有关第八季master演员的推测
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http://whatculture.com/tv/doctor-series-8-10-actors-play-master.php#DFXxJeMEGC3MCKME.99Doctor Who Series 8: 10 Actors Who Could Play The Master
by William Sterling
Well, the cat is officially out of the bag. Former 7th Doctor Sylvester McCoy himself announced, at Newcastle’s Film and Comic Con this past weekend, that the Master will make his triumphant return in Series 8 of Doctor Who. He says he knows who’s playing the role, but mum’s the word from him. So, does he REALLY know the identity of the, likely, soon to be announced actor, or is he just stirring up the controversy pot at the request (or permission) of the intensely secretive (and misleading) Steven Moffat?
According to McCoy, this time around the character will be “very, very scary”. Whatever that means. “Aah” and “Boo” and a lot of “creeeeeeepy”. But hasn’t that sort of been his M.O. since Davies reboot of him only a few years back? John Simm did a great job with the character and helped evolve him more into an eerily tormented and sinister monster from the more classically mischievous, but often foolish, Anthony Ainley type.
Given that it seems the actor has already been cast, the following stands as fun speculation, both practical and an outlandish wishlist of actors who could (or should) play the part. And no, Eric Roberts, in some sort of revival of the part, is not on this list. I know, I know, a shame. He was your dream choice all along.
Allons-y!
10. Steve John Shepherd
We’ll get this guy out of the way right off the bat. Currently, the rumor mill is swirling most about him being cast in the part. After posting some vague picture of himself standing near the ocean, coincidentally just after McCoy’s announcement, people have run with the theory that he’s the man for the job. I guess any time someone posts obscure images of themselves standing in exotic locations looking aloof and it happens RIGHT ON THE HEELS of a former Doctor actor making a statement…it means they’re bound to end up on the show.
Considering that’s enough of an argument to hold a little water (except not really), it doesn’t seem far fetched really (yes it does). The former EastEnders actor has a huge following all of his own and many of his fans have lobbied Who’s writers with pictures and posters of the actor in the hypothetical role of the Master. He certainly has a bit of a throwback look to him, something a bit more classic, and is a far cry to Simm’s past appearance, especially in his weird beach photo. And now that we know Series 8 will be more of a throwback to classic Who stories, Shepherd’s appearance fits alongside Capaldi’s. And teaming a slightly younger Master to a slightly older Doctor could make for a great rapport.
So take throwback looks and stories and tie them with a “very, very scary” performance and voila! You’ve got a Moffat style Master.
9. Paterson Joseph
Continuing on the practical train, Joseph tested well for the role of the Doctor alongside Matt Smith a few years back. Take that knowledge along with author Neil Gaiman stating that they did, in fact, approach a black actor to play the role this time around but he declined, and you’ve got another potential candidate for the role of his nemesis.
Is it likely an actor they potentially approached to play the Doctor himself, which he turned down, would then turn around and play the character’s villain? Unlikely. But the interwebs sure does love to speculate. And the show has, aside from Mickey Smith, Martha Jones, and the recently cast Sam Anderson as Danny Pink in series 8, for the most part, lacked color. I think it’s high time they broke that trend and started embracing some change.
Joseph has had a long career and it’s safe to assume that anyone who tests well to play the Doctor might not have such a hard time turning that character on its head in order to play its antithesis. He’s even recently said he’s a little glad he wasn’t cast in the titular role as it would mean the inevitable fame and the inability to walk down a street without being recognized. Now he doesn’t have to deal with that and is allowed to live in anonymity. However, even though he may have turned down the role of the hero in order to avoid the fame, playing the role of the Master wouldn’t be too thin of a theory since it means a significant part on a significant show without the droves of public recognizing you. Maybe it was all part of his plan?
8.Idris Elba
Because why not?
Even if you’ve only seen ten minutes of Luther you know tha Idris Elba is a forced to be reckoned with. I mean, he cancelled the apocalypse for God’s sake. If he can do that, surely he could change his mind and play a character who brings about the end of days instead.
As mentioned up top, the wishlist of who SHOULD play the Master could go on forever. And it fills me with a lot of girlish “SQUEE!” to think of Elba going toe to toe with all of space and time’s greatest hero. As an actor he’s incredibly intense and very, very powerful. Any frame of film (or frame of…digital?) containing him just vibrates with awesomeness. It’s impossible to take your eyes off of him. And since he’s been playing good guys for the past several years, and recently the ultimate good guy as Nelson Mandela, why not change things up and play a bad guy? That’s what all actors do when they’re afraid of being typecast right? They play crazy people! “See? I’m not one note. I can do bad all by myself!” (A Film by Tyler Perry)
What’s so impossible about a currently in demand movie star making the move back to TV when he’s probably worked so hard to get out of it? Exactly. But in the immortal words of the Andrew’s Sisters, “I can dream, can’t I?”
7. Benedict Cumberbatch
Talk about the girlish “SQUEE!” heard round the world. If I had a nickel for the amount of times I’ve listened to people say they wanted this man in the lead role, I’d be rich. Once they announced Capaldi and all of those SQUEE’ers wept, they shifted their hopes and dreams onto him playing the Master instead. And while it’s wildly impractical, no one can deny that he’d make a damn fine bad guy, let alone one of pop culture’s greatest villains ever.
Considering how popular Moffat’s other series, Sherlock, is, fans have been clamoring for a crossover. And while the idea of Sherlock and the Doctor teaming up to solve a case is so incredible it could end the world, it’s very unlikely. One exists in reality and the other exists in…all the rest of it. Though, if Cumberbatch could clear a few weeks on his schedule, it’s not impossible to think he could play the Master. And boy could he play it.
Though some had issue with (spoilers) the re-hashing of the Khan storyline in J.J. Abrams’ second Star Trek, it’s undeniable what a hauntingly moving and villainous character he’s capable of portraying. Transpose that onto a timelord who despises his counterpart and feels betrayed by his people and you’ve got a recipe for a great Master.
6. Andrew Scott
Let’s keep this Sherlock/Who crossover train going, shall we? Andrew Scott could essentially just play the exact same character as he does with Moriarty, change the name to “the Master”, and call it a day. When I first saw him on Sherlock I couldn’t help but think how much he reminded by of John Simm’s Master, a villain who was primarily interested in the joy, mayhem, and insanity that comes from causing other people incredible amounts of pain and anguish, especially your arch nemesis.
Of course I wouldn’t want him simply to copy his performance from Sherlock, but part of me wonders if Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss intended Scott’s Moriarty to be Master-like. At the time Moffat’s Who stories had no intention of getting to the Doctor’s rival and every story teller needs an outlet for their crazy people characters.
If we were casting the Master based on wicked insanity alone, Adam Scott would take the cake. When I think, “very, very scary”, this is the type of character that comes to mind. Wait a minute…maybe this has been the plan all along. Maybe this is the ultimate twist…Moriarty IS the Master. Einhorn IS Finkel. FINKEL IS EINHORN!
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