David Tennant confirms he has six toes on his right foot: ‘It’s like a nubbin’

Doctor Who, Harry Potter, Broadchurch, and recently Rivals, person meant the British nationalist person got rather utilized to seeing David Tennant’s angular (yet kind) face and proceeding his warbled Scottish tones. So overmuch so, his look is 1 of the astir well-known successful British TV and film.

But portion we cognize the creases connected his forehead each excessively well, nary 1 isolated from a clandestine web of Tennant-obsessed Redditors person discovered thing antithetic astir his toes. Until now.

While Reddit noticed thing was afoot with the 53-year-old’s close trotter, helium confirmed to Metro that it does so location six toes. You are precise welcome.

‘Do radical cognize that?’ we ask, to which David replied: ‘Well, they bash now.’

So… Is it the small toe? Does it constituent retired oregon up? Many questions.

‘It’s benignant of similar a nubbin,’ David confirms. On the small toed broadside of his close foot. Cute!

Somehow we uncertainty David volition beryllium getting his lanky appendages retired erstwhile helium takes to the signifier connected February 16 to host the Bafta Film Awards for the 2nd twelvemonth running. (Although that would beryllium some memorable and awe-inspiring.)

‘It’s a beauteous happening to beryllium asked to bash and it’s a immense privilege, and it’s precise giddy-making,’ David says.

‘But I’ve benignant of got a spot of a escaped pass, due to the fact that cipher expects maine to beryllium immoderate bully astatine it.’

Humble David was a deed big successful 2024 – truthful let’s anticipation this twelvemonth volition beryllium nary different…

‘It was a somewhat huffy happening to beryllium asked to do, not thing I ever aspired to oregon imagined would travel my way,’ helium confesses.

‘When you’re lasting connected that signifier looking retired astatine each the astir celebrated radical successful the world, you conscionable think: How did I extremity up doing this?’

In summary, David hopes: ‘I deliberation I conscionable privation to not interruption it again, really.’

As is the host’s duty, the Doctor Who prima can’t azygous retired his favourite films of the year, with The Brutalist, Nosferatu, The Substance, Wicked and Wallace & Gromit among those nominated.

‘I americium going to stay wholly neutral,’ David says.

He has a likewise diplomatic effect erstwhile asked – disconnected the backmost of his masterful portrayal of cruel Tony Baddingham successful Rivals – whether helium would ever privation to play a Bond villain.

‘It would beryllium rather an unusual happening to accidental nary to, I think. But you know, I’m not going to promote headlines by answering that excessively candidly,’ helium teases.

While David has an A-lister inclination to mince his words – just capable – helium is highly humble for a antheral with his iMDB.

With 2 Emmy Awards nether his belt, six NTAs and a Bafta, the Harry Potter histrion has entertained millions – but admits helium fails to person the aforesaid effect connected his 4 children.

‘[If I’m successful a film] they usually find a crushed to power connected to thing else, due to the fact that it takes the joyousness out, doesn’t it? You don’t privation to person boring aged dada creeping up connected something,’ David says, adding: ‘Although they bash rather similar Nativity 2.’

Luckily, the Hamlet histrion sticks astir successful the manufacture not to impressment anyone – particularly his kids – but to bash enactment that connects with people.

‘I accidental the eventual extremity of immoderate originative manufacture is to interaction radical and to marque a difference, and to make thing that resonates successful somebody’s life,’ helium says.

David has a nuanced reply erstwhile asked for his astir meaningful work.

‘If thing precise entertaining hits idiosyncratic astatine a constituent wherever they request to beryllium taken retired of a acheronian place, past that tin beryllium the astir important happening ever,’ David says.

He added: ‘Things mean antithetic things to each sorts of antithetic people, and tin beryllium received precise specifically to a infinitesimal successful someone’s life. So I don’t deliberation you tin fertile them successful that way.’

But helium does onshore connected a small known BBC Two amusement called There She Goes.

‘Creator Shaun Pye wrote astir his life. He has a girl with precise terrible peculiar needs, and helium was precise candid, honorable and truthful astir what it’s similar to person a kid with that galore challenges,’ David explains of the 2018 BBC drama, which has an awesome 91% connected Rotten Tomatoes.

‘That’s astir apt the astir profound absorption I’ve had. From parents of children with akin needs who’ve seen their lives successful a portion of creation successful a mode that they’ve ne'er seen it reflected before.’

The Bafta Film Awards volition aerial connected February 16, 2025 connected BBC One.

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