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>> According to Doctor Who casting director Andy Pryor, the backlash to
>> the series’ race-swapping of real-world historical figure Sir Isaac
>> Newton has nothing to do with historical accuracy or a growing
>> exhaustion with identity-politics, but is instead based solely in –
>> you guessed it – viewers’ own racist attitudes.
>>
>> Taking place in Wild Blue Yonder, the second of three new Doctor Who
>> holiday specials helmed by returning showrunner Russell T Davies’ and
>> produced in honor of the series’ 60th anniversary, the historical
>> revisionism in question saw the real-world English physicist brought
>> to life by half-Indian The Witcher: Blood Origin actor Nathaniel
>> Curtis, in doing so portraying him not as the white man he provably
>> was, but rather as someone of an unspecified ethnic descent (despite
>> his actor’s noted heritage, the episode never specifically addresses
>> the background of its race-swapped Newton).
>>
>> Following the special’s premiere, Pryor provided insight into his
>> subversive casting decision during an interview with Digital Spy’s
>> David Opie.
>>
>> First broaching the topic after being met with praise from Opie for
>> how well he was able to keep Curtis’ appearance a secret, the casting
>> director explained, “Because it’s a brief but important moment, you
>> can get an actor in and out quite quickly, with parts like that.”
>>
>> “That was Russell’s idea, actually,” Pryor added. “We had talked about
>> trying to get Nathaniel in the show at some point and I think it’s a
>> sort of rather cheeky, but fun interpretation of Isaac Newton. You
>> know, it’s not a historical drama [Laughs]. Let’s just have some fun
>> with it.”
>>
>> “Nathaniel was very game,” he further recalled. “He’s a fan of the
>> show. Such a lovely guy, and he had a great time.”
>>
>> From there, Opie then turned their discussion to how “there’s been
>> backlash from so-called ‘fans’ of Doctor Who in regard to these
>> particular castings, that they’re too ‘woke’, for want of a better
>> word,” subsequently asking the casting director, “You’ve engaged a bit
>> with this discussion online, but I wondered if you had anything else
>> to add on this response to castings such as these?”
>>
>> In turn, Pryor asserted, “It’s sad that we’re in a time where people
>> villainise minorities.”
>>
>> “This sort of chatter, I’m very good at kind of tuning it out,” he
>> told his host. “And I’m also very, very happy to block people on
>> Twitter. I don’t really have any time for bigotry at all.”
>>
>> Proceeding to broaden his argument, Pryor continued, “It then becomes
>> even more important to give people a voice and for people to be
>> represented, especially for young people growing up who might be trans
>> or from any minority. If they can see themselves on screen, then that
>> can be a huge lifeline for some people. That can make them feel part
>> of the world, which indeed they are.”
>>
>> “Social media is a bit of a dangerous place because I think people get
>> sucked into saying things that I don’t know that they truly believe?”
>> he questioned. “It just becomes a game for them. Unfortunately, real
>> life isn’t a game, and I think it’s important to stand up for people
>> who are marginalised.”
>>
>> Pryor then declared, “Growing up as a gay man, I’m as aware as anybody
>> else of how this stuff makes you feel when you see it. How that
>> negativity can affect you. I don’t really think anyone should have to
>> go through that.”
>>
>> “It’s an important thing for me,” he said. “It’s an important thing
>> for Russell and the whole Doctor Who team.There are so many ways of
>> telling a story and the more you can introduce other ideas and other
>> kinds of people, the more exciting it is.”
>>
>> Receiving subsequent praise from Opie regarding how the “show has
>> always been forward-thinking and progressive in that way, so it’s
>> really nice that in 2023, Doctor Who can embody that now more than
>> ever,” Pryor ultimately concluded, “It always has been a show about
>> people ‘outside of the norm’. From day one, really. So, we’re just
>> carrying that tradition on in a more modern way.”
>
>He sounds really gay.
Who? RTD?
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