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Doctor Who Actors in Other Roles post

Jun 11, 2013 19:36

Karen Gillan, who is currently filming Guardians of the Galaxy, can be seen starring in the romcom Not Another Happy Ending. Trailer:

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Christopher Eccleston has been cast in pilot of new HBO series The Leftovers written by Damon Lindelof, which takes place in a post-Rapture world. He'll be playing an ex-Reverend who edits and publishes his own ( Read more... )

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stars_inthe_sky June 11 2013, 18:59:39 UTC

Eccleston's also in a movie coming out in the U.S. later this month: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1047011/

andystarr June 11 2013, 19:47:09 UTC

It's always nice to see Eccleston in a role where he isn't the bad guy or a guy where nothing but bad things happen to him. I wish he would do more roles like this.

akatsuki210 June 11 2013, 23:43:15 UTC

Another one: the actor who played Mickey had a small role in Star Trek: Into Darkness.

dontworrydear June 12 2013, 01:53:56 UTC

When I saw him I was like, "Wait... is that...? OMG LOOK THAT'S MICKEY!" I don't think the other theatre-goers were as enthusiastic.

He looks so grown-up. I was very impressed with his performance, tbh.

zion2122 June 12 2013, 02:57:21 UTC

That's so funny because I thought the same exact thing!

ejia_arath03 June 12 2013, 03:56:17 UTC

I had to do a double take to make sure the blonde actress playing the lieutenant wasn't actually Billie Piper, myself.

jackdavfan692 June 12 2013, 05:14:35 UTC

They didn't play major roles in DW (well, three of them kind of did), but a few actors who were in the show are now playing (or in the case of one, played) somewhat more leading roles in Game of Thrones :
-The actor who played the lead cleric in "The Time of Angels"/"Flesh And Stone" plays Sir Jorah.
-Liam Cunningham (the submarine captain in "Cold War") plays Sir Davos.
-Harry Lloyd (Baines/"Son of Mine" in "Human Nature"/"The Family of Blood") played Viserys Targaryen in the show's first season, and also played a younger version of Margaret Thatcher's husband in the film The Iron Lady.

-Thomas Sangster, who played Tim Latimer in the aforementioned New Who S3 story, has recently shown up as a traveling companion of Bran Stark's (the boy who's now paralyzed) who also has the ability to
see visions.

Others
-Paul McGann, a.k.a. the Eighth Doctor, has an at least recurring lead role in the show Luther (might be had by now, as I've fallen behind in keeping up with it ( ... )

bigbadwolfeboro June 17 2013, 17:17:49 UTC

Thanks for the update.