-Our next guest
is a talented actor you know from the "Barbie" movie
and shows such as "Sex Education"
and "Masters of the Air." He stars as the 15th Doctor in TV's longest-running
sci-fi series, "Doctor Who," which premieres
on Disney+ May 10th. Please welcome to the show
Ncuti Gatwa, everybody. [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ Welcome to the show.
-Hello. Thank you for having me. -What an exciting time
to be with you. This is a big deal.
You're the 15th Doctor. -15th Doctor. Yes.
-And this is a very -- This is something that is --
was a very well kept secret. Are you good at keeping secrets? -Not at all.
-So how long -- how long did you
have to keep it, from when you knew you had it
to when it was announced? -So, uh, I think
I got announced -- I got cast February,
and it was announced in May. -Okay. So three months.
How many times do you think you gave it away
in those three months? -I'd say about like 10
or 15 each month. -And how would you give it away? Would people press you, or would
you just throw it out to them? -I would willingly give
the information. -Okay. Nobody was pressing you.
-Nobody was even pressing me. -What kind of people
would you tell it to, and how would you go about it? -So, I would drink. -Yeah.
-[ Laughs ] I'd be in a bar with my friends
and I'd drink and I meet -- You know how you do, you meet, like, your
best friend in the bathroom, your new best friend
for the night. -Okay. Gotcha.
So this is a brand-new person. -This is the person I'm going to
spend the rest of my life with. Amazing. "By the way,
I'm the 15th Doctor." [ Laughter ] Run off.
"Don't tell anyone." -I will say,
if you heard it in a bar, you wouldn't think that's true. You know what I mean? If you had come up to me
and been like, "Hey, just FYI,
I'm the new Doctor," I'd be like, "Okay."
-That guy's had a few two many. -But this is exciting. I mean,
obviously you've done things. You obviously get recognized, but this is going to be
a big moment when this happens. This premieres very soon. Uh, you're currently
on a subway. This is a big deal in our city,
to be on a subway. -Yeah. [ Cheers and applause ] Thanks. Very cool.
-Very cool. -Felt very, very surreal. We actually went to see that
just before coming here, and it was like, this is -- I thought it was going to be
one poster. It was the whole carriage. It felt very cool.
-Wow. You actually went
to see the subway? -How vain.
[ Laughter ] -Did you, like,
know where it was going to be? Or were you just like...
-No, they plan-- Look at them all.
Look at them all. Let's go look at a picture
of myself. -Now, wait, I have to ask,
when your subway came by, were you sort of like
strolling by yourself, hoping people would be like... -Yeah. I made a few loud --
loud shouts by the tubes. -Like, "Wait. Is that me?" -That's me. Exactly that.
-"What a coincidence. Here I am just in the subway." -Tune in May 10th. -And this is --
You have family everywhere. You have, uh, London, Scotland,
Cameroon, Rwanda. -Yes, yes. -And so this is premiering
worldwide. For the first time, "Doctor
Who" premiering worldwide. And so it must be exciting. Are your family
incredibly proud? -Very proud.
For the first time ever. -No.
-For the first time ever, Finally become a doctor. [ Laughter ] [ Cheers and applause ] Made it. So it's cool, it's cool
that we've got this -- um, this partnership
with Disney+. Thank you, Disney, for
streaming us around the world. So it's all going to be
in one place on May the 10th. -That's great, and now,
obviously this is a show that has been on since the '60s
in various incarnations. Is this something
that you wanted for yourself, like, to be,
you know, the Doctor in the "Doctor Who" series? -Do you know what?
Manifestation is real. -It's real.
-Manifestation is real. I can swear to this.
-Okay. -I text my agent one day. I was bored in my house thinking
about how to pay my bills next. And I was like,
"Just music, Kate. And I would like
to play a character like Willy Wonka or Doctor Who." And then the next week,
she was like, "My -- Andy Pryor
has just called. He's the casting director
of 'Doctor Who.' I was in the middle
of writing an e-mail to him to ask him to consider you,
and he called me, being like, 'Can we consider Ncuti?'" And so then I got my audition,
and then -- -Most people, if they called
their agent and said, "I want Willy Wonka
or Doctor Who," they'd be like, "Goodbye."
-Goodbye. [ Laughter ] "Nice dreaming." -That's like if I call
my agent, I'm like, "I want to be, like,
Indiana Jones or Han Solo." [ Laughter ] -Ask and you shall get, Seth. -Look, you've had a big year. You were in a big movie,
"Barbie." -Just a little one.
-Just a little one. -Just a little one. -And very exciting.
You were -- I mean, it was -- Look, it was --
It was the best -- Look, it was a great Oscars. Top to bottom,
it was a great Oscars. You were at the Oscars.
-I was at the Oscars. -And you were also onstage. You got to perform onstage
"Just Ken." There you are.
-"I'm Just Ken." -That has got to be, like,
also, like, very nerve-racking to do,
you know, again, a live musical performance
at the Oscars. You guys were seamless. -Seamless?
I don't know. I think the camera caught
all my wrong moves. -Okay.
-But I was happy to be there. I was very happy
to be there at least. -Did you - How many runs at
it did you get for rehearsal? 'Cause, you know, that space
just isn't there that long. -No, I think I had, uh, about two or three rehearsals
before the main event. -Yeah. -But so -- Ryan was
incredible in the film. Absolutely amazing.
The film is amazing. And it was so nice of Ryan
to invite us to -- -It was great. It was very nice
to see you all together. You're friends with one of --
a real friend of the show over here, Jonathan Groff, our
friend Jonathan Groff. He's gonna be
on the show very soon, and you guys got to work
together on "Doctor Who." -Yes.
-But this is a photo of you somewhere very special. -Very, very special. We went to go see Beyoncé.
-Wow. [ Cheers and applause ] In Cardiff?
You saw Beyoncé in Wales? -In Cardiff, of all places.
She loves Cardiff. Loves Wales.
-I think she's from Cardiff, right?
-She's from Cardiff. Yeah. Returning back
to her roots. -That's fantastic. And did you -- Was Jonathan -- I would imagine Jonathan's
a pretty special person to see a Beyoncé show with. -He's a very special person
in general. He stars in this next season
of "Doctor Who," and he is incredible. Such a talented actor. And when we were having,
like, our audition, I guess, together, he told me
that he had tickets for Beyoncé, and I said,
"Get him the job. He needs --
Get him the job. I'll be coming with you."
-Well, that morning, you'd called your agent
and was like, "I think I want tickets
to, like, Beyoncé." -Yeah, that's what happened. Jonathan's here.
-She's like, "This is so crazy. I was just talking to Jonathan." -That's how it happened, Seth. -Hey, congratulations
on everything. It's a very exciting time
to be talking to you. I really appreciate it.
-Thank you for having me. -You guys, that's Ncuti Gatwa. "Doctor Who" premieres
May 10th on Disney+. We'll be right back
with more "Late Night."
