Nimoy's (second) promise to quit acting never included voice stuff in the first place. That's why he appeared as a cartoon character in that cartoon episode of Fringe lately.
Christopher Eccleston's Reason for leaving
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Nimoy's (second) promise to quit acting never included voice stuff in the first place. That's why he appeared as a cartoon character in that cartoon episode of Fringe lately.
There's something very coincidental about the timing of Eccleston's return to BBC productions, but I'm not entirely sure that it means something -- Eccleston's work on Lennon Naked (his first BBC production post-Who) coincides with Phil Collinson's departure from BBC Wales and RTD and Julie Gardner's departure for Los Angeles.
I don't know that there's a connection, but the timing is interesting enough to make one go, "Huh."
Absolute bullshit. It's a goddamn TV show, and he has no obligation to appear on it if he doesn't want to.
Maybe the ninth will show up in a novel-I think that's the only way we'll ever get him 'back'. Not a multi-Doctor story, perhaps, but something along the lines of a past Doctor adventure with Rose and possibly Jack. There were of course a few ninth doctor novels released in 2005, but they pretty much ceased with his departure as the books shifted to Tenth/Tennant. However with the past Doctor line being revived there is a possibility, I think.
“But then when that director comes to you and says, 'I think you should play it like this', you've surely got to go, 'How can I respect you, when you behave like that?” - CE
This kinda tells me he's 1, not a team player, and 2, he doesn't understand that the director is GOD on a movie or TV shoot (besides the Producers). Unless the director was asking him to play 9 completely out of character (of which RTD would object), it looks like Chris does not play well with others. It's not a moral highroad he's taking.
This kinda tells me he's 1, not a team player, and 2, he doesn't understand that the director is GOD on a movie or TV shoot (besides the Producers). Unless the director was asking him to play 9 completely out of character (of which RTD would object), it looks like Chris does not play well with others. It's not a moral highroad he's taking.
On a movie set, yes, but not on a TV shoot, director's aren't gods. Especially against the star of the TV show. A director is temporary to a project, the star and the producers are there for the whole thing.
And besides, it's not a very good director who says that to an actor. that's simply not good directing. The quote isn't very clear, for one thing. But, acting and directing is a collaboration. Especially when that episode is done, the director is gone. The actor has more ownership of a director passing through...
Yea, the Director kinda has to pay within the established characters. They may invoke a little something extra from the star, but, if a Director is having an actor play completely contrary to their established character (unless that's a plot point) that not the actors problem at all.
Of course, this is assuming something of this nature occurred, and that assumption could be very wrong.
The quotes are very vague. AND, you know, unless there's a recording...
Personally, I wouldn't bet on him coming back. He strikes as someone who doesn't look back. And that's fine. It might disappoint fans, but, they can put on their grown up pants.
And besides, in the radio interview with Graham Norton, didn't he say, he's more than happy to sign things for children, etc? It sounds like he's happy with what he did, he just doesn't want to be beholden to it.
Chris E is by far my favorite of the new Doctors but I understand why he doesn't want to come back if he had to put up with a lot of shit. I'm curious as to what the story is with Keith Boak and whether or not the people Eccleston didn't like included RTD because RTD seems like a guy everyone loves.
^Eccleston had worked with RTD before Doctor Who.
Well given that he approached the BBC about playing the part once he heard RTD was making it he certainly didn't have any problems with him to begin with. It's also worth noting that RTD (and Moffat too for that matter) aren't actually involved with the day-to-day production of the show, as they're too busy writing/rewriting/supervising edits etc. In fact I think Davies spent more time at home in Manchester than in Cardiff during his time in charge.
He's clearly very passionate about acting and markedly less so about the business of acting. In any case, he's not coming back and that's really an end of it.
Seeing as how RTD once complained about the amount of time he spent in Cardiff I can't agree with that.
Prior to the quote you listed, however, Eccleston talked about how director-in-question would treat everybody, and mentioned a lowly assistant getting abused by said-director. That's where his comment "How can I respect you, when you behave like that?" comes in. In other words, "How can I respect you, when you treat your subordinates like that?"
Not only that, Eccleston did Doctor Who because of RTD.
The blue-collar, working-class vibe thing was thing I most loved about Ecclestone's Doctor -- in fact, I thought it was intrinsic to the character at first. The idea that this alien with god-like technology and intellect, capable of wandering through time and space, who seems to know the whole course of history, would look and sound like the guy down in the bar who works in a factory and may have been unemployed for a while? I loved it. A lovely reminder that brilliance and leadership can be found in the most unexpected of places. I miss the Doctor's working-class vibe.
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