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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2018 0:45:54 GMT
And by all accounts, he got on well with Russell T Davies Yes - he had already done The Second Coming with him of course so he wasn't going in blind with RTD. When Eccleston was announced I remember thinking I wanted him to play The Doctor just like he did Jesus in that, crossed with his League Of Gentlemen character Dougal Siepp, who ran a cinema for cats. He's brilliant in that cameo.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2018 0:51:51 GMT
I haven't seen that. NSFW or OK for here? I did see quite a lot of "HE JUST DID IT FOR THE MONEY!" "BET HE WAS GLAD FOR THE CASH". Umm...yes...that's exactly what he says in the interview, folks. Why else would Chris Eccleston take GI Bloody Joe? It's like Michael Caine's line about never seeing Jaws IV ""I have never seen it, but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific.” It's people taking the big quote from the piece and illustrating with a photo to suggest someone else said it. Which doesn't sound funny but works in practice. Found now...some of them are AMAZING.
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Post by jasonward on Mar 13, 2018 5:25:58 GMT
That was always my practice, to clearly delineate my official speak from my personal ramblings. Are you a moderator again now? You'd stopped hadn't you? Indeed, back after 1 year, my re-appointment happened without much fan fair, but I created a post to announce it in the community section.
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Post by pawntake on Mar 13, 2018 9:16:42 GMT
I’ve never used it, as far as I can recall, but Jason and, if I recall correctly, kimalysong have both used it (when she was still a mod). Other mods may have as well. It’s just a way to signal a moderator post, as opposed to a moderator posting as a member. No other meaning should be derived from it. Speaking of Kimalysong,she no longer posts.Has she got fed up with the forum?Just wondered She always had such enthusiasm for all things Big Finish +Films,Books,Theatre etcetera!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2018 20:07:15 GMT
Oh, put a sock in it, Christopher. I love your performances, love what you did with Doctor Who, but 'Abandoned; vilified; constipation; woman?' It's all a bit over the top, unless the Telegraph journo has selected only the most dramatic quotes. As an actor, as with any job, you have to do things you don't love to put money in the bank. Chris is paid a huge amount for his contribution to the big budget films he clearly doesn't like - but to take the money and then slate them isn't being brave or clever, in my view. Just rather bitter and bad tempered. These words are also a smack in the eye for those that have enjoyed the performances and films he has slagged off.
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Post by mark687 on Mar 20, 2018 12:16:24 GMT
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You know, now that you mention it, I actually do rather like Attack of the Cybermen ...
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Post by lidar2 on Mar 20, 2018 13:43:41 GMT
Very interesting.
Maybe I'm naïve but I'm hopeful that Ecclestone speaking out may be part of a process of him coming to terms with his unpleasant memories of the show, a process that may eventually see him come to a point where he is willing to play the part again.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2018 15:31:05 GMT
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Post by mark687 on Mar 20, 2018 15:37:40 GMT
In light of this I'd love that audition request e-mail exchange to be made public.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2018 15:58:51 GMT
Would this issue in the first filming block be the rumoured disaster on one of the first days of filming where the entire night had to be reshot by a different director?
I don't know any more than that, a couple of Who writers were sort-of-half-talking about it on twitter a number of months ago and the whole thing is starting to add up (to me at least).
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Post by escalus5 on Mar 20, 2018 16:00:00 GMT
It's getting more and more interesting (and entertaining) as Eccleston continues with his bizarre Who-bashing interview tour. So now it's not just one director to blame, but also Russell T. Davies, at least two producers, and even Billie Piper and her inexperience! Eccleston is on fire.
