Hugh Grant regrets turning down Doctor role?

[Abi]

Various online sources are reporting that actor Hugh Grant has expressed his regret at not taking on the role of the Doctor when the BBC Wales production team offered it to him on the off-chance back in 2004, as detailed in Russell T Davies's Doctor Who Magazine "Production Notes" column at the time.

"I was offered the role of The Doctor a few years back and was highly flattered," Grant is quoted as saying on SyFyPortal, amongst many other websites. "The danger with those things is that it's only when you see it on the screen that you think, 'Damn, that was good, why did I say no?'"

However, Grant added that he may yet appear in the series, and is apparently in discussions to guest star in an episode. "I'm in talks about a one-off role. I'd prefer to be a baddie. They're always much more fun to play."

Also reported at: ContactMusic, TeenTelevision and Bits of News.

It would not be the first link with the show for Grant - in 1999 he was one of the star names to play the Doctor in the Comic Relief TV spoof The Curse of Fatal Death, which was written by Steven Moffat.

Source: Outpost Gallifrey

[Luna]

ok hugh grant AND david tennent at the same time............how will i cope :wub:

[JustJodi]

oh my gosh,,, that would have been something,, a big screen actor taking on the infamous and legendary Dr Who :-D

[Jojo]

:hmm: After the previous portrayals of the Doctor and more recently Chris Ecclestone and David Tennant, I personally can't picture Hugh as the Doctor. He'll probably be great in a starring role, but I just can't see him in the Tardis.

[Katy]

no i cant em either, i mean i have only ever seen him being the posh idiot really, basically the same character he played in four weddings and a funeral, and Bridget Jones Diary. I cant see him as the doctor.

[Trinity]

I know the tardis is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside - however - the door is still a normal door size, right?

So how would he get his head through?

[Abi]

Apparently he is interested in playing a Cyberman.

We all know he can do wooden, but can he do Metallic?

:cool:

[DaVeyWaVey]

It'll be good for Hugh Grant to make an appearance, i can't imagine him playing the Doctor personally either.

[Gordy..//]

I know the tardis is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside - however - the door is still a normal door size, right?

So how would he get his head through?
That is a very very good question :rotfl:

[Meh]

Is there a role for Divine Brown?