Talk:Christopher Eccleston
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If its true that Chris turned down the role of the Scarecrow in 'Batman Begins' do you think Christopher Nolan should pick him for the role of the Joker in the next Batman film? Chris was brilliant as Dr Who and I think he'd make a fantastic Joker.
Anyone else have any views?
- Do we have any policy yet on external links to fan sites? There are an awful lot turning up here. --OpenToppedBus - Talk 14:47, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)
I found Chris to be "FANTASTIC" as the Doctor. --Rachel Mules 00:46, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Doctor Who tenure
I've reverted User:Fatso the wombat's removal of the ambiguity of whether Eccleston was the shortest-serving Doctor or not. Although from an actor's standpoint, it's obvious that McGann's TV movie was less than Eccleston's 13-episode series, many Doctor Who fans did consider him the "current" Doctor from 1996 to 2005, which would make Eccleston the shortest-serving actor in the role. It depends on how you define "tenure" in the context of Doctor Who, and I think that the NPOV approach is to mention both interpretations. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 07:23, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
But this article is about Christopher Eccleston, not Doctor Who. It is therefore grossly unfair on Eccleston to suggest that he did less work, or had less screen-time, than McGann. As you so rightly say, from an actor's standpoint there is no doubt that Eccleston did far more, and this article is about him as an actor. Why should McGann even be mentioned at all, except perhaps in passing? TharkunColl 08:08, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
- Pursuing the question of screen time is futile, because to do this you would have to (for example) ignore the first 25 minutes (or whatever) of the 1996 Paul McGann TV Movie when counting McGann's contribution, then you would have to discount any scenes where he wasn't present, and even any shots he wasn't present in. ISTM that there are two ways to look at this - one is to count the time when the actor was considered the official Doctor by the BBC (hence you get huge reigns for McCoy and McGann; this is a slightly fannish approach. The other way (which is probably more appropriate to the general readership) is to look at the number of years during which original television stories featuring that actor were broadcast. I think that as this is an Eccleston article, the comment should be shortened, and I have done this. DavidFarmbrough 09:48, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
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- That's fair. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 16:15, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
Where do I go to talk about how much I hate him and teh BBC for quitting the role of Doctor Who?
You dont go anywhere. He only signed on for one year so he never actually quit.
[edit] Degree?
As far as I can find he studied at Salford Tech (before it was a University) and then the Central School of Speech and Drama [1] in London. See eg [2]. Were was his first from?Billlion 19:03, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Height?
How tall is he? He seems to tower over all his co-stars. --24.249.108.133 23:04, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
- His agent’s page lists him as being 6’ even (1.83m), so I've updated his height in the InfoBox to match that. He does tend to "look taller" than that on screen, which I believe is due to (a) many other actors being fairly short and (b) his lanky frame. Little Miss Might Be Wrong 23:19, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Photo dates
Some of those older photos of Mr. Eccleston really need to be dated. --24.249.108.133 23:05, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Joker on Film link dead
This link seems to be dead. Does anyone know another place we can cite? --GracieLizzie 19:20, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
- I don't, but do we really need to mention it? I don't really see how a role he was (apparently) considered for but lost out on is particularly notable. I'm not sure how reliable a source "Jokeronfilm.com" was even when it was up. If there was a behind-the-scenes book on Batman Begins that we could cite saying that he was a contender for the role of the Scarecrow, that would probably be better... but for now, my inclination is just to take the Batman line out completely. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 01:43, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
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- I don't mind but I do wonder if any outside fansites have sited this article as an source for this fact. I'll wait to see what others think but I wouldn't be that bothered if it was removed. --GracieLizzie 12:12, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
- Nothing's been said on this for a while and I agree with the reasoning above, I mean why list a role he was considered for but didn't get? Especially when you consider that through his career there's bound to have been quite a few times when that's happened. And on top of that the site it cites isn't there anymore. So I'm just going to go ahead and remove the line.Number36 22:59, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
- I don't mind but I do wonder if any outside fansites have sited this article as an source for this fact. I'll wait to see what others think but I wouldn't be that bothered if it was removed. --GracieLizzie 12:12, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Vandalism
Some one has heavily vandalised this page.80.41.13.35 20:07, 6 January 2007 (UTC) Never mind. Page was reverted.80.41.13.35 20:10, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
