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Doc Martin star: ‘Sigourney wants to come back and fight me’

Martin Clunes teases more of Doc Martin's grumpy doctor ....and a fistfight with Sigourney Weaver.

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Martin Clunes has been so successful with Doc Martin that stars like Sigourney Weaver have clamoured to make an appearance in the UK series. So can fans expect to see her return for Season 8?

“We’re writing (the new season) at the moment and we start shooting it at the end of March,” he recently told TV Tonight.

“There will be some patients, a grumpy doctor and a fistfight from Sigourney Weaver!” he says.

Wait. Sigourney Weaver is back? Not necessarily….

“She wants to come back and fight me,” he teases. “But it is down to her availability.”

Either way Clunes, currently seen in Seven’s Islands of Australia, is looking forward to more filming in Cornwall, where shooting has become a bit of a tourist attraction.

“The locals are fine, we now have more overseas people watching!” he explains.

“I’ve filmed in the public all my working life, in London you have people standing around with a light you feel a bit exposed. But I’ve filmed in Port Isaac for 16 years, including for Saving Grace. It’s never once been a bother however many people are there. It’s always felt very natural and I know every inch of that place. I love it.

“A lot of acting is standing around –but what a place to stand around. We have about 60% of the crew coming back year after year. It’s long hours but it’s a good gig.”

I also ask Clunes how he felt about being the butt of a sketch on Come Fly with Me, starring Matt Lucas and David Walliams.

“I was originally going to be in it, at the end in bed with them and saying to the camera ‘Actually I’m really big in Japan.’ But my schedule closed up,” he recalls.

“I thought it was quite affectionate but then I saw David Walliams promoting it on television and I realised it wasn’t affectionate.”

Okaaaaaaaay……..

Martin Clunes: Islands of Australia concludes at 8:30pm tonight on Seven.

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