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Sarah Jane Smith recasting revealed
For the special Lost Story, Return of the Cybermen, Sadie Miller will be playing the part of Sarah Jane Smith, the role created by her mother, Elisabeth Sladen. The news […]
For the special Lost Story, Return of the Cybermen, Sadie Miller will be playing the part of Sarah Jane Smith, the role created by her mother, Elisabeth Sladen.
The news was revealed in an interview with Miller in the new Doctor Who Magazine, #550, which arrived with subscribers today and will be on general release from April 2nd. Miller previously appeared alongside her mother in Big Finish’s series of Sarah Jane Smith audios.
Return of the Cybermen is written by John Dorney based on Gerry Davis’ original scripts for the Series 12 adventure that was rewritten by Robert Holmes to become Revenge of the Cybermen. It will be released by Big Finish in November 2021.
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Oh dear, such an iconic companion like Sara Jane can’t really be played by anyone else IMOP. Don’t think this is a good move.
Let’s wait and see what it sounds like before judging?
I think its just because its Sarah Jane, I can’t imagine anyone else playing the role other than Elisabeth Sladen. I know they’ve done this with other characters and even some of the Doctors, but I think such iconic characters like Sarah Jane Smith shouldn’t be recast in this way.
Noooooo
Im, sorry but Elizabeth Sladen was and always will be Sarah Jane Smith it’s quite disrespectful to her memory aswell.
They’re getting her daughter to play her, it’s not disrespectful at all. It’s no different from when Billie Lourde played Leia in Rise of Skywalker.
I might feel the same way. But for Sadie’s homage to her mother, I can naturally understand her wanting to try.
Sadie Miller is Liz Sladen’s daughter for those of you who don’t know. If anyone can step into the role, she can.
Anyone reading the first sentence would see that. Anyone not reading that far should really not comment.
If you have to recast this role, and there’s a huge argument as to why you shouldn’t, why not hire an actress based merit rather than the fact she’s Lis Sladen’s daughter? Sadie might be a talented actress but there are many more talented actresses out there who could probably do it as well, if not better.
We’ve been here countless times before. Big FInish once stated they would never recast the classic Doctors, but here we are with David Bradley doing regular turns as the First Doctor and Tim Treloar stepping into the crushed velvet of the Third Doctor. Acceptance comes with time, and maybe it’s still “too soon” for some to comfortably accept anyone other than Liz Sladen, but I’m sure she would have wanted her character to continue evolving, developing, and inspiring new generations of fans long after her passing — and I would be very surprised if she and Sadie never had a conversation along those lines.
If I remember rightly, the ‘no recasting’ was a very long time ago, before Nick Briggs became an exec producer.