It’s safe to say that you could almost hear the entire nations collective jaw drop after the shocking reveal of John Hurt (ALIEN, HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHERS STONE) at the end of the most recent series of DOCTOR WHO earlier this year. The episode abruptly ended with the words ‘Introducing John Hurt as the Doctor’ and his role has been shrouded in secrecy ever since. It’s only the past week or so that we have started to get some information on his mystery incarnation of the character currently played by Matt Smith.
A special minisode released late last week revealed that John Hurt is in fact the Doctor that followed Paul McGann’s eighth version of the time lord. The special surprise prequel to this Saturday’s 50th anniversary episode finally showed fans McGann’s regeneration sequence which transformed him into John Hurt. Now Hurt has been chatting about his role and even states that it’s one of the hardest he has had, check out the interview below:
“It was one of the toughest parts I have had to learn, as difficult as anything I have done. There is a lot of quasi-scientific nonsense which doesn’t stay in your head that easily and that meant entire weekends spent on solid learning’. I remember Matt said I’d have to give my life over to it because there is a lot of learning and very little time to shoot. You have three people playing one person. It’s the holy trinity. The War Doctor is not as quicksilver as the Matt and Davids of this world because he comes from a very different place. He is a little stiller and more reflective – a little more world-weary”.
“One of my agents didn’t reckon Doctor Who, but I said wait a minute, it sounds intriguing. It sounds like an event. I’m very aware how important these things are to fans. For some people the show is their entire life”.
Hurt seems very excited and humble to be part of the gargantuan franchise that is DOCTOR WHO, which makes me all the more giddy at the prospect of him playing a darker version of the character we have all come to know and love.
Source: The Daily Mail
