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Jonathan Groff to Join ‘Doctor Who’ in Guest Role

The ‘Matrix Resurrections’ actor is jumping aboard the TARDIS as a key character.

Russell T Davies, showrunner of the popular British drama, in a statement said of landing Groff in the popular BBC and Disney+ series: “This is an incredible coup, and a great honor, to get such a huge star striding on to our set. So strap on your space boots; this is going to be a blast!”

Groff had a breakout role as Jesse in the comedy drama Glee. His credits since then have included Knock at the Cabin, the Mindhunter series and The Matrix Resurrections, in which he played Agent Smith.

“I am so thrilled to jump into the extraordinary mind of Russell T Davies and watch the incredible Ncuti Gatwa soar in this iconic role!” Groff said of his casting in his own statement. Gatwa will be replacing the outgoing Time Lord Jodie Whittaker as the 15th Doctor of the series, which was revived in 2005.

Groff’s stage credits include playing King George III in Hamilton. Doctor Who returns in November 2023 with three special episodes, with David Tennant as the 14th Doctor to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the series.

Gatwa’s first episode as the 15th Doctor will then air over the Christmas season later this year. Doctor Who will bow exclusively on the BBC for the U.K. and Ireland, while Disney+ will be the home for new seasons of Doctor Who outside of those markets

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Doctor Who has added Jonathan Groff to its growing cast list.

The Frozen and Glee actor will join BBC and Disney+’s iconic sci-fi drama in a “mysterious guest” as filming continues in Wales.

The BBC declined to offer further detail, but did say that Groff would “jump aboard the TARDIS,” suggesting his character could become an ally of the Doctor.

Showrunner Russell T Davies said: “This is an incredible coup, and a great honour, to get such a huge star striding on to our set. So strap on your space boots, this is going to be a blast!”

Doctor Who is getting a major makeover for Season 14, with Ncuti Gatwa stepping into the shoes of the famous Time Lord. His first episode will land over the Christmas holidays.

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Stills from Jonathan’s very animated and fun interview with Max Joseph of Awards Radar.

A photo posted by Amy Schumer on Instagram from the Life & Beth premiere party in New York on 16 March 2022. The photo was by Nina Westervelt (@vnina) for Variety.

Jonathan’s new film ‘Knock at the Cabin’ has started filming. From an Instagram post and tweet by director M Night Shyamalan:

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‘Life & Beth’ production designer Joshua Petersen has posted various photos from the set of Jonathan’s character’s apartment, including the two photos above. 

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Spoilers ahead. For Jonathan Groff’s character in episode 4, designing a hoarders apartment became a unique study in what exactly a fitness guru would hoard. Turns out it’s everything. Once again @kraftmatic1 made graphics that we could hide around the set to amp up the already present sense of dread. The brick color on the walls crowds the space even more, and thanks to @kosherpork use of a crane to navigate the space, we were able to make the space nearly impossible to move around in.

Most of the clutter around the sides was affixed to the walls, which were built on platforms with casters so we could “easily” roll them away for the crane to change position.

Also, America’s sweetheart/hunk Jonathan Groff took home the Empire State Building model that @jadeparade and I built moments before we shot.

Ben Aldridge and Jonathan Groff are set to star in M. Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin; joining Dave Bautista, Rupert Grint and Nikki Amuka-Bird. Shyamalan will write, direct and produce the thriller for Universal Pictures.

Per usual with anything related to Shyamalan, plot details under lock and key.

Set to open February 3, 2023, Knock at the Cabin follows Old, which surpassed $90 million globally this summer and is Shyamalan’s sixth film to open No. 1 at the domestic box office.

Stills from Jonathan’s interview with Cohesity today. The interview primarily covered The Matrix Resurrections, but Jonathan also discussed:

* When Covid interrupted the Matrix filming Jonathan ordered weights and a Peloton to his Pennsylvania home and started online kickboxing classes.

* Asked to name a friend on set, Jonathan said Carrie-Anne Moss and her family ‘adopted’ him, and mentioned how Carrie-Anne played his mother on a pilot (Pretty/Handsome) years ago. They spent time together on trips around Berlin, and she provided advice when he had a stye in his eye the week before the fight scene with Keanu.

* There’s a workshop for the musical he’s developing with Chris Littler and Ellen Winter in a week and a half.

* A couple of projects he’s working on are in the early or concept stages and deals aren’t done.

* In Berlin he could only hang out with his work friends and the German group connected with the film due to Covid. They went on ‘field trips to artistic things, parties and dinners’.

Video of Jonathan and his new partner on the Matrix Resurrections green carpet from Shutterstock. If anybody knows the name of his partner, please let us know. Thanks to a reader.

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More photos of Jonathan for Man About Town magazine, posted by stylist Erica Cloud (@ecduzit) on Instagram, 24 December 2021.

Another out-take from the GQ Hype photo shoot from stylist Erica Cloud (@ecduzit).

Erica also left a comment on the @britishgq Instagram page about the GQ article (with Jonathan saying he wants to be more like Keanu Reeves):