Due to be screened in June, it tells the story of Lennon from Beatlemania to his flight to a new life with Yoko in New York in 1971. On 9 August 2020, it was announced that Eccleston would reprise his role of the Ninth Doctor in audio dramas for Big Finish Productions, across four boxsets to be released between May 2021 and February 2022. This would be the first time he had portrayed the role in 16 years. [27] Eccleston was later confirmed to appear in a further four boxsets, releasing in 2022 and 2023, [28] as well as an episode of the 60th anniversary audio series Once and Future. [29] He has said that it is unlikely that he will reprise the role on television as his relationship with the BBC "has not healed". [30] Later work (2005–present) [ edit ] Eccleston at the premiere of Thor: The Dark World in 2013 Perraudin, Frances (16 September 2019). "Christopher Eccleston reveals he is 'lifelong anorexic' ". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 June 2023 . Retrieved 15 September 2023.

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Naoko Mori has confessed that she got drunk to film all the nude scenes in this movie. "I can"t really remember much of that day. Maybe it was the half bottle of tequila. I've always sworn I'd never do nudity on screen." [6] Reception [ edit ]FORMER Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston revealed all about filming nude scenes for new TV drama Lennon Naked. At home with Christopher Eccleston". salfordstar.blogspot.com. 11 August 2006. Archived from the original on 1 November 2008 . Retrieved 12 December 2008. Lee Ingleby on new drama Innocent and the future of the a Word". Archived from the original on 31 July 2018 . Retrieved 31 July 2018. Our ability as human beings to deny the truth even though it's right in front of us. A character with religious certainty or any other kind of certainty is always going to be a very dramatic character because they are forever hitting obstacles.

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Following his departure, Eccleston was replaced by David Tennant, who played the Tenth Doctor from 2005 to 2010.Everything is to be gained from it in terms of cultural exchange, in terms of location. You cannot go into other people's country and expect to work the way you do in your country. It's like going into somebody's home. Much has been written about the anti-Yoko sentiment in the UK, and the fans who blamed her for breaking up the band, but the film looks sympathetically on her plight as a Japanese woman in post-war UK, and shows the natural love between her and John. Christopher said: “There is a fantastic out take where I jump into the pool, enter the water and my wig stays on the surface. I think John Lennon, had he directed this film, would have kept that in.” I always say this: We're guests. If they do different shooting hours, we cannot impose. Obviously, there are all kinds of implications for that, politically and culturally and spiritually. It's like the World Cup of football is played in a different country every four years, and that's what makes it a world game, I think. Everything is to be gained from it. Todd VanDerWerff On 7 November 2008, at the National Theatre to promote his book The Writer's Tale, Doctor Who writer Russell T Davies said that Eccleston's contract was for a single year because it was uncertain whether the show would continue beyond a single revival series. In retrospect, he says, it has been an enormous success, but at the time there were doubts within the BBC. [ citation needed] Eccleston was voted "Most Popular Actor" at the 2005 National Television Awards for his portrayal of the Doctor. [20]

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It features a scene where the drug-taking star steps fully clothed into the swimming pool at his luxury mansion after meeting French film star Brigitte Bardot.Opening up about his departure in 2010, Eccleston saidthat he“didn’t enjoy the environment and the culture that we, the cast and crew, had to work in…I thought if I stay in this job, I’m going to have to blind myself to certain things that I thought were wrong.” Nancy Tartaglione (7 October 2014). "Christopher Eccleston To Guard ITV's 'Safe House' ". Deadline.

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Hoggard, Liz (20 March 2005). "Doctor in the house". The Observer. Archived from the original on 6 August 2006 . Retrieved 15 September 2023. I think he's angry at God from day one, Matt, but he denies it. He turns the anger into worship.” Christopher Eccleston I talked with Eccleston a few days before the episode’s debut about Matt’s evolution, filming on a boat in Australia during the country’s winter, and what happens when a lion roars right in your face. He was transformed into John Lennon for the BBC4 film with the help of a wig and a voice coach to capture the Liverpool accent. Christopher Eccleston in conversation". National Theatre. 2012. Archived from the original on 6 April 2013 . Retrieved 8 December 2012. Question: Who had the most profound effect on your life, and what advice would you give to your son Albert? Eccleston: My mother and father, definitely, I had an incredibly happy childhood and loving and supportive parents, everything I've achieved in life is down to – getting a bit emotional here! – the start they gave me in life, without a doubt. My advice to Albert would be to try and get himself parents like I had. He's done it, he's got a mum like my mum.

When you first got the script for episode five, talk me through the process of reading that script and being like, "We're going to do that?" Christopher Eccleston As you come out of episode five, do you think Matt still has some faith, and it’s just been tempered? Christopher Eccleston