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03 Nov

Why David Tennant Lost Hannibal Role According to Bryan Fuller

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Bryan Fuller has been looking back at the past and discussing the future of Hannibal in a huge new interview. The NBC series, which focused on stories from Thomas Harris’ bestselling Hannibal Lecter books, was cancelled in 2015 before we could see the events of Silence of the Lambs play out Fuller-style, but it still has a thriving fan base who would love to see star Mads Mikkelsen and the rest of the cast return for Season 4. In conversation with Rolling Stone, Fuller opened up about the difficult process of casting Mikkelsen as the insidious and methodical Lecter, and…

17 Sep

Dennis ‘Des’ Nilsen is Far From David Tennant’s First Psychopath Role

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David Tennant’s transformation into serial killer Dennis Nilsen for ITV’s Des was unsettlingly convincing. It wasn’t just the physical resemblance, though under that hairstyle and behind those 1980s glasses frames, the similarity was remarkable. It was also the posture, the unwavering eye contact, and the voice; mumbling and unconcerned, listing the terrible details of Nilsen’s crimes as if reciting a recipe instead of multiple brutal murders. As Nilsen, Tennant pulled off what every actor hopes to in a real-life role – a disappearing trick. He slid clean inside the role, leaving no trace of The Doctor, or Simon from There She Goes, or the demon…

14 Sep

Des Episode 1 Review: David Tennant is Scarily Good as Real-Life Serial Killer

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This Des episode one review contains spoilers. ITV must be feeling confident about the nation’s emotional resilience. While other channels are scheduling there-there comfort shows to hug us through These Unprecedented Times (there’s a new James Herriot on 5, and the BBC has just finished series four of Strike – a murder show, yes, but one overwhelmingly focussed on the immediate and pressing need for its two comely leads to start boning), ITV brings us the true crime tale of serial killer Dennis Nilsen. From Monday to Wednesday, ITV’s bedtime story will be about decomposing corpses, boiled human heads and a psyche…

09 Jul

David Tennant on There She Goes: ‘Parenting is Often Sentimentalised’

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When the first series of Shaun Pye and Sarah Crawford’s autobiographically inspired comedy-drama aired, they were prepared for a mixed reaction. Their dramatisation of life raising a severely learning disabled child would likely shock, cause discomfort, and – in these furious days of gladiatorial online parenting forums – almost certainly provoke judgment and criticism. What they weren’t necessarily expecting were stories about poo. “The most common reaction from parents or siblings with a child similar to Jo [Sarah and Simon’s learning disabled daughter on whom the character of Rosie, played by Miley Locke, is based] is they’ll come up and…

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Why David Tennant Lost Hannibal Role According to Bryan Fuller

Dennis ‘Des’ Nilsen is Far From David Tennant’s First Psychopath Role

Des Episode 1 Review: David Tennant is Scarily Good as Real-Life Serial Killer

David Tennant on There She Goes: ‘Parenting is Often Sentimentalised’

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