Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson discuss everything from their funniest on-set mishaps to their admiration for Beyoncé and Jodie Comer. Although the 'Doctor Who' co-stars may disagree on which fashion trends need to disappear, they see eye to eye when it comes to the struggles of having Virgo parents. Millie even shares her dream cameo in the concluded series 'Fleabag,' while Ncuti confesses he's never watched it.
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00:00You wouldn't discriminate against any star sign?
00:02Totally.
00:03Virgo.
00:04LAUGHTER
00:07Hello, I am Shruti Ghatwa.
00:08And I am Millie Gibson.
00:09And today we are going to let Elle ask us anything.
00:14This is nerve-wracking, though.
00:15No, it's not. We're fine. High stakes.
00:18It's high stakes. I know, but we're fine.
00:19No, we're fine. OK.
00:21When was the last time you were starstruck?
00:23Jinx, Monsoon. Jinx. Oh, my gosh.
00:25I reckon that was a moment for you. I heard her.
00:28She's got such a distinguished laugh.
00:30And I was literally in my trailer, like,
00:32that's her, that's her, that's her, I can't go out, I can't go out.
00:35Every time she'd go for a scene, you'd go,
00:38look at her best bits. Yeah!
00:40You'd be like, Shruti, we need to watch Jinx's best drag race moment.
00:44That was an iconic moment. Iconic.
00:46In Doctor Who.
00:48Who's one celebrity you would want to travel with you on the TARDIS?
00:52Oh, Beyonce. Yes!
00:55We could have concerts in there. The karaoke would be incredible.
00:58Yeah, it could get even hotter.
01:00What would you guys be listening to?
01:02Cowboy Carter.
01:04This ain't Texas.
01:05HE LAUGHS
01:07Can you imagine? I love it, yeah.
01:09Strumming out the TARDIS with a cowboy hat. Yeah, I love it.
01:12Who would you...? If it was anyone... Mm-hm.
01:15..Amy Winehouse.
01:17I think she'd be a laugh.
01:18It would be very fun. Yeah, it would be so fun.
01:21I love Amy Winehouse.
01:22What is your funniest on-set mishap?
01:24We have so many. There's a lot, there's a lot.
01:27The Wires, filming on the Wires, I think was quite eventful.
01:30It's a crazy set that allows for a lot of mishaps.
01:32Doing a lot of stunts.
01:34Yeah, I mean, with the bogeyman, we wrapped Nicki Minaj with him.
01:37Not very much a mishap, but, like...
01:39But, like, a memory. Memory. Yeah.
01:42What's the most intense thing you've done for a role?
01:45Oh, gosh. Yeah.
01:47That's a good one.
01:48Trying to watch all of Doctor Who to prep for the audition.
01:51Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's a good one.
01:52That was pretty, like, wake up at six,
01:54get Doctor Who on and watch it like a marathon.
01:57Which actor are you dying to work with?
01:59Jodie Comer. Yeah. Full stop.
02:01Oh, my God, I think she is incredible.
02:04I watched her in Prima Facie, her one-woman show,
02:06and I remember not leaning back in my seat.
02:08I was just so... Engaged in it.
02:10Yeah, she's incredible, honestly.
02:13Oh, my God, I can't think.
02:14It's so on the spot. You worked with the greats, that's why.
02:17Worked with all the greats. You've ticked it all off.
02:19Judi Dench would be one, Chiwetel, Lupita Nyong'o.
02:23I can picture that, yeah. Michaela Cole.
02:25Loads and loads. Colman, Domingo.
02:27Ooh. The list goes on. The list goes on.
02:29Loads and loads and loads.
02:31What's one prop or wardrobe piece you've taken from set?
02:35All the, like, tracksuit bottoms that we get in between...
02:37Oh, that's such a good one. Yeah, those ones.
02:39I should have thought of that.
02:41They're just so comfortable. Yeah, they are.
02:43I think I've stolen some of Ruby's earrings.
02:45Yeah, she's got good jewellery.
02:47But, yeah, that costume department run a tight ship.
02:49Yeah. There's not getting much costume.
02:50And they all want to get to Comic-Con.
02:52So, it's like, we can't touch it at all.
02:54You know they're going in an archive somewhere.
02:56Yeah, yeah, we can't. We can't get a hold of them.
02:59We can't get them.
03:00Right, Millie Gibson,
03:01what is your first memory of the show Doctor Who?
03:04It's watching it with my dad and watching Amy Pond
03:07and the brilliant Matt Smith.
03:09I just absolutely love Karen Gillard as, like, companion.
03:12She just has a special place in my heart
03:14and a special place in my childhood.
03:16So, every time I think of Doctor Who,
03:17you do think of the Doctor that was yours.
03:20So, yeah, I definitely say that, personally.
03:22Wonderful.
03:24What's been the craziest fan encounter you've had?
03:28Craziest fan encounter?
03:29It's got to be the Whovian.
03:31During Sex Ed times, there was a lot of, like, asking for,
03:34you'd say, Detty Pig a lot.
03:36Yeah.
03:37There was a fan that, remember,
03:40gave us those little Lego characters of ourselves.
03:43Yeah.
03:44That was really amazing.
03:45Yeah. I loved that.
03:46The artwork that we did,
03:48Yeah, the artwork that we get from the Whovians is beautiful.
