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Karen Gillan Interview in the Telegraph

Karen Gillan was interviewed in the previous issue of Telegraph, where she spoke about everything Who, what Matt Smiths involvement is in the series and trailers, and what she wants to achieve from Doctor Who.

“I ask if there’s an actor whose career she particularly admires. Her answer is refreshingly offbeat. 'Robin Williams. I want a career like his! I want to be like Robin Williams, really. It’s all the different characters he does, all the different voices.’ What about actresses? 'You know whose career I really liked? Brittany Murphy. I thought she played quite interesting characters. She was in Girl Interrupted, and in 8 Mile she had this griminess to her, this edge, which I quite liked.’

Is Gillan yearning for edgier roles? Compared to Doctors, companions can have short shelf-lives – there have even been hints that Amy Pond is to be killed off, as a mid-series cliffhanger. She says she would like to do theatre, either contemporary 'or something really bizarre like Eugène Ionesco’.

Matt Smith recently veered off-piste to play Christopher Isherwood in a BBC Two drama, to much acclaim. Gillan will shortly play Jean Shrimpton for the BBC Four film We’ll Take Manhattan about the 1960s style icon’s first encounter with David Bailey, at a Vogue photo-shoot in New York. Miniskirts and it-girls? It’s not very Robin Williams, but if anyone can pull it off Karen Gillan can. Those character parts may have to wait.”

For the full interview go here and the source of this is thanks to Combom.

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Matt Smith & Karen Gillan Talk to MTV

Karen Gillan Talks to MTV Geek

Karen Gillan talks to MTV Geek telling them that Rory is the one for Amy,

"Rory is the one for Amy. She just didn't realize it at the time...Amy with the Doctor, what would that be like? She's just as mad as he is!"

Karen Gillan admits that there are moments between her and the Doctor (Matt Smith),

"She does love him in a way...but more than in a romantic way. There's a really deep connection between two people that's hard to define. Because sometimes they're like brother and sister, and sometimes she might hit on him...and sometimes she acts like his mum, and he's a child, and vice-versa. There's so many layers to their relationship, and it's quite undefinable...but we're going to see it defined in the new series, definitely."

She also gives us a preview of what is going to happen this season,

"...something's going to happen to do with the marriage (between Amy and Rory) that's going to change the course of everything in this series, and it's going to get very dark..."