Russell T. Davies on casting David Tennant, his return to Doctor Who and writing Torchwood | BAFTA
Writer and producer Russell T. Davies (Doctor Who, Torchwood, It's a Sin, Years and Years) rolls the BAFTA dice to break down some of the iconic characters he's created so far in his career. He discusses how he met and cast David Tennant as Casanova; vows to reunite with Eve Myles, who played Gwen Cooper; how perfect timing brought Ncuti Gatwa from Sex Education into the Whoniverse; and why it was so difficult to cast Stuart Jones in Queer as Folk, the role that eventually went to Aidan Gillan.
🎲 CHAPTERS 🎲
00:00 Intro
00:17 David Tennant as Casonova - Casanova
01:14 Ncuti Gatwa as The Doctor - Doctor Who
02:12 Helena Bonham Carter as Noele Gordon - Nolly
02:56 Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper - Torchwood
04:02 Callum Scott Howells as Colin Morris-Jones - It's a Sin
05:29 Aiden Gillan as Stuart Jones - Queer as Folk
06:35 On writing Chucklevision
07:20 The evolution of Russell's writing process
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