article_snippet.sent: Christopher Eccleston's turn as Doctor
article_snippet.sent: I wanted to move Christopher Eccleston's away from RP [received pronunciation] for the first time because we shouldn’t make a correlation between intellect and accent, although that still needs addressing.
article_snippet.sent: The third son of working-class parents, Eccleston was brought up in Salford before going on to star in
article_snippet.sent: Eccleston has also delivered a withering verdict on privileged actors such as Oscar-winner Eddie Redmayne and Benedict Cumberbatch, claiming an increase in privately-educated stars is leading to ‘a milky, anodyne culture’.
article_snippet.sent: Eccleston added: ‘I still feel insecure, like a lot of my working-class contemporaries.
article_snippet.sent: I had a sense acting wasn’t for Eccleston because I’m not educated.
article_snippet.sent: I’ve lived with British society, but British society’s much more pronounced now, and British society would be difficult for someone like Eccleston to come through.
article_snippet.sent: ‘You can’t blame Eddie Redmayne [Eton], Benedict Cumberbatch [Harrow] and others taking their opportunities but it will lead to a milky, anodyne culture.