Benedict Cumberbatch: Not Your Father's Sherlock

[M. Darcy]

Hopefully it will work. I know there are worst problems in the world but when I saw Something Rotten this idiot woman in front of me kept texting during the show even when I asked her politely to stop.  When you spend a lot of money to see a show and someone idiot ruins it because they can't turn off their phone for 3 hours....If Benedict's influence works, it will be a nice legacy of his.

[rereader2]

If it works to reduce device use during performances, I imagine Benedict will be quite pleased to have his name attached to it.

[rereader2]

Who's Calling Christian—Benedict Cumberbatch

[Anothermi]

I like how, in the picture they used to click on to hear the interview, the blue background matches Ben's eyes and his jacket compliments them.

 

<on a more serious note>

He's doing as much good as he can while his celebrity star is hot, isn't he? Good on him.

[rereader2]

Nice review of The South Bank Show episode on which Benedict just appeared.

 

(If the show appears on YouTube and I see it, I'll post it.)

[rereader2]

Benedict has been nominated for the 2015 British Style Award. (UK residents can vote here.)

Edited October 22, 2015 by rereader2

[M. Darcy]

Last night was the night when I finally got to see Hamlet! Both the production and BC were amazing!

[rereader2]

Benedict Cumberbatch Curses Politicians Over Failure to Deal with Refugee Crisis.

 

Some of the UK papers have spotlighted the profanity, but hey, $230,000 is impressive, and desperately needed.

Edited October 30, 2015 by rereader2

[Eliza422]

Last night was the night when I finally got to see Hamlet! Both the production and BC were amazing!

I'm hoping to see this next week!!

[M. Darcy]

 

“Out of nowhere came this ‘F*** the politicians’ remark,” one audience member told the Daily Mail. “It’s not quite what you’d expect when you go for an evening with the bard, but it got a few cheers.”

Oh, for Pete's sake.....yes, you just sat through an evening where about 9 people were murdered and gasp he used the f word.  And, please, Bill uses a lot of naughty words in his plays.

 

Article from The New Yorker about the stage door at the theatre http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/waiting-for-benedict-cumberbatch.  After my Monday night attendance (I went three times), I stood in the crowd but didn't get close at all to BC (got the autographs of two other cast members though).  In order to get close enough to get a signature, you had to get there about 40 minutes before the show ended...which means going when you don't have a ticket or leaving the show during intermission.  Which I heard people say that people did.  No regrets though - I'm glad I saw the entire show. 

 

The show ended on the 31st - and he never once missed a performance!  His parents and Sophie were there the last night.

Edited November 2, 2015 by M. Darcy

[M. Darcy]

He's already back to work!  He's in Nepal filming Doctor Strange. 

[rereader2]

Did he even take a couple of days off after Hamlet's run?!?

[M. Darcy]

He's back in England....and just dropped by the Palace to be awarded his CBE from the Queen - http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34775662

[Peace 47]

Edited because that article above directly says (without having to cite elsewhere) that after concluding his Strange filming, Cumberbatch will then start filming Sherlock S4. (Cue At Last by Etta James in my brain.)

Edited November 15, 2015 by Peace 47

[M. Darcy]

Trailer for Zoolander 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CL4LNWHegk

[rereader2]

It's a look, for sure... 

[M. Darcy]

Here's a much better look - a new picture of BC as Richard III  http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/blog/great-performances-2015-2016-season/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=gp_1516seasonbrochure_11242015

[rereader2]

Benedict won the BWW:UK (BroadWay World: UK) award of Best Leading Actor in a New Production of a Play for Hamlet. (It seems to be a voting-by-internet award? I'm not quite certain.)

[M. Darcy]

Buzzfeed's annual (at this point, I think we can say its a yearly event) article on how BC proved he’s an Awesome Human - http://www.buzzfeed.com/kimberleydadds/2015-got-cumberbatched?bftwuk&utm_term=.jeGEAwXKa#.qp5XJ318R

[rereader2]

I never knock a good tradition! :)

 

Benedict Cumberbatch wrote the loveliest letter to Santa Claus (as part of the UK's National Letter Writing Day).

Edited December 9, 2015 by rereader2

[M. Darcy]

I think there is someone at Buzzfeed whose only job is Benedict articles :-)

[rereader2]

I think there is someone at Buzzfeed whose only job is Benedict articles :-)

 

Nice work if you can get it!

[rereader2]

Benedict Cumberbatch among A-listers acting like children. (That's CNN's headline, slightly emended. It's a lovely thing for them to do.)

[rereader2]

Behold, The First Look At Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange.

[M. Darcy]

BBC 2 has released the trailer for The Hollow Crown: The War of the Roses.   https://amp.twimg.com/v/c5ed6f8e-c8e9-4ffa-8316-16453b0cae13

 

It will air in England in April....hopefully we won't have to wait much longer here in the States. 

[rereader2]

Benedict Cumberbatch named visiting fellow at Oxford college. Noice!

[Driad]

In case anyone cares, my father's Sherlock Holmes was Basil Rathbone. My definitive Sherlock Holmes was Jeremy Brett. However, I am enjoying BC's Sherlock too. He said once that he hopes to play Sherlock for many years or decades, didn't he? I hope so!

[rereader2]

However, I am enjoying BC's Sherlock too. He said once that he hopes to play Sherlock for many years or decades, didn't he? I hope so!

