{"id":45793,"date":"2024-02-13T13:58:31","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T12:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1991461"},"modified":"2024-02-13T15:52:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T14:52:52","slug":"david-tennant-recalls-trying-to-make-it-in-hollywood-and-never-hearing-from-them-again","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/david-tennant-recalls-trying-to-make-it-in-hollywood-and-never-hearing-from-them-again\/","title":{"rendered":"David Tennant recalls trying to \u2018make it\u2019 in Hollywood and \u2018never hearing from them again\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Doctor Who star will next be seen presenting the BAFTA Film Awards this week. <\/p>

By Morgan Cormack\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 13 February 2024 at 12:58 PM<\/p>

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While many film fans are waiting patiently for the BAFTA Film Awards 2024<\/a> this weekend, all eyes will, of course, be on the stars of the year\u2019s best films \u2013 but also on David Tennant<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The fan-favourite Doctor Who<\/a> actor will helm the ceremony, which will be taking place at Southbank Centre\u2019s Royal Festival Hall in London, and recently recalled his own experience trying to \u201cmake it\u201d in Hollywood.<\/p>\n

While Tennant is no stranger to the screen by any means, he told Radio Times magazine<\/strong> in this week\u2019s issue about trying to make the jump from TV to film. Commenting on that, Tennant said: \u201cThere\u2019s never really a reason for anything I do. I just bumble from one choice to the next.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recalling his Hollywood experience, he revealed: \u201cThe Los Angeles thing is hilarious. You meet all these extraordinary directors and producers and they\u2019re all exploding with enthusiasm. I think most actors who have done that trip will recognise the journey.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter a couple of days and 20 meetings you go, \u2018Oh, I\u2019m about to become the biggest star the world has ever seen!\u2019 And then you never hear from any of those people ever again. No one likes delivering negative news in Hollywood. They just enjoy the excitement of the potential.\u201d<\/p>

Of course, Tennant has achieved widespread success with his TV roles, and in the movie realm is known for his part as Barty Crouch Jr in Harry Potter<\/a> and the Goblet of Fire.<\/p>\n

Tennant was most recently seen on our screens in the three Doctor Who 60th anniversary episodes<\/a>, in which he returned as the Fourteenth Doctor and \u2018bigenerated\u2019 with Ncuti Gatwa<\/a>\u2018s Fifteenth.<\/p>\n

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David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor in Doctor Who.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The final scene of the third episode, The Giggle<\/a>, saw Tennant\u2019s Doctor enjoying life with Catherine Tate\u2019s Donna Noble and family while Gatwa takes the helm of the sci-fi series.<\/p>\n

Also speaking of his Doctor Who return in this week\u2019s issue of Radio Times magazine<\/strong>, Tennant said: \u201cThe door is not any more open than it ever was, because in Doctor Who if you want to bring someone back, there are endless ways of doing it. It\u2019s very much the end of the story.\u201d<\/p>\n

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