Ever since it was announced that Jeremy Clarkson will be replaced by "Top Gear" new presenter Chris Evans, all eyes have been on the former radio DJ. In a recent interview, he agreed with everyone that he has big shoes to fill and likened his new job to being the new "Doctor Who."
"This is without a doubt, the most challenging thing I have ever done in my career," Evans told BBC's Top Gear magazine, according to The Independent. He went on to compare his new "Top Gear" stint to when he took over Sir Terry Wogan over the Radio 2 show.
"People kept saying [after Wogan] I had 'big shoes to fill,' and they're saying it again now. I don't mean they're wrong or they're right, it's just such a predictable thing to say - and, by the way, Jeremy is very tall, so they're even bigger shoes."
"Top Gear" new presenter Chris Evans even likened his new job to being the new "Doctor Who," noting that "there have been 34 presenters."
The BBC motoring show began in 1977 but was revamped in 2002 by former frontman Jeremy Clarkson. Along with co-presenters James May and Richard Hammond, "Top Gear" has proven a worldwide success having an estimated viewership of 350 million.
Clarkson was sacked over a "fracas" with a producer. May and Hammond refused to renew their contract and followed their colleague out. The three, along with former "Top Gear" producer Andy Wilman, are reportedly in talks to find a home for their own motoring show.
This opened vacancies in the BBC motoring show's lineup. Many names, including F1 host Suzi Perry and rumored frontrunner Jodie Kidd, are among the bookies' picks to join "Top Gear" new presenter Chris Evans. To this end, he teased that the new presenters could be revealed soon.
"There's a lot of talk about talent at the moment. I have got to get that team. It's nearly in place. We're so very close," Evans told The Sun, according to The Daily Mirror.
