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9th Aug 2012, 11:24 AM #1
Who would you cast in the new Doctor Who Origins biopic?
Hartnell, Russell (edited to add in Jacqui Hill - oops sorry!) and Anne-Ford all need to be cast!
Not to mention Verity, Waris and Eileen Way, key players in the origins of our favourite series all.
Who would you cast?
Si.
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9th Aug 2012, 11:28 AM #2
The only one I can think of at the moment would be to have Ben Whishaw as William Russell. He's always in these sorts of things!
Mark Gattiss will probably be playing one of the parts, but which? Unless he plays the guy holding up the Dalek plunger at the end of The Daleks Episode 1. That'd be just his style.Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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9th Aug 2012, 11:38 AM #3
I would cast Jared Harris who plays Lane in Mad Men as William Hartnell
Mark Gattis would be a great Donald Wilson!
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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9th Aug 2012, 11:48 AM #4
He's not quite old enough (and he looks even younger) to play the 40 year old Russell. He only got away with Richard II because he had a beard (plus he played Hamlet at the NT when he was about 22 so he had the acting chops!)
Maybe Benedict Cumberbatch?
I noticed you missed Jacquie Hill off your list Si? How about Suranne Jones?
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9th Aug 2012, 12:38 PM #5
Keeley Hawes for Barbara!
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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9th Aug 2012, 4:59 PM #6
http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsA/541-26339.gif
For... well, you guess who.Last edited by J.R. Southall; 9th Aug 2012 at 5:09 PM.
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9th Aug 2012, 6:52 PM #7
Tricky isn't it - although with the Corrie drama, there wasn't really that much of a visual similarity to most of the actors, it was more the performance and of course the wardrobe & make-up. On the one hand, it would be fun to, say, cast Matt Smith as William Hartnell, and Karen Gillan as Verity Lambert, etc, etc - but that would almost certainly work against the programme, and water down the 'reality' of the drama.
What about Timothy Spall for Sydney Newman? To go really far out, I'd like to see Tommy Lee Jones as David Whitaker! Oh, and Keeley Hawes not as Barbara but as Verity Lambert.
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16th Aug 2012, 9:50 PM #8
Here are a few thoughts I've had on casting:
Sydney Newman - Timothy Spall
Verity Lambert - Jodhi May
Donald Wilson - Douglas Henshall
William Russell - Rupert Penry-Jones
Jacqueline Hill - Lara Pulver
Carole Ann Ford - Kaya Scodelario
Waris Hussein - Jimi Mistry
Delia Derbyshire - Miranda Hart (seriously!)
Brian Hodgson - Chris Driscoll
Just a few ideas. As you can see, I haven't cast William Hartnell. That would be a tough one.Last edited by Dave Tudor; 16th Aug 2012 at 9:57 PM.
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16th Aug 2012, 9:56 PM #9
You no longer sound very confused Dave
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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16th Aug 2012, 10:03 PM #10
Oh. Do I sometimes sound confused, Si....?
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16th Aug 2012, 10:03 PM #11
Your original version of that last post did!
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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16th Aug 2012, 10:04 PM #12
Ah. I see. So it slipped through did it? People actually saw it, did they..?
Blame Mrs. T...
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16th Aug 2012, 10:05 PM #13
Anyway I hope my main post sounds not-so-confused and that I've put a little bit of thought into it!
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16th Aug 2012, 10:08 PM #14
Oh yes, that actual post was very good- some interesting choices there. For some reason though, I keep seeing Mark Gattis as Donald Wilson and I'm liking the idea of Pooky Quesnal as Jackie Hill...
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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16th Aug 2012, 10:09 PM #15
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16th Aug 2012, 10:13 PM #16
I think there's the temptation to cast older than the actors originally were at the time - people seemed to look older in the 1960s. For instance, William Hartnell was only 55 when he was cast as Doctor Who, which is no age today, but he looked far older at the time. An actor in his mid-fifties these days would look relatively young. So the casting process would be incredibly difficult.
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16th Aug 2012, 10:15 PM #17
Hartnell is going to be the tough one isn't it? the whole thing is going to revolve around who they decode to cast for him and it'll be make or break casting.
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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17th Aug 2012, 1:00 PM #18
David Suchet as Sydney Newman.
Oooh, coconut macaroons!
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17th Aug 2012, 2:17 PM #19
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18th Aug 2012, 12:12 PM #20
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10th Sep 2012, 11:04 PM #21
Call me crazy... But what about Rowan Atkinson as Hartnell?
Oooh, coconut macaroons!
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11th Sep 2012, 3:43 AM #22
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12th Sep 2012, 3:19 PM #23
Apparently Carole-Ann favours this delight to play her in this...
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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12th Sep 2012, 3:50 PM #24
Is that 'favours' or 'demands'...?
Where did you hear that, Si?
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12th Sep 2012, 3:52 PM #25
Demands might be accurate, but you didn't hear it from me!
Apparently she was interviewed on satuirday by a friend of mine and this was what he reported back.
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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