03:50Oh, my God, the artwork, yes!
03:52So many incredible paintings that we get from them.
03:55And any Whovian interaction is lovely.
03:58If you could cameo in any TV show, what would it be?
04:01Oh, Fleabag, I think.
04:03I mean, even though it's finished
04:05and I don't want to talk about it, but, yeah, Fleabag.
04:08You've not seen it, have you?
04:09Watch it.
04:10I know.
04:11Just watch it when I'm in it.
04:13OK. Yeah.
04:13Yeah, I'm waiting for that.
04:15Yeah, I knew you were.
04:16You?
04:18I would love to be in Doctor Who.
04:21Manifest.
04:22If there was a Barbie sequel,
04:24who would you cast as the Barbie for your Ken?
04:27Oh, that's a hard one because that means
04:28I'm going to have to leave Emma and Mackie behind.
04:31I can't do that.
04:32Well, no, Millie Gibson.
04:34Millie Gibson is the Barbie I would cast for my Ken.
04:37Obviously.
04:38Obviously.
04:39Obviously.
04:40Obviously.
04:40Obviously.
04:42Moving on.
04:43Which actor inspired you growing up?
04:45LAUGHTER
04:47I'm going to sound like a broken record.
04:50Jodie. Jodie.
04:51But if it was, like, when I was really young,
04:54Olivia Newton-John.
04:56I used to always watch Grease with my mum
04:58and, like, those types of films.
05:00I used to watch Dirty Dancing.
05:02My mum has great taste.
05:04Brilliant. Brilliant answers.
05:05Thank you.
05:06Brilliant answers.
05:07What one fashion trend do you think needs to go away?
05:10Those shoes.
05:11Crocs.
05:12Yeah, I was going to say Crocs,
05:14but do you know those shoes that they've been doing recently
05:16where it just goes around the toe?
05:18And it's like a hoof, kind of.
05:19Yeah.
05:20The hoofs.
05:21I've just worn them in a photo shoot, Millie.
05:24I think Crocs.
05:25I think Crocs, actually.
05:26LAUGHTER
05:29I get it, though.
05:30No, you know what?
05:31I had to be converted.
05:32It's just I couldn't pull them off.
05:34You could if you wanted to.
05:36I'll be a hoofian.
05:37LAUGHTER
05:41I will be, yeah.
05:43Fine.
05:44What's one song you use to help you get into character?
05:48Oh, that's a good question.
05:50I use music a lot to get into characters.
05:53Like, I pick a song for my character's season.
05:58Yeah, I love that.
05:59And then, like, that exemplifies their journey
06:02throughout that season.
06:03It's, like, part of my process.
06:05Do you as well?
06:06Yeah.
06:06The piece that Maury Gold wrote for Ruby's song,
06:10as soon as I heard that, I was like,
06:12that's so Ruby, yeah.
06:13Which you see in the 60s episodes.
06:15So, yeah, I think that one would be mine.
06:18Who is a designer that you're dying to work with?
06:21Miu Miu, please.
06:22Miu Miu would be real cute for you.
06:23Yes, please.
06:24Can you tell me what you love about Miu Miu?
06:26Oh, my gosh.
06:27What is there not to love about Miu Miu?
06:28I'm getting hot thinking about Miu Miu.
06:30It's the aesthetic, which of you I said is fine.
06:32It suits my aesthetic.
06:34Yeah.
06:35For sure.
06:35Beautiful.
06:36Yeah.
06:37What is your least favourite astrological sign and why?
06:39Oh, no.
06:41This is a dangerous question.
06:43None.
06:44You love them all.
06:45All star signs are created equally.
06:46It's like taking a favourite child.
06:47You know?
06:48You can't do that.
06:49We don't discriminate against any star sign.
06:51Totally.
06:53Virgo.
06:55Oh!
06:56Oh!
06:56Oh!
06:57Oh!
06:58Oh!
06:59Really?
07:00I'm just-
07:01I'm a Virgo rising.
07:03I know, but not you.
07:05Obviously.
07:06Obviously.
07:07No, no, no, no.
07:09Virgo.
07:10My mum is a Virgo.
07:11My mum's a Virgo.
07:12Your mum is-
07:13Your parents are Virgos, so you get it.
07:14Yeah, yeah, yeah.
07:14Oh, gosh.
07:16They really become your inner voice, man.
07:17Yeah.
07:18Hard to impress.
07:19Yes.
07:20It's a sign that's hard to impress.
07:21Totally.
07:22We've got high standards.
07:23We love them all.
07:24We love them all.
07:25We love them all.
07:25What is the best advice that you have gotten
07:27from another actor and who gave it to you?
07:30Oh, the companions.
07:31The companions had a great-
07:31Yeah, Karen Gillan.
07:32Yeah.
07:33I slid into her DMs and she just was so beautiful
07:37and lovely and humble and honest.
07:40It was just really nice to have that kind of reassurance
07:43and who can get advice from them?
07:45It's a very unique experience.
07:47It is.
07:47The companionship.
07:48And the Doctor, darling.
07:49You know what I mean?
07:50You know?
07:51It's only them that can help us.
07:52It is, darling.
07:53I mean, all the companions are amazing,
07:54but it's so cool to get advice off them.
07:58Thank you so much for watching us on Elle.
08:00We hope you enjoy season one of Doctor Who.