 

Both he and Martin Freeman have said many times that they want to keep doing Sherlock for as long as possible and Benedict has said more than once that he'd love to be doing Sherlock into old age.

[M. Darcy]

FYI, if you go to see Zoolander 2 to see BC, stay for the closing credits.  Word on twitter is that he has a scene there also. 

[rereader2]

Benedict has been nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actor for his role in Hamlet.

 

Benedict Cumberbatch's nomination is one of four received by the Barbican's production of Hamlet.

 

 

The full list of nominations is here.

Edited February 29, 2016 by rereader2

[rereader2]

Benedict Cumberbatch joins wife Sophie Hunter for Letters Live.

 

And then there's that flap with the journalist who doesn't like celebrities who dare to have opinions about the refugee crisis. Bah, humbug.

[rereader2]

Aha! Take that, Michael Buerk.

[rereader2]

Benedict Cumberbatch Wows Critics in 'The Hollow Crown'.

[M. Darcy]

The DVD of Hollow Crown 2 will be out in the States on June 23rd. 

[SusanSunflower]

Hollow Crown avaiable netflix disk and $2.99 episode youtube/amazon/hulu, etc.  I just thought I'd spare other the effort. 

 

BC looks heart-stoppingly fierce (and gorgeous) ... a very good morning and thanks to you 

[M. Darcy]

 

Jasper Rees of The Telegraph saw the screening on Tuesday and described Benedict’s performance as “dazzling,” saying “he outrageously steals every scene he’s in,” even confiding his darkest secrets to camera, like a medieval Frank Underwood.

I'm sorry but Jasper Rees is an idiot.  Who does he think that Frank Underwood stole that from?  Because I'm pretty sure that Richard III was written before House of Cards. 

 

I'm really looking forward to see this - even though I'm not a fan of the play RIII (since its just Tudor propaganda and he was innocent!).  Though, the opening line is awesome (Now is the winter of our discontent.....)

[rereader2]

Heh, M.Darcy--I think we can safely agree that RIII was innocent, seeing as Nero Wolfe investigated the case and came to the same conclusion! (So did Josephine Tey's Inspector Grant, in The Daughter of Time.)

[M. Darcy]

BC had a busy weekend - he was in NY filming Doctor Strange, he lost the Oliver Award for Hamlet and apparently he's flying back to start filming Sherlock tomorrow (according to a fan who ran into Louise Brealey in Belgium).

[M. Darcy]

Pictures of BC filming Doctor Strange http://io9.gizmodo.com/see-bendict-cumberbatchs-doctor-strange-take-the-street-1768683404

[rereader2]

Benedict also popped in unannounced--in full costume, and trailed by the crew--to a local comic book store nearby the NYC location. (I'm on my phone so I can't bring the link, but it's easy to find!)

[M. Darcy]

BC is going to be on Jimmy Kimmel on April 12th and he's going to show the first trailer for Dr. Strange.

[rereader2]

Benedict Cumberbatch Comes Aboard ‘Guantanamo Diary’ As Producer

 

Benedict Cumberbatch and Helen Mirren lead new stars for BBC Shakespeare broadcast

Edited April 13, 2016 by rereader2

[M. Darcy]

Dr Strange Trailer!!!!! http://io9.gizmodo.com/watch-stephen-strange-become-doctor-strange-in-the-firs-1770655262

[rereader2]

Whoa....

[rereader2]

Benedict Cumberbatch Is Your New Grinch.

 

Also, who are these people who has a full-time job making lists of reason to love Benedict Cumberbatch (like this one), and why isn't one of them me?

[M. Darcy]

New trailer for Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses https://amp.twimg.com/v/9649b5d5-08aa-40d2-99e2-873ff82b78a7

 

 

Also, who are these people who has a full-time job making lists of reason to love Benedict Cumberbatch (like this one), and why isn't one of them me?

I think we would do a better job - some of those are old. There are much better current ones to use. Such as the visit to the comic book store dressed as Doctor Strange and the really great fact that we have yet to see a picture of the baby.  He and Sophie have managed to keep him private. 

Edited April 19, 2016 by M. Darcy

[rereader2]

I think we would do a better job - some of those are old. There are much better current ones to use. Such as the visit to the comic book store dressed as Doctor Strange and the really great fact that we have yet to see a picture of the baby.  He and Sophie have managed to keep him private. 

 

IKR? (I did see a photo of Benedict and Sophie walking in New York while Benedict cuddles the baby, but the baby's face was pixilated out.)

[M. Darcy]

 

(I did see a photo of Benedict and Sophie walking in New York while Benedict cuddles the baby, but the baby's face was pixilated out.)

I never saw those - I did see pictures with Sophie visiting him on the set.   I'm guessing the baby has adorable cheekbones :-)  BC did say on Jimmy Kimmel that Christopher was using the pendant (??) that Doctor Strange wears to teeth on.

[rereader2]

You can see a few photos with pixilated baby Cumberbatch here.

 

BC did say on Jimmy Kimmel that Christopher was using the pendant (??) that Doctor Strange wears to teeth on.

 

Hahahahaha! I bet the prop and costume departments weren't too thrilled with that, but how appropriate!

[M. Darcy]

FYI, the first part of The Hollow Crown: the War of the Roses airs this Saturday on BBC2 in England.  I don't believe that Richard (BC) is in episode one - I think his first appearance is in episode 2/Henry VI part 2.  But fyi, in case anyone wanted to start from the beginning.  No word yet on when episode 2 airs.