Ncuti Gatva: actor nominated for next star Doctor
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Actor Ncuti Gatwa will replace Jody Whitaker as the star of Doctor Who, reports the news. The 29-year-old will become the 14th-time king in the popular sci-fi series and the first black man to play a significant role.
Rwanda-born Scottish actor Gatwa is best known for his roles in the Netflix sex education sitcom. He told News: "The feeling is incredible. What an honor. This role is institutional and very iconic."
On the red carpet beforehand of Sunday's Bafta TV Awards ceremony, where she was nominated for sex education, Gatva said the Doctor's role "means a lot to many people, including me."
He added: "I am very grateful to have given up the baton, and I will do my best."
Gatva will make his Time Lord debut in 2023. Showrunner Russell T. Davis says Gatva impressed him with his "fiery" audition.
"It was our last audition. It was our last," said the writer-producer. "We thought we had someone, and then he came and stole it. The actor was nominated for Bafta for Best Actor in a Comedy Program three years in a row for his role as Eric in Sexual Education.
In addition to being nominated, he presented the Bafta award for Best Comedy Screenplay at the Sunday ceremony and received a standing ovation when he took the stage.
Ncuti Gatva is a brilliant choice for the role. Thanks to Netflix's sex education, he is very popular with viewers in their late teens and twenties. He has over 2.5 million followers on Instagram, and that number is likely to grow even further after today's announcement.
Like many other programs, Dr. Yang wants to win back some younger viewers, so interest from someone like him would help.
This is not to overlook that he is a very talented young actor. He is brilliant. She's been nominated for Bafta for all three sex education series, so she wasn't chosen just because she could contribute to the demographics.
That's a double bonus because he can bring that demographic and, in theory, present himself seriously as a Doctor.
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