Jodie Whittaker is the first woman to step into iconic role of the Doctor on Doctor Who, and the actress wants to see more female-led franchises.
Case in point: Whittaker is all for seeing a woman take over as Bond – as long as there’s a solid reason behind it.
“If it’s a part of the story, then absolutely,” she told Digital Spy on the Doctor Who set. “To say no without knowledge is ridiculous. It’s not about saying ‘Yes’ to everything, it’s about saying ‘Well, maybe this could be interesting’.”
The actress continued to say that she’s excited that her casting as the thirteenth Doctor is seen as “a moment of change”.
“When I was growing up those characters didn’t look like us doing those things,” she continued (via Metro.co.uk). “Those were the white guys running about saving the day, doing really cool stuff, and if you were lucky, when I was a kid, you may be clapped at the side and may be passed something to help the really heroic moment happen.
“So to be in the moment of change for that is incredibly exciting, particularly because it’s in a world where it’s absolutely true of this character.”
She added: “For us it’s 2018. Women are not a genre, we are just the other half of the population, so to see us doing things shouldn’t be such a surprise.”
Having a female Doctor for the upcoming eleventh season was actually a ‘condition‘ of new showrunner Chris Chibnall taking on the role, who called it “a straightforward decision”.
“It’s not that controversial,” he continued. “It’s very hard to think of many examples in its 55-year history where the Doctor takes a decision based upon gender.”
But it was executive producer Matt Strevens who dropped the revelation, adding: “Once Peter had decided he was leaving, the next Doctor was always going to be a female Doctor.
“That’s what Chris wanted, that was part of his conditions of doing the job.”
And so it should also come as absolutely no surprise that Whittaker isn’t being paid less than her male predecessors for the same part, too.
Doctor Who begins on Sunday, October 7 on BBC One.
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