mizgnomer: Behind the Scenes of The Unicorn and the Wasp (Part Five)Excerpts from Jason Arnopp&rsquo

mizgnomer: Behind the Scenes of The Unicorn and the Wasp (Part Five)Excerpts from Jason Arnopp’s article in DWM 396:David’s favorite detective, we later learn, is Columbo. He’s shocked to hear that, when asked, none of his fellow cast members chose Peter Falk’s scruffy sleuth.“I thought everyone would say Columbo!” he frowns. “What did they choose?”Well, Tom Goodman-Hill (Reverend Golightly) and Leena Dhingra (Ms Chandrakala) voted for Sherlock Holmes. Felicity Jones went for Dick Tracey (”He has a good hat”), while Fenella Woolgar (Agatha Christie) understandably chose Joan Hicksons’ Miss Marple. Then there were some relatively obscure ones from novels.“Oh,” he chuckles, “they’re just trying to prove how bloomin’ exotic they are. It’s like those people who go on Desert Island Discs and choose all classical music, when actually all they’ve got at home is a few Beverley Craven albums. And there’s nothing wrong with a Beverley Craven album! But I’m sticking with Columbo - he’s just so cool.  A mind like a trap, hidden in a body like a dung-heap.  There’s also something quite Doctor-ish about him, so that’s probably why he appeals to me.” Cripes! If The Unicorn and the Wasp’s cast and crew had to kill someone, what would be their murder weapon of choice?Catherine Tate: “Sarcasm”Russell T. Davies: “A great big gun, and then an axe, and then a steamroller. If I want ‘em dead, they’re dead. Failing that, I’d send in Jackie Tyler”.Graeme Harper: “I like the idea of killing someone with a pointed piece of ice. Then it would melt, and no one would be able to tell how you’d done it!”Fenella Woolgar: “Kindness!”Gareth Roberts: “I would read them the Collected Columns of Polly Toynbee and bore them to death.”David Tennant: “Something that didn’t make it too painful for them. Although, presumably I’d be killing them because they’d slighted me in some way. But I’d hope that, even in that state of psychosis, I’d manage some empathy. I’d like it to be a painless poison, so they’ll slip away into a sleep. Either that… or a gunshot to the face.”Other parts of this photoset: [ one ] [ two ] [ three ] [ Other behind-the-scenes photosets available here ] -- source link

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