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Post by pupdurcs on Mar 15, 2024 22:43:15 GMT
There's a growing argument/belief that he's the best Shakespearean actor of his generation, which is putting him in Mark Rylance territory. Like Rylance, he also can be argued to be the best stage actor of his generation, full stop He's just recieved an Olivier Award nomination (his 3rd) for his stage performance of Macbeth, managing to outshine Ralph Fiennes, who made the schoolboy error of staging his own version of Macbeth at the same time.
Tennant has won the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actor In A Play for Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing and Richard II . He's won this Best Actor Award 4 times, including for his non-Shakepeare performance in Patrick Marber's Don Juan In Soho.
A major screen actor ( mostly on TV though, and not yet a major film actor for some reason), he had delivered some indelible performances on television, notably on Broadchurch, Doctor Who, Jessica Jones, Good Omens, Des.
He's an Emmy & BAFTA winner for his television performances, and the breadth and range of his TV work is undeniable. At this point, he has to be considered one of the best actors in the world. I feel like the only thing holding him back is lack of a significant film career, which baffles me, because he gets some of the best TV projects around and is extremely popular in that space, so you'd expect that to translate to some juicy film roles/offers.
I wonder if it's because he gets offered great leads on stage and TV, but is maybe offered less fulfilling supporting or character roles on film? Maybe he'd rather be a leading man on stage and TV than a character actor on film. Whatever the reason, I expect him to follow in Rylance's footsteps and one day win an Oscar.
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Post by stephen on Mar 15, 2024 23:01:02 GMT
He's awful -- and I mean awful -- in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, but most of his other work has been pretty sterling. I still maintain his defining performance is in Des as real-life serial killer Dennis Nilsen. It's a hall-of-fame true-crime performance that stacks up nicely with Attenborough's Christie and Rooker's Henry.
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Post by pupdurcs on Mar 15, 2024 23:03:39 GMT
I also love the friendship between Tennant and Michael Sheen. It very much mirrors ( for a slightly younger generation) the relationship between Ian Mckellen and Patrick Stewart...two nearly equally matched/talented performers who like to hang out and work together. Pretty sure they'll both be offered knighthoods as well.
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Post by pupdurcs on Mar 15, 2024 23:10:09 GMT
He's awful -- and I mean awful -- in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, but most of his other work has been pretty sterling. I still maintain his defining performance is in Des as real-life serial killer Dennis Nilsen. It's a hall-of-fame true-crime performance that stacks up nicely with Attenborough's Christie and Rooker's Henry. Do you think he can/will follow in Mark Rylance's footsteps to gain a more significant film career and one day claim an Oscar? I feel like there is something to my theory that he'd rather be lead in quality stage and TV, than a character actor in movies |
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Post by stephen on Mar 15, 2024 23:15:24 GMT
He's awful -- and I mean awful -- in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, but most of his other work has been pretty sterling. I still maintain his defining performance is in Des as real-life serial killer Dennis Nilsen. It's a hall-of-fame true-crime performance that stacks up nicely with Attenborough's Christie and Rooker's Henry. Do you think he can/will follow in Mark Rylance's footsteps to gain a more significant film career and one day claim an Oscar? I feel like there is something to my theory that he'd rather be lead in quality stage and TV, than a character actor in movies It's possible -- he's not yet built up the mystique and stage cred that Rylance has, but he's still got time. And he's shown himself willing to branch out into different media and not get pigeonholed. Doctor Who could've easily boxed him in and typecast him, but he's managed to avoid that and show versatility in different genres with different characters. He's certainly someone I could see get an Oscar breakthrough with the right role at the right time. |
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Post by pupdurcs on Mar 15, 2024 23:29:00 GMT
Do you think he can/will follow in Mark Rylance's footsteps to gain a more significant film career and one day claim an Oscar? I feel like there is something to my theory that he'd rather be lead in quality stage and TV, than a character actor in movies It's possible -- he's not yet built up the mystique and stage cred that Rylance has, but he's got time. I feel Rylance managed that by transferring almost every successful show he did in the UK to New York/Broadway and cleaning up at the Tonys multiple times in the process. Tennant rarely does transfers. I think he's only performed on stage in New York once, and he's done loads of plays. Maybe Tennant should take his Macbeth to Broadway. Try to pick up his first Tony. |
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Post by futuretrunks on Mar 15, 2024 23:57:46 GMT
He's excellent in Broadchurch and Jessica Jones. His film career feels extremely negligible.
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Post by pupdurcs on Mar 16, 2024 0:08:42 GMT
He's excellent in Broadchurch and Jessica Jones. His film career feels extremely negligible. His movie career is negligible. But that has to be by choice, because there's no way someone as popular, acclaimed and successful as him on stage and TV, isn't getting offered roles in big movies. Maybe not leads, and again, that may be why he doesn't seem interested in doing movies. But I'm sure he could book a lead role in a quality indie movie with a well regarded auteur, if he tried hard enough. But again, he probably doesn't want to get paid scale for an indie film, when he earns millions for TV. I think he likes being a "star". He doesn't seem like he'd be happy playing support to the likes of DiCaprio or Hanks in Hollywood movies, like Rylance does. Tennant is also naturally funny, so I can see Hollywood (on the film side) trying to turn him into some comic relief sidekick....and probably, so can he. Anyway, here is an interesting Twitter thread on the nature of Tennant's stardom. |
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Post by futuretrunks on Mar 16, 2024 0:51:02 GMT
I'd include Kristen Bell and Ted Danson in that convo.
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Post by pupdurcs on Mar 16, 2024 1:02:14 GMT
I'd include Kristen Bell and Ted Danson in that convo. Both Bell and Danson have had way more significant movie careers than Tennant though. Even though their bread and butter is TV. Tennant feels quite rare in that he's almost got the fame and respect of a movie star, without really having a movie career of note. Maybe because he does so many different roles on TV and stage, that he's not pigeonholed for one or two roles like most huge TV stars ( think Jon Hamm for Mad Men or James Gandolfini for The Sopranos). |
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Mar 16, 2024 2:41:07 GMT
Tennant is also pretty obviously willing to do American productions too, as seen by the fact that he played Kilgrave in Jessica Jones, and is the new voice of Scrooge McDuck.
Perhaps he's not been offered scripts that are of his liking. The last major narrative film he was in was Mary, Queen of Scots, which was all the way back in 2018.
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Post by pupdurcs on Mar 16, 2024 7:29:00 GMT
Tennant is also pretty obviously willing to do American productions too, as seen by the fact that he played Kilgrave in Jessica Jones, and is the new voice of Scrooge McDuck. Perhaps he's not been offered scripts that are of his liking. The last major narrative film he was in was Mary, Queen of Scots, which was all the way back in 2018. And I feel like he only did Mary Queen Of Scots out of some sense of Scottish pride or duty  . You may have a point. He's probably been offered some roles/scripts in film that he just found rubbish or insulting, and decided to stick to the TV space and stage. I mean, it's worked out pretty well for him. As I said, he's so well known and does so many different prestigious roles and projects that he almost feels like a movie star, even though he clearly isn't. |
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