I told you we had tons of new Benedict Cumberbatch photos, and here you go. I’ve split them up into two posts – the first post was for TIFF photocall pics and these photos are for the TIFF premiere last night, plus some additional pics of Benedict arriving back in England today. When Benedict arrived on the carpet for The Imitation Game last night, he was wearing his glasses for some of the photos, but he took them off quickly, which is a shame. He had a whole “sexy Englishman wearing glasses” vibe that I enjoyed. Thankfully, he wore his glasses at the airport, and his look is pretty sexy there. Oh, and he shaved! Finally. We don’t have to look at his sad, scraggly little beard.

As many of you mentioned in the other Cumberpost, during the photocall/press conference for The Imitation Game, some crazy Cumberbitch got up to the microphone and this is what happened:

The question that would soon have everyone in the room cringing came near the end of the quite lengthy talk, in which every questioner seemed to be female and every question directed to Cumberbatch. He made a valiant effort to wade through the fawning, giving long, thoughtful answers every time. Then a woman got up to the mic and declared, “Benedict, I actually think you’re quite yummy.” Everyone laughed. So she repeated herself. “You really are quite yummy.”

“When is the question coming?” Toronto Film Festival director Cameron Bailey interjected. The woman said she had two really important questions, both for Cumberbatch, of course. One was what part of the role of WWII hero codebreaker Alan Turing did he identify with most. And the second very important question, keeping with the theme of the film, which “is that it’s okay to be a little bit different… Would I be able to feast on your yumminess?”

Keira Knightley slapped Cumberbatch’s leg she was laughing so hard, then turned toward him, exaggeratedly anticipating his answer.

Cumberbatch, beet red, composed himself. “I’ll answer the first part of your question, which is… Christ. Sorry, I’m taken. I did not go into this Q&A about a gay icon who killed himself at 41 thinking I’d have to answer questions from someone who wants to taste my deliciousness.”

To Cumberbatch’s credit, he managed to bring the discussion straight back to Turing, and the movie’s true story of how the math genius led a team of cryptographers and linguists who cracked Enigma, the machine the Nazis used to send encrypted messages. It was an achievement that may have shortened the war by two years and saved countless lives, and the machine Turing invented to combat Enigma was essentially the first computer. Cumberbatch explained that “not being a math genius, or a hero, or a gay icon,” he found his way into the character because Turing was an incredibly sensitive human being.

[From Vulture]

Yeah, that’s embarrassing. It forced me to examine my Cumbercrush and whether I would ever be this awkward and gross in the presence of one of my Forever Dongs. I’m the kind of person who tells myself “BE COOL BE COOL BE COOL” whenever I’m in front of a guy I like, which means that I usually can’t bring much to the table either way. I definitely wouldn’t have the stones (or the insanity) to ask a guy if I could taste him. In front of an audience. Ask it in private, for the love of God!

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.