ROGUE TRADER
JONATHAN GROFF HAS GOT THE GOODS
How are you finding being part of a British institution?
Oh my gosh, it’s totally surreal and incredible. I had heard of Doctor Who, I knew what it was before Russell asked me to do it, but I hadn’t seen an episode.
So he sent me six: the first one from 1963 and then several throughout the years to get educated on the institution of Doctor Who. So now that I’ve been fully educated, it means even more.
We’re going to need to know which episodes he sent you…
I can’t tell you. He sent me that first one. But I don’t want to blow up his spot.
So what did you think of “An Unearthly Child”?
I loved it. Knowing what Ncuti is bringing to this institution and his energy and who he is as a person, and who Russell is, and who Russell has represented to me as a young gay actor through the years – even in that first episode in 1963, there was something that felt alternative about it to me.