too, since he's actually available and still performing as The Master for Big Finish.
Long shot, but I certainly hope for Alex MacQueen and Derek Jacobi, too.
Or perhaps I'm just getting ahead of myself?
My concern is...
ILM couldn't get the Tarkin effect quite right, and they've got all the money in the world. The Mill ... is not ILM.
Damn, I hadn't thought of that problem. That's definitely a worrisome thought. I hope they only go with this if the recreation of said person has at least equal likeness of Tarkin. Otherwise...
Some of the CGI classic Doctors in the last shot of Day of the Doctor looked more like mannequins than real people.
