Benedict Cumberbatch: Not Your Father's Sherlock

[rereader2]

Here's a nice interview Benedict did with Rotten Tomatoes at ComicCon: 

 

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If you are inclined to voting in popularity polls, RadioTimes is up to the "grand final" in their TV Champion thingie: Benedict v. David Tennant

[M. Darcy]

I had to get up at 5 am and it took 45 minutes waiting online but I did it! I'm seeing BC in Hamlet next year!

[Capricasix]

I saw on the Barbican website that they will be making available 100 seats, at every performance, for £10...so if I happen to be in London next fall, I'll be waiting in line! Don't know how likely that is, though, as I have pesky things like mortgage payments and growing kids who seem constantly to eat and need new clothes!

[rereader2]

Vanity Fair has come out with it's International Best Dressed List, and Benedict is on it; there are pictures here and here. (Does anyone know what a Sami bracelet is?)

 

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From the Guardian: Benedict will be recording the unabridged audiobook of William Golding's novel The Spire.

[rereader2]

Thanks, takeittotheBanks!

 

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Here, have a trailer for Penguins of Madagascar (you'll know which one is Benedict):

 

[rereader2]

From the Los Angeles Times: Benedict Cumberbatch, the thinking man's alpha wolf

[Valentine]

Vanity Fair has come out with it's International Best Dressed List, and Benedict is on it; there are pictures here and here. (Does anyone know what a Sami bracelet is?)

 

 

He wears his Sami bracelet a lot. They are made from reindeer leather. They can be found on etsy.

Edited August 14, 2014 by Valentine

[rereader2]

From the Henley Standard: Benedict and other members of the Imitation Game cast visited with patients during their filming in the Sue Ryder hospice.

[M. Darcy]

Today Tom Hiddleston challenged BC in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

 

And, BC's episode of The Simpsons (“Love is a Many Splintered Thing”) will air September 1 at 7:30 AM ET during the FXX Simpsons marathon. 

[rereader2]

From The Hollywood Reporter: Benedict will be voicing Shere Khan in Warner Bros. upcoming adaptation of The Jungle Book. 

[ohjoy]

I feel like a remake is completely unnecessary (my heart belongs to the previous animation, and even the '90s live action was good campy fun), but his voice is perfect for Shere Khan.

[M. Darcy]

He did the ice bucket challenge!!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOa7ZjxRuKM&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop

[rereader2]

HA! If a thing's worth doing, it's worth overdoing! 

 

For those who don't want to click, here's an embed:

 

[BizBuzz]

OMG, wet t-shirt BC...

[rereader2]

Wet t-shirt better than naked-in-the-shower? ;-D

[M. Darcy]

He won the Emmy!

[rereader2]

Just posted that in the media thread--I'm so delighted!

[M. Darcy]

For fans of BC in Cabin Pressure, we have an official date for the finale - Zurich.   John Finnemore confirmed what we all thought - it will be broadcast this Christmas. 

 

 

[rereader2]

From Screen Daily: Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hanks donate (signed) treasures to an eBay auction for charity Anno’s Africa, which runs educational arts projects for slum children and AIDS orphans in Nairobi.

[rereader2]

From RadioTimes: Benedict Cumberbatch wax figure in final stages - see the pictures.

 

The head looks quite amazing, sitting right next to Benedict.

[Driad]

 

Wonder if they're using it for the comeback episode.  (See the ACD story "The Empty House.")

[rereader2]

Driad, have you seen Season 3 yet? 

 

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This apparently was up since July, but I was only made aware of it today: On BAFTA's website, there's a video in which "Benedict Cumberbatch, James McAvoy, Colin Farrell, Jim Broadbent & Hugh Dancy offer their advice for aspiring actors."

 

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On Broadway.com, there's an odd-end: Odds & Ends: Benedict Cumberbatch Talks Hamlet...

 

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And for those who NEED their daily Benedict, there is a Benedict Cumberbatch 2015 calendar. (Articles referring to which on refinery29 and the Daily Mail.)

[rereader2]

A sampling of reviews of The Imitation Game from Telluride--the reviews of the film are a bit mixed, but they seem to be more or less unanimous in praising Benedict's performance:

 

Variety

The Wrap

HitFix

The Hollywood Reporter

GoldDerby

[M. Darcy]

Another month...another award.  BC won British GQ's Actor of the Year award last night - http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/home/moty-2014/benedict-cumberbatch-actor-gq-men-of-the-year-award-2014

[rereader2]

He was very, very tipsy getting that GQ award!:

 

 

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Also there's stuff 'n' things from the Toronto International Film Festival out there. I'm working off a very small laptop today, so I'm not bringing a list of reviews, but here's a video interview about Turing's sexuality from The Wrap:

[M. Darcy]

They had the first read through for The Hollow Crown today!  If you are Hollow Crown/Shakespeare fans, the twitter account for BBC Two (@BBCTwo) probably has the most update info. 

 

Heh, I'm an idiot -  I just realized why they had a white rose where he sat. 

[rereader2]

Benedict demonstrating his superior spy skillz:

 

[rereader2]

Here's a very thoughtful Benedict interview by Cineplex about The Imitation Game: 

 

[rereader2]

A Reuter's story (picked up by a number of outlets, including EWN and gulf news), describes Benedict as a "perfectionist" when it comes to his work.

 

I'm sure we'd never have guessed.

[dusang]

Imitation Game won the People's Choice award at the Toronto International Film Festival.

[rereader2]

From Time (and just about everywhere else on the interwebs), a photo of Benedict as Mr. Darcy. (It's for charity!)

