New Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa turned away from swanky club after GQ bash

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa may have reached the dizzy heights of fame on-screen but it looks as though his life away from the camera tells a completely different story.

Earlier this week, the 31 year old actor, who is the new time lord of the cult show, was turned away by door staff at London’s celebrity nightclub Chiltern Firehouse. Along with his former Netflix Sex Education co-star Asa Butterfield, the pair arrived at the high profile venue at 2.30am following the GQ Men Of The Year Awards, held at The Royal Opera House.

But despite standing in the queue, the pair didn’t make it inside the venue. It’s not known why the pair were knocked back from the swanky venue, but given the time, it is possible the club had stopping letting new customers inside and closed admissions for the evening.

Dressed in a sophisticated floor length black coat over a crisp white shirt, Ncuti was spotted embracing his former co-star Asa, who cut a fashionable appearance in a striking lime green suit. The pair laughed and joked in front of waiting paparazzi until they were turned away from the nightclub in full view of onlookers. Ncuti became known from starring in Sex Education, playing a character called Eric. The comedy drama TV series tells the story of a teenager’s journey through sexual intimacy.

And in a recent interview, it was apparent that Ncuti felt the show had an impact on him personally. Speaking to Elle magazine he said: “It undid a lot of the internalised hate I had. I’ve experienced racism my whole life, and while I always believed in myself, always knew (racists) were stupid and uneducated, I guess it did misinform my view of how the world works. It makes you think everyone has that opinion and you’ll constantly have to fight through life – then you learn that you don’t: you can find a tribe, you can find your people.”

He added:”Shout out to [screenwriter] Laurie Nunn for giving nuance to this gay, black character and gifting him to the world. He’s so fierce and unashamed. It was healing for me, and great for people to see themselves represented. It taught me the importance of representation: it’s so powerful and necessary.”

Despite his glittering success, it seems that starring in the Hollywood blockbuster movie Barbie made him feel nervous and he hardly spoke for the first month. He told the publication: “I was so nervous I hardly spoke for the first month (on set). There was a time when I was talking to Greta and I turned around and Ryan Gosling was looking at me, and his eyes were so blue that I just… fell over. I just drowned in his eyes.”

And he admitted that he tried to deflect attention away from himself by being funny as he had a sense of imposter syndrome while filming on set. He admitted: “I become this loud figure that’s cracking jokes all the time. It comes across as confidence, but at the heart of it, it’s not. Real confidence is something I have to work on daily.”