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Ryan Gosling brands Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor Who casting ‘the most exciting thing that’s happening right now’-Emily Bashforth-Entertainment – Metro
He’s totally here for it.
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Ryan Gosling is totally here for Ncuti Gatwa playing Doctor Who.
The Hollywood star recently bonded with the Sex Education actor while working on the new Barbie movie together, and we’ve decided they’re the duo we didn’t know we needed.
Fans were thrilled when Ncuti was revealed as the next Doctor earlier this year, as he’s set to take over from Jodie Whittaker when she bows out as Thirteen this autumn.
Someone else who can hardly contain their excitement is co-star Ryan, who branded the Netflix star ‘the coolest’.
Chatting with Alex Scott and Roman Kemp on The One Show on Tuesday, the Canadian was quick to big Ncuti up and couldn’t speak highly enough of him.
‘I am such a big fan of Ncuti’s, he the coolest,’ he began.
Everyone is totally hyped for Ncuti to play the Doctor (Picture: WireImage)
‘Him playing Doctor Who is the most exciting thing that’s happening right now. I’m here for it’ – so are we, Ryan, so are we.
This isn’t the first time Ryan has proven himself to be a big Ncuti fan, as the 41-year-old was pictured proudly donning a graphic tee with Ncuti’s face on while on set for Barbie.
However, Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davis joked that he was going to ‘sue’ the actor, sharing his surprise in an Instagram post and issuing him a warning in the process.
‘This is, genuinely, Ryan Gosling wearing a t-shirt of Ncuti Gatwa as Doctor Who,’ he wrote.
‘We’re suing him, of course. Illegal merch.’
It seems Ryan is Ncuti’s number one fan – and we can’t say we blame him (Picture: Instagram)
Ncuti himself, on the other hand, was absolutely living for the moment and shared a photo of ‘King’ Ryan in the shirt.
‘Dolls supporting Doctors,’ he penned.
‘As if I couldn’t love him anymore,’ he added.
Details of the Doctor’s regeneration and Ncuti’s debut are being kept firmly under wraps for now, but there’s much speculation about how it will happen, and indeed who his companions could be.
In fact, screenwriter Russell said keeping Ncuti’s casting a secret was a ‘spectacular operation’, and the reveal took ‘a hell of a lot of planning’.
‘The fact that we had to do all this in secret meant we were
rattling with tension,’ he said in the Production Notes column of the Doctor Who magazine.
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‘Not only had Ncuti’s name not been leaked, but he hadn’t even been
guessed. His casting had been locked away, since February, with all of
us worrying that it would be spoiled, any day now.
‘But it worked. It absolutely worked.’
We’ll get to see Ncuti in action as the Time Lord on BBC later this year, with the Barbie movie – also starring Margot Robbie in the titular role, and Sex Ed pal Emma Mackey – slated for release next year.
The One Show airs at 7pm, weeknights on BBC One.
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