Из интервью Чибнелла.
Про подписание:
It was a long process of their wooing and me resisting for quite a while.
It is a big commitment and a big job. It will take over my life and my family’s life.
I thought I’ve done the big show of my career and I might just write small little pieces for TV, quietly noodling away in my house.
Then the BBC offered me all of time and space and that’s a very hard offer to turn down in the end.
Про кастинг Доктора:
It is too early for me to say anything – anything I say to you will be a global news headline even if I say one word!
Processes are hard to describe. As soon as you start to describe them they can sound quite stark and that can come back to bite you.
That’s why I am hesitant to talk about the process. It is always surprising and a little bit magical and there is just an alchemy that happens.
Whatever preconceptions you go in with you will probably have them challenged and changed.
The moment of casting that you look forward to most is when a person walks into a room and just knocks you off your feet and it is always surprising.
I have ideas for what I want to do then we will go out and find a person who would match that.
People love actors and people turn on shows for actors.
So you want to find an actor who people are going to be interested in and delighted and intrigued by in that role.
The joy of the casting process is that often the first people you have in your mind are not necessarily the people you end up getting and then you can’t imagine once you start working with them anybody else doing it.
Про работу в команде:
I really like that and in some ways it is less pressure than writing eight hours by yourself.
It will be a very different process and experience in every way and in the end that turned out to one of the appeals of the job.