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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Waris Hussein was born in {{w|Lucknow}}, {{w|Uttar Pradesh}}, [[India]].<ref>https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?name=warishussein</ref> He moved to [[London]] with his parents when he was nine. He attended [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] | Waris Hussein was born in {{w|Lucknow}}, {{w|Uttar Pradesh}}, [[India]].<ref>https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?name=warishussein</ref><ref name="DWMWaris">[[DWM 345]]</ref> He moved to [[London]] with his parents when he was nine. He attended [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]. | ||
He was crucial to the casting of [[William Hartnell]] as [[the Doctor]]. He felt Hartnell had the eccentric and powerful quality required for the part. Waris was one of the group that went for lunch with him to try to convince him to accept the role. When he first met Hartnell, he felt terrible because he thought Hartnell was "a very opinionated man — that is, prejudiced", and he felt he was looked down upon because he was an Asian "kid", although none of this was spoken between them. First impressions notwithstanding, Hussein eventually got on very well with Hartnell. | After his time at Cambridge, he studied stage design at Slade School of Fine Art<ref name="DWMWaris" /> and then worked as a trainee at the [[BBC]], where his mother, Attia Hussein, was a newsreader and dramatic star. When he became a [[director]], he was the first [[Asia]]n BBC Drama director. According to Waris, he had to put up with a lot of "innuendo and gossip" about how he got to do what he was doing<ref name="DWMWaris" />. As a result of this, Hussein pushed himself harder in his directorial work and maintained his determination. | ||
He was crucial to the casting of [[William Hartnell]] as [[the Doctor]]. He felt Hartnell had the eccentric and powerful quality required for the part. Waris was one of the group that went for lunch with him to try to convince him to accept the role. When he first met Hartnell, he felt terrible because he thought Hartnell was "a very opinionated man — that is, prejudiced"<ref name="DWMWaris" />, and he felt he was looked down upon because he was an Asian "kid", although none of this was spoken between them. First impressions notwithstanding, Hussein eventually got on very well with Hartnell. | |||
Waris was a very close friend of {{w|Diane Cilento}} (former wife of [[Sean Connery]]) and met Connery just after ''Dr. No'' had been released. | Waris was a very close friend of {{w|Diane Cilento}} (former wife of [[Sean Connery]]) and met Connery just after ''Dr. No'' had been released. | ||
