Has Christopher Eccleston ever commented on David Tennants performance?
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I know he likes Matt Smith but I wonder what he may have thought about maybe catching his successors performance, especially in 'The Christmas Invasion' in his clothes!! That must have been weird if he saw that!
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I'm more interested in who he couldn't get on with that forced him to leave. Now that is really interesting.
That's nice. But the OP clearly is, hence the thread. What a pointless reply.
OK, here's a better reply. Why would Eccleston give a crap about his successor's performance then if he's not even that big a fan of the show? And what is your brilliant, enlightening contribution to the thread then?
Oh, what a pointless reply, as Lulz77 would say. :rolleyes::rolleyes:
Only joking there, BTW. I agree entirely with everything you say in your post. Eccleston's opinion, if he even has one, on Tennant, Matt Smith, even bloody William Hartnell etc. is pretty irrelevant. What matters is what the audience think.
From what Eccleston has said, it was more than just one person.
The OP asked a question and your response was "I'm not bothered. This is what I want to know.."
You don't see how that's pointless? It's like someone starting a thread asking when Doctor Who is back and you putting "I'm not bothered. I want to know when is Take Me Out back?"
And in answer to your question, I didnt have an answer for the OP so I didn't reply, rather than dismissing their question and asking my own.
This is exactly what he said, in the same interview when asked about if he was returning for the 50th.
Well that's really fascinating. Thanks. Sounds like you're not bothered either. :rolleyes:
Indeed. It's here:
http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/christopher-eccleston/23641/doctor-who-christopher-eccleston-on-the-50th-anniversary
From what I've seen, I don't think Eccleston could care less about Doctor Who if he tried. He looks really sick of being asked about it to me. I reckon he just wishes it would go away.
But I do seriously wonder what people expect someone like Eccleston to say when he's asked about other actors taking a part that he decided to leave. Even if he did watch it and didn't like them, is he really likely to say it and risk looking critical of a fellow actor?
Sometimes an actor takes a job on a show like Doctor Who, and realises it's something they'll have to embrace forever. Sometimes an actor takes the same gig, and it's just that - a paid gig - and feels bemused by the attention that comes afterwards. It's just about how you see the role and what it means to you.
Absolutely. It's just hard to believe that a very intelligent guy like Eccleston didn't realise what he was letting himself in for when he took the part. I'm sure the cult status of the show and the obsession of the fans has put off many great actors from taking the part over the years.
I'm pretty sure Tennant said he still watches, but he always was a fan, first and foremost.
Unlike 10/11 where there are pictures of the two on set together, filming the regeneration scene.
CE is reputed to be a somewhat focussed and professional performer which makes him something of a delight for directors to work with - turns in high quality work quickly.
I suspect that CE got quite impatient and frustrated with the amount of queeny production infighting taking place, as numerous DW fanboys verbally slap each other silly about trivial matters ("No, the Doctor should hold his screwdriver with two fingers and a thumb, he would never use three!").
It's been alluded to that he didn't get on with another member of the onscreen 'talent' due to their lack of professionalism; the same person that did something incredibly inappropriate on location for another production which resulted in a formal complaint by an individual not involved in the production and would have resulted in the 'talent's' immediate dismissal by any other organisation.
There was two months between filming Eccleston's side, and Tennants (Feb/Apr '05).
While CE and DT have worked together before (Jude), the closest link anywhere else one can find between them is that both are close friends with David Morrisey. Doesn't mean that much though.
Whatever the reasons for Eccleston's departure, he's maintained a reasonable silence on the matter, and that should be applauded. And if he's now willing to come back, then yah, let's all be happy for that, because he was ...fantastic.
I think Euros Lyn was supposed to have been one of them.
Yes, he commented on Matt's performance in 2010.
David Tennant mentioned in an interview that he and Eccleston had had the same accent coach, when he was doing his American pilot a couple of years ago, and that they had some tea together. I got the impression it was the first time they'd met since Jude.