Rumours

[morgan_dhu]

OK, this is only one of at least 50 rumours going around about actors who might be in the running to place the Eleventh Doctor, but the first mention in this totally speculative article actually caused me to loudly squee with untrammelled delight at the mere notion of its occurrence.

Chiwetel Ejiofor.

I've been mad about this actor ever since I saw him in Dirty Pretty Things. He was intense in Serenity, totally awesome in Kinky Boots, riveting in Children of Men... need I go on? (I'm still waiting to see some of his latest releases because they're not out on DVD yet.)

Chiwetel Ejiofor as the Doctor. It's a match made in heaven, if he wants the gig.

Yes, Bill Nighy would be fun, and Robert Carlyle would be hot and James Nesbitt would be dark and quirky and Sean Pertwee would be a sentimental favourite, Richard E. Grant or Hugh Grant could be endearing, and both Paterson Joseph and Colin Salmon have the chops for the job, and yes it would be cool to see a the Doctor as a woman, but...

Chiwetel Ejiofor. It's got to be the best casting rumour yet.

Comments

[mishaslair.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I would love him as the Doctor!

[morgan-dhu.livejournal.com]

Ejiofor has such amazing range as an actor, he could put almost any slant imaginable on the Doctor's character.

I'm really hoping that this is true, and not just someone's wet dream.

If you know what I mean. ;-)

[oursin.livejournal.com]

That might actually tempt me to watch Doctor Who!
(And I have seen him on stage, in The Vortex and I think other things which I can't recall at this hour when coffee has not yet hit the synapses).

[morgan-dhu.livejournal.com]

Oh, I am consumed with envy. There are some actors that one longs to see live. Their talent and presence on screen is such that one can almost feel what the experience of witnessing a live performance would be like. He's one of those actors.

Speaking of Doctors and theatre, have you even seen Christopher Eccleston on stage? I've often wondered what his live performances would be like.

[oursin.livejournal.com]

I don't recall seeing Eccleston on stage, but it's possible - one of these days (after I've retired, perhaps) I must go through all my old theatre programmes and try and summon up all the memories.