Happy Sunday. Just stopped by to say that on
@bbcdoctorwho
(or any of our work) we don’t work hard to cast inclusively for publicity. We do it because we like stories. & stories should speak to all of us & include all of us. And if one person feels a little less alone, then 👍🏼
Happy Sunday. Just stopped by to say that on
@bbcdoctorwho
(or any of our work) we don’t work hard to cast inclusively for publicity. We do it because we like stories. & stories should speak to all of us & include all of us. And if one person feels a little less alone, then 👍🏼
@brit_battleaxe
This pic of you doesn’t bother me one way or the other but it should probably make you have a little think before you post nonsense like this again.
Actors - thank you so much for all your self tapes over the last couple of years of this tomfoolery. Even though you might feel as if you’re shouting into the wind, your work is hugely appreciated 🙏🏼♥️
Another tweet re self tapes. Much discussion lately around them not being watched or considered. I watch every single one and so do my team
@beckyhope
&
@kristianwalll
, just in case any of us miss a trick. Every second actors put in to this process is hugely appreciated. 🙏🏼
If you watch the jungle show and think: oh that Matt Hancock is ok really, he seems like a decent bloke, humbled by his experiences etc. you’re not just part of the problem, you ARE the problem.
Still waiting to hear what the “LGB Alliance” are actually *doing* for LGB people. They show no sign of being anything other than a hateful, soulless bunch, dedicated to transphobia.
1/3 Actor friends; Much to say about the Deadline article but as I’ve said here before, we don’t need beautifully produced self tapes with expensive lighting & production values. We just want to see you doing what you do.
I’m not going to dignify any of the vile rhetoric by retweeting it but it really won’t end with them going after trans people. Solidarity with our trans sisters and brothers.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
So in February, about a week after we’d asked Ncuti to be our new
#DoctorWho
he & the gorgeous Nicola Coughlan gave me my
@cdgnews
award for
#ItsASin
- a perfect circle. We spent the evening trying not to look like we’d ever met before 😂 This man is just incredible. ♥️
@sophielouisecc
No it hasn’t. We are a united community. Stop with your ridiculous and hateful narrative. You don’t care about any of us. You just want to advance your career by being awful.
Positive tweet! I had a beaut of an evening w the gorgeous
@FreemaOfficial
after several years of just texts, FaceTimes etc. Back in the room together was just ♥️💋!
Coming in 2023:
#Nolly
By
#RussellTDavies
Helena Bonham Carter as Noele Gordon and the best ensemble cast (and I ♥️ an ensemble cast) since our last outing. This will be a treat.
3/3 Some basic advice, on the
@CDGNews
website will help. Advice put together by many experienced CDs. Please don’t spend money where you don’t need to. Every single self tape is HUGELY appreciated. No matter how it looks. 🙏🏼 ♥️
It’s been quite a ride, these last 18 years. What a privilege it is to work on this amazing show. And it’s about to get more exciting than ever!
#DoctorWho
@bbcdoctorwho
2/3 We are only looking at your acting and your best take on the scene(s). If you want a ring light, get one. I’ll just think “oh, she/he has a ring light. It won’t make your work better. But if it makes YOU feel better about it, do it.
Very sad news about Robbie Coltrane. I had the honour of being casting assistant on the first 2 series of Cracker, then many years later, I cast the final special. Robbie was an incredible man. RIP.
My dad, born in 1930. He left us in 2010. He adored my husband
@timboshanks
Here’s a pic of him in clothes I’d quite like to have now. Then, one of his last emails to me, ordering pics from our wedding. Kindness ♥️
I can’t articulate how I feel about where we are now nationally, politically, or culturally but
#BBC4
&
#CBBC
cut? So utterly depressing. Narrowing experience for everyone, young or old is at best depressing and at worst, terrifying.
The excuses today for the killers of
#BriannaGhey
“troubled kids, bad home lives” etc. make me SEETHE. The disrespect for a murdered teenager, who was loved & could have grown to be a wonderful woman. Here we are again. Bigots will be blocked.
#LGBTQ
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
Two for Season Two! ❤️❤️
Here's a first look behind Season Two as Varada Sethu joins the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday in the second season of
#DoctorWho
, airing in 2025.
*A One Show item introducing a new Nixon film*
Dan Stevens: “What you’ve got is a criminal for a leader who is wrapped in a messy war, embroiled in a stupid scandal and surrounded by ambitious idiots and really should resign … I’m sorry that’s the intro to Boris Johnson.”
BAFTA-winner Lenny Rush joins
#DoctorWho
- meet Morris!
Alongside Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson,
@mrlennyrush
plays Morris in the new series. Find out more here ➡️
I’d love to see a category for Casting at the
@OlivierAwards
It’s hard to imagine where theatre would be without the hard work and diligence of your CDs. It’s rather embarrassing for you that you don’t acknowledge them.
Yesterday I had a massive dogpile for posting in support of our trans sisters and brothers. It went on a bit. In the end I deleted some tweets because the abuse became quite tedious. So I’m just here to say: don’t be a bigoted dick.
The simple truth is that Brexit was the worst possible thing imaginable. Like gnawing your own limbs off. Like sitting in a vat of acid. Like asking a stranger to repeatedly slap your face.
Lengthy thread, sorry! 1/5 I've been pondering this. I am of course 100% behind any initiative that reduces the £££ that actors have to pay to have an industry presence. I am so sharply aware of how difficult it is to make a living as an actor.
🚨UPDATE: Spotlight🚨
Following our November Council meeting Equity’s new policy on Spotlight and casting directories has been announced
Check our website for full details ⬇️:
Happy Pride to all in Manchester, Cardiff and everywhere that’s celebrating. Sorry to hear about the terrible transphobes descending here & there but they can’t stop people being themselves and history won’t judge them well. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
#LGBWithTheT
Hi Jinkx! ♥️♥️➕ ⛈️
Award-winning actress, singer and two-time RuPaul’s Drag Race winner,
@JinkxMonsoon
will appear in a major role in the new series of
#DoctorWho
The snow defeated me on the trip to Sheffield yesterday to say goodbye to the kind, sweet Casting Director, David Martin. Life can be cruel and especially when it takes someone like David away from us. We need more Davids ♥️
What and when is going on here? 🎥
A first look at the Doctor and Ruby, as they arrive in the swinging 60s! Filming continues on the new series of
#DoctorWho
1/3. Another thread on this, sorry! I saw the new article today re self tapes (yes, another one.) A big advantage of
#selftaping
is that more actors’ work can be seen, often those that may have missed out on the process previously -
Lucky enough to have been in Paris for the weekend. We’ve used the metro more than ever. Several times a day. We’ve honestly only seen one person not wearing a mask. Just ONE. In 3 days. Last Tuesday on the tube in London, it was around 50% of “no respect for anyone”.