Doctor Who Heads for the Sexy 'St. Trinians'
Filed under: Comedy, Casting, Remakes and Sequels
Earlier this month, Jenni posted that St. Trinians -- that saucy, British bad girl/private school flick -- is getting a sequel called St. Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold. This time around, the girls find out that headmistress Fritton (Rupert Everett) is related to a famous pirate, so they set out on a hunt for buried treasure. With production just kicking off, Empire reports that their arch-nemesis has been found -- Doctor Who's David Tennant.But this is no cheery role for the Who actor. In a twist reminiscent of his stint in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Tennant will play a misogynist named Pomfrey, who is "part of a woman-hating secret society called AD1." Naturally, when tough high school girls set out to find pirate booty, who would they find but a jerky misogynist!?
I'm sure he'll get a good, fun beating from the ladies, but please -- can someone give the man something meatier? He's already proved his worth by taking over Who from the beloved Eccleston and wowing the pants off of most fans. That's no easy feat and proves that he's better than the evil thorn in the side of British private school students. Don't you agree?
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7-08-2009 @ 5:56AM
Lisa said...
I know I know
he was brilliant as the Doctor and Hamlet so it's disappointing but that's an actor's life - you can only do the next best thing or not work and Tennant's not going to take the second option!! workaholic that he is!
Inevitably after a couple of years of absolutely stellar work the next thing he does will be overscrutinised and critised but I for one am getting excited about going to see Tennant in 2 movies this year cos no matter how good or bad they are he'll be great in them !
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7-08-2009 @ 6:36PM
Disappointing said...
It's very disappointing to hear Mr. Tennant is going to be in such an awful movie for his first film after Dr Who. This is surely a bad career move as more serious directors and producers who are looking at him now for larger roles will walk away after seeing him in such garbage. I'm sure he has had better offers, but as we can see from his past exploits he likes cheese (Blackpool, Casanova) as much as meat. While he was good in those roles, and will be in this one, it would have been better for him to take a smaller part in a better film or even another stage production.
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