You came to the role of Doc Martin after playing the affable character of William, the undertaker in the ITV drama William And Mary. I need something to act, someone to act, or something to pin someone on rather than just open a script and a nice guy says some kind of nice things. It just seemed a good use of me, and also I am physically quite chaotic, and it is an attempt to impose some order on me, with this sharp short haircut, and the tailored suit, I am much stiller.
I noticed on the Platinum Jubilee Pageant I was moving about all over the place. So I am aware of stilling myself for this, and being economical because it suits the character. It remains a stretch for me and a challenge but also a good source of being funny.
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One of the things you said in an interview for the very first series was "I really like having the opportunity to be loathsome" with the character. He is sort of loathsome, but it has defined itself as the series has gone on. What are your memories of making the first series? Sometimes a writer will write the Doc being unkind, but he isn't, he is just clear, he is just not kind, he is not unkind, he doesn't reach to be unpleasant to people. I remember filming at the Camelford Hotel and walking into the door in the first series. It wasn't in the script, it was just an idea I had on the day, but it became quite a tone for me, a sort of benchmark for me because I had just been like super doc and diagnosed Louisa's eye condition on the spot, and I just thought 'whack him in the face for being so cocky'. We have now done that with the Doc a few times with door frames and things.
What has happened to your character over the last ten series. He is as impatient with people as ever, but he is a happy parent.
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