The Piper Plays.... Sally Lockhart

[ggreig]

Billie Piper is to play Sally Lockhart, in a BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman's Sally Lockhart books, which I reviewed last year.

Comments

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

Excellent news! I can't wait!

[msinvisfem.livejournal.com]

Good riddance! (Assuming this will be her first project after leaving Doctor Who...)

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

I somehow imagine Sally Lockhart as prettier, cleverer and with a nicer accent than Billie.

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

Mind, she's an actress, so may be able to change the accent. And she is quite pretty. The cleverness should be in the script.

[pink-weasel.livejournal.com]

Her real accent is much more posh than what she uses in Dr Who, innit.

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen her in much else before now: just an update of The Miller's Tale.

[msinvisfem.livejournal.com]

Whether she is a good actress or not is still debatable...

I think it would be both good for the Sally Lockhart adaptations and for her acting credibility if she didn't jump into a role that was so radically different from what she has become famous for. I mean it isn't necessary for her if she truly is serious about being an actress that she show the extent of her acting range so early on. I also understand that her being in the Sally Lockhart adaptation will likely increase viewing figures but I don't think it is necessarily the best choice in casting. Besides, I personally have a great dislike for her character/acting style (or lack of one) - as if you couldn't tell ;-) - so I feel it will colour my viewing of the adaptions.

Actually Nancy (from the episodes The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances) seems more like the kind of actress I would like to see in the role of Sally. However, in this case I'm ready to accept people strongly disagreeing with my choice... (Ahem, I am less than an authority on the Sally Lockhart series.)

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

It's a while since I read them, but I recall Sally as blonde...
Incidentally, according to the new Radio Times, your friend Captain Jack will be in the new DW series as well as Torchwood. There was also a link to www.johnbarrowman.net