Edited September 16, 2014 by rereader2

[rereader2]

There are a couple of articles about a short interview with Dame Judi Dench: 

From RadioTimes: Dame Judi Dench talks Benedict Cumberbatch and Richard III

From The Telegraph: Dame Judi Dench says Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch is a true gentleman

[dusang]

There are a couple of articles about a short interview with Dame Judi Dench: 

From RadioTimes: Dame Judi Dench talks Benedict Cumberbatch and Richard III

From The Telegraph: Dame Judi Dench says Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch is a true gentleman

 

I love Dame Judi.  She is so dench.

[rereader2]

Benedict was at the Young Patron's Bright Young Things Gala last night: 

Mail

Express

 

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And another piece about Benedict's turn in The Imitation Game from the Daily Bulletin. (It's not clear whether it was an interview or a general press thing or what, but the piece quotes Benedict quite a bit.)

[rereader2]

There's a very short little video on the DreamWorks Facebook page: Watch Benedict Cumberbatch and John Malkovich, the stars of Penguins of Madagascar, interview each other in our "Breaking the Ice" video series!

[rereader2]

There are articles about Benedict's TimeOut London cover article:

 

RadioTimes: The real story behind Benedict Cumberbatch's U2 photo bomb

Anglophenia: Benedict Cumbebatch's Photobomb is all Ellen Degeneres' Fault

Independent: Benedict Cumberbatch reveals red carpet highlight was photobombing U2 at the Oscars

 

And from TimeOut themselves, there is a GIF from the not-used pictures from the photoshoot, as well as a link to the full article (which has yet more photos).

[M. Darcy]

They have started filming the Hollow Crown and BBC2 released the first picture of BC as Richard III https://twitter.com/BBCTwo/status/517287141085573123.  Awesome!  He is actually wearing the white boar necklace. 

 

And, as part of the promotion for the new Paddington movie, they got a group of celebrities to design Paddington Bear statues which will be all over London and Benedict designed one of the bears. 

[rereader2]

There is also a new, longer trailer for The Imitation Game out:

 

[queequeg]

Speaking of The Hollow Crown, is the only way to watch the 2012 episodes to pay Amazon to stream them or get the Netflix DVDs?  I only have Netflix streaming right now.  Hmmmm.

[M. Darcy]

I think so.  The same question came up on Tom and Lorenzo's blog and that seemed to be the answer.  Though...you might try your local library - I bet they might have a copy of the DVDs.  They are well worth any effort to get a hold of them. 

[rereader2]

Speaking of The Hollow Crown, Socialite Life has a gallery of 25 pictures from the filming, mostly of Benedict in armor and ahorse during battle scenes.

 

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Radiotimes has a rather charming piece in which Judi Dench tells her version of Benedict Cumberbatch's "shocking" Richard III proposal.

[rereader2]

There's a very long, thoughtful interview in Out Magazine with Benedict, about Hamlet, The Imitation Game, fame, and all manner of other things. I find it's usually an interesting piece when an interviewer starts him off and then listens carefully, as this one clearly did.

[BizBuzz]

There's a very long, thoughtful interview in Out Magazine with Benedict, about Hamlet, The Imitation Game, fame, and all manner of other things. I find it's usually an interesting piece when an interviewer starts him off and then listens carefully, as this one clearly did.

 

Being incredibly shallow here, but the picture of BC sitting on the sidewalk?  Hot.  Very hot.

 

Thanks for sharing that interview, it was great.

[Boton]

That was such a good interview, and then it seemed that every single publication that excerpted part of it for a quickie celebrity news item failed to read the context of any of the Qs and As, and most of them summarized his thoughts in exactly the opposite way I think they were meant from reading the original, very complete and nuanced interview.  Aargh!

[rereader2]

Here's a cluster of Benedict bits today:

 

From the Mirror: His Madame Tussaud figure was unveiled. (There's a gallery of photos of the image--good job, I'd say!)

 

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From the National: He filmed a mystery something for the BBC, teased on BBC One's Facebook page. 

 

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There are more Hollow Crown photos at the Metro.

 

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And Just Jared has a piece about Benedict hosting a Flaunt Magazine party for their "The Grind" issue.  There's a bit about the party at Flaunt's website, as well as a very atmospheric video/interview shot during his photoshoot, if I've understood that correctly.

Edited October 21, 2014 by rereader2

[rereader2]

There is a Smaug video clip:

 

 

And articles about it. (Two examples: Breaking News and Broadway World, but I know there are more.)

 

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There's a new clip out and about (1 minute long) from The Imitation Game. It's not on YouTube (that I know of), but you can see it on Digital Spy. 

 

He really creates a character very quickly--he's saying something Sherlock might say, but it's not at all Sherlock saying it.

 

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And there are some pieces about Benedict's appearance on the Graham Norton show this week, where he was confronted by his Madame Tussaud's doppelganger: the Mail; Radio Times.

 

 

Their eps usually turn up on YouTube sooner or later.

Edited October 24, 2014 by rereader2

[rereader2]

The Beeb put up a few clips from Benedict's appearance on the Graham Norton show:

 

 

 

 

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CBS Sunday Morning did a feature on Alan Turing this week, featuring the film and Benedict. There's a transcript and video here.

[rereader2]

From TVWise: Benedict Cumberbatch to Front New BBC Drama Trailer.

 

That I want to hear, definitely!

[rereader2]

Aaaaaaand here's the trailer:

 

 

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And another video, this of Benedict auditioning for "The Hobbit":

 

 

There's also an article about it on Inquisitr.

 

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There are also a number of articles about his Elle interview; here's one from Business Standard.

 

There's video from the same floating around; here are the two I've seen:

 

 

Edited October 29, 2014 by rereader2

[rereader2]

The full Elle UK article is here (with photos, naturally), and the outtake about Sherlock and sex that has caused some uproar (although I'm not sure why) is here.