Doctor Who Actors Are Behind One Major Superhero Movie Villain Trend
Warning: Spoilers for Morbius!
In what is becoming one of the strangest traditions in popular culture, every actor who's previously played the Doctor since the Doctor Who relaunch has now gone on to play a comic book supervillain. "You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain," Harvey Dent observed in The Dark Knight. His words have certainly proved true for the stars of Doctor Who.
The longest-running science-fiction TV series in the world, the secret to Doctor Who's longevity lies in its protagonist's ability to regenerate, a smart concept that allows the show to recast its star and reinvent itself. Modern Doctor Who began in 2005, with Christopher Eccleston playing the ninth incarnation of the Doctor, followed by David Tennant, Matt Smith, and then Peter Capaldi. Jodie Whittaker is currently playing the Thirteenth Doctor, although her tenure, too, is coming to an end.
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Amusingly, it's now the case that every past modern Doctor has gone on to play a comic supervillain, whether on the big screen or the small. Eccleston played Malekith in 2013's Thor: The Dark World, Tennant was superbly cast as Kilgrave in Marvel Netflix's Jessica Jones, and Capaldi became the Thinker in James Gunn's The Suicide Squad. Now Matt Smith has rounded this out, becoming the evil vampire Milo in Sony's Morbius.
Supervillain roles haven't always been good for past Doctors, though. Christopher Eccleston hated making Thor: The Dark World, admitting he only did it for the money and swiftly came to regret the decision. Matt Smith seems bemused at playing Morbius' Milo, admitting he found the role confusing and struggled to understand his
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