December 22nd 2023.
Hollywood star Bradley Cooper has some brushing up to do on British TV! The Maestro Oscar hopeful, who co-wrote, directed and stars in the Netflix streaming film, was doing some promotion for it with co-star Carey Mulligan when he revealed he has no working knowledge of Doctor Who.
Carey Mulligan, who plays Felicia Montealegre in Maestro, also had a role in Doctor Who episode Blink back in 2007. Recalling that job, the 38-year-old actress said in a new interview: ‘I did Doctor Who many moons ago, and I had to throw myself around the Tardis.’
However, Bradley, 48, interrupted to ask: ‘What’s a Tardis?’ The room was shocked into silence, and interviewer Will Manning for Capital FM yelled in unison : ‘What’s a Tardis??’
‘Wow! You just offended – look at everybody in the room right now,’ added the radio presenter. Bradley then tried to smooth over the situation, claiming: ‘Clearly I’m joking, I know exactly what a Tardis is…’
He then asked how to spell it, and typed it into Google on his phone. After a moment of shocked, silent gasps, Carey took mercy on him and explained: ‘It’s like when he gets into the phone box, have you seen that bit? So he gets in and it spins, but when he’s in the phone box it’s actually a massive spaceship.’
After this, Bradley vaguely remembered it from being on when he was a kid ‘with the guy with the big hair’. Fans were reeling in the comments over the US star’s lack of Doctor Who know-how, but some weren't surprised as it was explained to him that the show is ‘similar to Star Trek or Law and Order’ in the US.
Doctor Who recently celebrated its 60th anniversary with a series of specials which brought back David Tennant’s version of the character, before he ‘bigenerated’ into Ncuti Gatwa’s new fifteenth Doctor. Maestro is streaming on Netflix now, and Doctor Who is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.
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