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Post by jasonward on Mar 20, 2018 16:22:51 GMT
It seems to me to be part of the process of healing. In that respect, it makes in my view the chances that he will ever reprise the role more likely now than at any previous point.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2018 16:27:19 GMT
It's getting more and more interesting (and entertaining) as Eccleston continues with his bizarre Who-bashing interview tour. So now it's not just one director to blame, but also Russell T. Davies, at least two producers, and even Billie Piper and her inexperience! Eccleston is on fire. I don't think he's being particularly hateful here, just honest. He's not bashing Billie in the slightest because she was relatively inexperienced at the time as an actress and was now on board a prime time high-budgeted TV show. It appears to me that nerves seemed to have got to everyone during the first block, which, thankfully, never happened again.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2018 16:37:14 GMT
It's getting more and more interesting (and entertaining) as Eccleston continues with his bizarre Who-bashing interview tour. So now it's not just one director to blame, but also Russell T. Davies, at least two producers, and even Billie Piper and her inexperience! Eccleston is on fire. Nothing bizarre about what I have read so far.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2018 16:39:04 GMT
It seems to me to be part of the process of healing. In that respect, it makes in my view the chances that he will ever reprise the role more likely now than at any previous point. More likely wow! It will never happen.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2018 16:50:36 GMT
It seems to me to be part of the process of healing. In that respect, it makes in my view the chances that he will ever reprise the role more likely now than at any previous point. More likely wow! It will never happen. More likely might have been a tad optimistic of Jason, but never say never. It's not like Christopher Eccleston has ridiculed Big Finish at a convention and said he threw some scripts he'd been sent by BF in to the bin... so you just never know what the future holds! (I'm not holding my breath mind you, but I like to live in hope.)
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Post by Ela on Mar 20, 2018 17:23:17 GMT
Seems like all these articles are saying pretty much the same thing. Not much new, except for naming specific people he didn't get along with.
Though there's been a lot about him having problems with Billie Piper because of her inexperience over the years since he left the part, so citing her inexperience is definitely not new.
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Post by mrperson on Mar 20, 2018 18:58:01 GMT
It's getting more and more interesting (and entertaining) as Eccleston continues with his bizarre Who-bashing interview tour. So now it's not just one director to blame, but also Russell T. Davies, at least two producers, and even Billie Piper and her inexperience! Eccleston is on fire. He's not blaming Piper. He praises her, he just notes that inexperience was a factor but not a blameworthy factor. In fact, he seems to place more blame on himself in that regard than her: He later acknowledged: "Some of my anger about the situation came from my own insecurity. They employed somebody [as The Doctor] who was not a natural light comedian. "Billie [Piper], who we know was and is brilliant, was very, very nervous and very, very inexperienced. So, you had that, and then you had me. Very, very experienced, possibly the most experienced on it, but out of my comfort zone."
At any rate, I continue to have at least some hope since his anger seems exclusively directed at BBC people. It doesn't sound like he takes issue with the concept of Doctor Who as a story or The Doctor as a character. So unless those BBC people end up at Big Finish, I don't see any reason to think he'd never consider it. (And we can all bear in mind how long it took for Tom Baker to come around). One might also note that now she is experienced. Further, that given how great Big Finish seems to be at writing scripts to suit the performers, Eccleston might be less likely to find things like "light comedy" annoying. I'd certainly buy 9th Doctor audios if they were more serious in tone/performance.
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Post by J.A. Prentice on Mar 20, 2018 19:21:36 GMT
I think the best way to get Eccleston on board at Big Finish is either to give him a really brilliant script or offer him creative input. I think light-hearted, "capturing the era" stories like the 4DAs or 10DAs won't work, but something darker, more character-driven, or more experimental might lure him in.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2018 23:03:55 GMT
It's getting more and more interesting (and entertaining) as Eccleston continues with his bizarre Who-bashing interview tour. So now it's not just one director to blame, but also Russell T. Davies, at least two producers, and even Billie Piper and her inexperience! Eccleston is on fire. I don't think he's being particularly hateful here, just honest. He's not bashing Billie in the slightest because she was relatively inexperienced at the time as an actress and was now on board a prime time high-budgeted TV show. It appears to me that nerves seemed to have got to everyone during the first block, which, thankfully, never happened again.I'm not being anti-Eccleston, because after all, it was his face that brought the show back so successfully, but I think the highlighted text is telling. Clearly I'm not privy to what went on behind the scenes, but working on the show seems have been a happy experience for everyone except Christopher. I'd be more willing to empathize if he hadn't recently slated a number of other high-profile projects he'd been working on recently.
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