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Benedict Cumberbatch: Not Your Father's Sherlock


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There's a Fresh Air interview with Benedict on the NPR website--it's a full half hour and I haven't had time to listen to it yet, but going by the bits they quote below, it should be pretty good. (He does seem to do better in long format interviews.)

 

ETA: I had a chance to listen, and it is very good. (And we find out how he discovered he needs glasses...no, they aren't fakes. :))

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Rolling Stone has an article/interview with Benedict: Benedict Cumberbatch on Cracking 'Imitation Game''s Code.

 

[i'm ignoring the hysterical articles on the "colored" comment. If you watched the Tavis Smiley interview (which you can see here, it seems pretty obvious Benedict was going for "people of color", tried to combine it with "actor", and it came out wrong. Smiley didn't even blink, and he's not shy about these things.]

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Noice! They even got a Toby-stand-in to pose with him.

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According to Hollywood Life, Benedict dropped out of "Lost City of Z" because of Doctor Strange.

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Neil Gaiman tweeted to let people know that the BBC4's production of "Neverwhere" (in which Benedict was the Angel Islington) was Audible's Deal of the Day...but that was yesterday. It was really good, though, and if I listened to audio books I'd buy it.

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There's a whole bunch of stuff from the BAFTAs, of course (even though Benedict didn't win). I particularly like this red carpet interview:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jgMldMkzPo

 

Clearly, he's not backing away from the racial inequality issue--also seen in most of the other photos/interviews (print and video)/whatevers from the event. Here's a short selection:

 

People magazine

Daily Mail

Variety

Mirror

Telegraph

 

(Sophie has wonderful taste in clothes!)

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Wedding in the UK on Saturday, LA on Monday--he appeared on Jimmy Kimmel (People has video from the start of it, anyway), and then he did that TimesTalk together with Keira Knightley. I didn't see the live stream, but it seems to be online now here (you have to wait 18 or 19 minutes, I think, before it starts, so you could try just skipping ahead); if it's not working there, they may have it later here, as they seem to be collecting all their Oscar-related interviews there, and it does say "more coming soon"! 

 

ETA: The full Kimmel appearance is on Daily Motion.

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