Yasmin Finney has admitted she feels huge pressure about starring in 'Doctor Who'.
Yasmin Finney's Doctor Who pressure
The 'Heartstopper' actress has joined the long-running BBC series as newcomer Rose and she admitted she felt the pressure immediately after finding out her character's name, which is an apparent nod to Billie Piper's iconic companion.
Speaking to Elle.com, Yasmin, 19, said: "It’s obviously got a lot of history, hasn’t it? To play a character with such history, even just the name, you’ve got that pressure instantly that I didn’t have with ['Heartstopper' role] Elle.
"It was a complete mind-blowing experience when I got cast. I can’t really relive it because I was so in the moment. At first, [the show] had a code name, and then I found out what the show was and I was like, 'Oh my God, I’ve just been cast in Doctor Who.'
"It’s a trans character as well, and it’s such a blessing as well to be able to play such a monumental character like Rose."
Yasmin will star in the series alongside show legends David Tennant and Catherine Tate, and new Doctor, 'Sex Education’s Ncuti Gatwa.
She said: "I didn’t go to drama school, I’m kind of learning on the job. I went on the set, and I sort of sat back. I just wanted to see how they all do it. It was just amazing to watch TV gold on set. David Tennant and Catherine Tate are two amazing, amazing actors. I grew up watching 'Doctor Who', watching David Tennant and Catherine Tate. That was my era in 2003. It’s crazy to be on a show that deeply has a lot of history with me. It’s just really, really fab.
"With 'Heartstopper', you’ve got this amazing friendship group and you’re a young trans woman trying navigate the world around you, and then in 'Doctor Who', you’ve got this amazing family, which I’m not going to talk too much about, but you’re fighting aliens and it’s just a complete shift. With Rose [Finney’s character], she is very sure of herself and very confident. Both characters had a bone in me. One goes into family and one goes into friendship, and I guess they both go hand in hand. It’s just that one of the shows is sci-fi, 'Doctor Who', and one of them is 'Heartstopper'.”