David Tennant Offers Support For Actors Strike On Otherwise Circumspect NYCC Panel
deadline.comThey’re reading from the same script. Just like Ewan McGregor yesterday, Dr. Who alum David Tennant was very tight-lipped onstage at New York Comic-Con about anything having to do with struck work due to restrictions imposed by the ongoing actors strike.
The Scottish actor was making an appearance to talk up his career to fans; a tall feat nowadays for many thespians. When one fan screamed “Scrooge McDuck,” Tennant’s character from the 2022 Disney+ movie, Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers, he responded, “We’re not talking about Scrooge McDuck!
Come on SAG!” “Thank, God, for all that they do,” the actor added about his union and their continuing walkout. However, at one point in the panel, Tennant appeared to veer close to promotion when he fielded questions about the BBC pandemic series Staged.
The series followed Tennant and Michael Sheen as two actors whose West End play was put on hold because of Covid-19, but whose director has persuaded them to carry on rehearsing online. “The first one we made was on spec, just to see if it would work, because watching people on Zoom screens is not necessarily the most thrilling television,” he explained. “But we made one for ourselves and it sort of worked, and then the BBC saw it and thought, ‘Yeah.
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