'Camping' star David Tennant was overwhelmed with the honesty of BBC4's 'There She Goes'

Tennant is playing in two comedy shows dealing with two very different issues, and it is probably the honesty of the scripts that drives him to take up a role.

The pilot episode of David Tennant's new show 'Camping,' directed by Lena Dunham and starring Jennifer Garner, was premiered on Sunday, October 14. Although the show didn' receive a good initial response, it surely paved the way for Tennant to try out his hands in different guises. Tennant plays the role of the submissive Walt in Dunham's show, who has been beaten to the ground by his dominating, OCD-ic wife, Kathryn (played by Jennifer Garner). 

The 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' actor's role in the ongoing 'Camping' incline more towards being a victim of domestic abuse when seen from another side of the spectrum. Walt is a man who probably does not remember who he is anymore but that has not kept him away from being a loving father. Similarly, in BBC's upcoming show 'There She Goes' Tennant plays the father to a child who suffers from learning disabilities. While the show is heavily based on director Shaun Pye's life, whose 12-year-old daughter was diagnosed by the similar genetic disorder, Tennant was moved by the honesty of the story. 

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