‘What is my life?!!’ Ncuti Gatwa sends an emotional thank you to fans after Doctor Who casting was announced and says he’s celebrating by “frolicking with Ryan Gosling” on the Barbie movie set.
Ncuti Gatwa told fans his “heart is very, very full” after an emotional Sunday when he was announced as Doctor Who’s next Time Lord.
The 29-year-old actor took to Instagram on Monday morning to thank fans for the support he’s received since the big news was announced.
And after attending his first-ever BAFTA TV Awards alongside returning Doctor Who writer Russell T. Davies hours after the casting news, he quipped that he spent his Monday “hanging out with Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie.”
What a day! Ncuti Gatwa told fans Monday that his “heart is very, very full” after an emotional Sunday when he was announced as Doctor Who’s next Time Lord
Ncuti posted on Instagram the morning after the BAFTAs, telling his 2.6million followers, “Yesterday was emotional. Thank you all for all the love. Means the entire universe… or rather Whoniverse.’
The actor later shared a selfie from the back seat of a car as he revealed his exciting plans for the day.
“After yesterday the heart is very, very full,” he wrote next to the photo in which he beamed at the camera.
“I spend a day fooling around with Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie. WHAT IS MY LIFE?!!’ he added.
A day to remember: The actor, 29, took to Instagram Monday morning to thank fans for the support he’s received since the big news was announced
Ncuti is currently filming the highly anticipated live-action Barbie film alongside Margot and Ryan who play Barbie and Ken. Ncuti’s role has not yet been announced.
Ncuti’s Sexual Education co-stars Emma Mackey and Connor Swindells also appear in the star-studded cast.
Three weeks ago, the actor shared photos of his and Emma’s names printed in pink on chairs as he teased his involvement by writing, “C’mon Barbie lets go party…”.
It was confirmed on Sunday that Ncuti will take on Jodie Whittaker as the Time Lord in the hit BBC series.
New Guard: Gatwa is the first black actor to star as The Doctor in the series’ history, after Jodie made history as the first permanent female Time Lord
Exciting: There was no rest for the star on Monday as he headed out to film the new Barbie movie starring Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling and fellow sex education teacher Emma Mackey
Highly Anticipated: Ncuti is currently filming the highly anticipated live-action Barbie film alongside Margot and Ryan who play Barbie and Ken, Ncuti’s role has not yet been announced
A plastic star: Ryan Gosling (seen in September 2018), who will play Barbie’s longtime partner Ken
The 29-year-old will become the 14th doctor on the hit sci-fi series after Whittaker announced last July that she would be leaving the role this fall.
Gatwa is the first black actor to take on the lead role as The Doctor after Jodie made history in 2017 as the first permanent female Time Lord.
Jo Martin played the first black incarnation of the Time Lord in a January 2020 episode, Future of the Judoon, as Ruth Clayton, but Gatwa is the first black doctor to be cast as the series’ lead.
Exciting: Ncuti attended the BAFTA TV awards ceremony alongside returning Doctor Who author Russell T. Davies hours after it was confirmed he will be taking on Jodie Whittaker
Rwandan-born Scottish actor Gatwa rose to fame as Eric Effiong in Netflix’s hugely popular sex education about socially awkward high school student Otis (Asa Butterfield) and his mother Jean (Gillian Anderson), a sex therapist.
Just hours after the announcement, Gatwa and Davies, who is returning as Doctor Who showrunner, grinned and posed for snaps at the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday.
Gatwa showed off his sensational sense of style in a black suit with a plunging neckline and dramatic floor-length tassels, while completing the look with a pair of sandals.
Success story: Scottish actor Gatwa, who was born in Rwanda, starred as Eric Effiong in Netflix’s hugely popular sex education about socially awkward high school student Otis (Asa Butterfield – pictured together)