{"id":53991,"date":"2024-06-27T18:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T16:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2064133"},"modified":"2024-06-27T22:00:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T20:00:15","slug":"supacells-tosin-cole-doctor-who-couldnt-prepare-me-for-this","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/supacells-tosin-cole-doctor-who-couldnt-prepare-me-for-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Supacell\u2019s Tosin Cole: \u2018Doctor Who couldn\u2019t prepare me for this\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The star is no stranger to sci-fi \u2013\u00a0but the new Netflix series was a very different proposition. <\/p>

By Patrick Cremona\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 27 June 2024 at 16:41 PM<\/p>

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Tosin Cole has already appeared in one of the biggest sci-fi shows in the world \u2013 but the former Doctor Who<\/a> star said that nothing could have prepared him for his role in Netflix\u2019s new superhero drama Supacell<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The series \u2013 which was created, written and directed by Rapman \u2013 follows a group of seemingly ordinary Black Londoners who suddenly develop superpowers, and Cole said that although it shares a genre with his previous show, the two are very different propositions.<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing can prepare you for this,\u201d he explained during an exclusive interview with RadioTimes.com<\/a>. \u201cI feel like, you know, it\u2019s a different world.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoctor Who, so much is the universe and aliens and different timelines and going back into the past and stuff like that. But this is very much grounded in real-life situations\u2026 nothing can prepare you for delivering a parcel and then, you know, almost getting mugged. It\u2019s real-life situations.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cOther than the green screen, maybe green screen acting can prepare me, but yeah, other than that, I just feel like it\u2019s its own thing. It\u2019s its own world. It\u2019s very fresh, and it\u2019s very new. So yeah, just taking it for what it was.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Josh Tedeku as Tazer, Eric Kofi as Andre, Tosin Cole as Michael and Calvin Demba as Rodney in Supacell.<\/span><\/figcaption> Olly Courtney\/Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Meanwhile, Rapman explained that he hadn\u2019t actually seen any of Cole\u2019s Doctor Who episodes before casting him in the role.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first time I ever laid eyes on Tosin Cole was in a short film that was really good. And then I saw him in an American show called 61st Street,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it was really when he came to audition\u2026 it\u2019s the way he took direction. So he done his version of it, which was great. But I said, \u2018Can you do it like this?\u2019 And he done it. I said, \u2018Can you do like this, but like this, but with a bit of this?\u2019 And he done it.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven great actors, for some reason, sometimes they can\u2019t adapt to a director,\u201d he continued. \u201cThey\u2019re so stuck in a way to put it a certain way. But he could come out of that, even though he rehearsed it one way. And that\u2019s what stood out \u2013 was that this is Michael, this is him. And I think it was a great choice.\u201d<\/p>\n

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