Dear Benedict Cumberbatch,
Your Glorious Cumbercurls are causing me actual, physical pain at this point. I am blessed to be one of the few to truly understand their bouncy glory and beautiful, infinite spiral. But the Cumbercurls are too powerful a weapon to be unleashed on a whim. While I’m glad you’re not wearing one of your stupid hats, a little warning might be in order. Thanks!
Love,
The Future Mrs. Cumberbatch
Anyway, as you can see, Benedict went out last night in London. He came out for a screening of The Guest, a film with his buddy Dan Stevens. That’s Dan in the photos – you might know him best at Matthew Crawley from Downton Abbey. You can see more photos of the glorious Cumbercurls here. They are truly magnificent. The Guest is one of several new Dan Stevens films coming out over the next few months – this is Dan’s big attempt to be a movie star in America. Will it work out? God knows. As for The Batch… there was another “secret girlfriend” sighting.
He’s won widespread acclaim for roles in Sherlock, Parade’s End and War Horse. But Benedict Cumberbatch is about to take to the screen in his most prestigious role to date: as the new voice of dog food brand Pedigree (which has just dropped the ‘Chum’ from its name). The actor, left, has a strong pedigree himself – he comes from a smart family who had him educated at Harrow School.
Benedict, 38, has been dividing his time this summer between recording his role playing Rudyard Kipling’s tiger character Shere Khan in a movie remake of The Jungle Book and recording the adverts in London. The commercials are for doggie dental hygiene – and he’ll be able to afford a lot more treats for himself, because I understand that the six-figure fee wasn’t far off what the BBC paid him for Sherlock.
I gather that although Pedigree toyed with the idea of having him use a doggie voice, the final script is more sensible and we won’t be hearing Benedict making any barking sounds.
Away from the recording studio, on Wednesday I spotted Benedict on a date with a mystery brunette at an old-fashioned drive-in screening of Back To The Future in East London. They kissed and cuddled throughout the performance.
MYSTERY BRUNETTE?! Who is this wench? Is she deserving of The Curls? Does she get to stroke The Velvet? I must know! As for his dog food commercial… well, as a Cumberbitch (certified), I enjoy hearing Benedict’s voice in commercials. I always get a kick out of it when his Jaguar voiceover ads play on MSNBC. So, bring on the dog food commercials!
Photos courtesy of Getty.
No little hat! Thank the Gods. Benny looks deliciously disheveled. Yum.
The “sighting” was lifted from gossip sites such as this. I’ve never seen such little effort put into tabloid gossip in my life. And if this atrocious excuse for a journo actually WENT, she’d know it’s a not a ‘drive in’. In fact, you need to walk for many, many minutes to get anywhere near the Olympic park. I think that’s what they call a fail.
Same goes for the mirror. A stolen blurry pic online taken by a creepy fan of him next to a woman he is almost certainly just walking past.
Factually that pic is so blurry you can’t tell if he is walking past or if he has his arm around her waist or if he actually holds her hand …
Yep, you can tell. You only have to look properly at it. There’s no hand holding, arm around her or hand on waist. It’s looks like he’s about to walk past her actually.
@Nic: It really looks like he’s doing the “excuse me” arm as he passes her and that’s it, tbh. Like when you cut too close to someone as you walk by.
@missmary
Yes, it does look like that. It seems as of he’s negotiating his way past after the woman in the opposite direction was in the way.
It amuses me that the “sighting” at the cinema went from him with a group that included Loo Brealey, to him dancing with a “mystery brunette” to him making out with her in plain sight of everyone.
It also legit sounds like the “sighting” was extrapolated from the a.) creepy fan pic from the NT and mixed with a liberal dose of a certain Tumblr blog’s “information.” The Fail and Mirror ran with it and now there’s “news” sources referring to Loo as “Molly Harper” (lolwut?) and claiming all sorts of wtfery.
and the woman in the Mirror photo is clearly a blonde LOL They even got the play wrong (it was Great Britain not Medea)
Don’t get the appeal of Cumberbatch.
Neither do I, Lizzie. Neither do I.
Me 3. And I really do like Sherlock but I don’t get humidity in my knickers for him.
No moistened lions?
@embertine
LMAO 🙂
I do.
Nah. I don’t know, I guess I’m a bit of a “fluffy guy” chaser 😀 but Cumberbatch is an interesting dude, probably great to have a few drinks with and talk about life and the temperament of dragons.
His brains, talent, charisma, personality, humor, and humility. Those are all the things most women (and even men ) are drawn to. I mean if you’re only into Hollywood eye candy (Chris Evans-Pine-Hemsworth-Pratt, Henry Cavill, Brad Pitt, Bradley Cooper, etc…) you’ll probably never find Cumberbatch appealing.
@Elyse, LOLing at the way you’ve phrased your comment. Intentionally or not, you make it sound as if those who do not find Cumberbatch appealing cannot raise above what you consider Hollywood eye candy.
Just to give you some perspective: I do not find any of the actors who’ve quoted particularly appealing – and, behold this wonder of wonders! I do not find Cumberbatch particularly appealing, either! That said, I certainly do appreciate the appeal of actors like Roy Dupuis, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Mads Mikkelsen, Michael Fassbender and Tom Hardy.
@ Innie Outie Ok then. In the end it’s just comes down to whoever you prefer. You may not like Cumberbatch or find him appealing the same way I do for whatever reasons. I’m not familiar with the first three you mentioned (though I think one of them is the brother of the guy who plays Magnusson in Sherlock) but I do like Fassbender and Hardy. I’m not implying that everyone who doesn’t find Cumberbatch appealing can’t see appeal beyond eye candy. I’m just stating that people can be shallow and can’t see beauty beyond physical appearance.
Elyse–that’s a bit harsh. Humans are funny creatures, and can be stimulated by an infinite variety of things. But it really does read there as if you just stated that anyone who isn’t attracted to BC is shallow.
@TotallyBiased Please stop twisting my words, it’s irritating. I never said if you don’t like Ben you’re shallow. I never accused anyone of being shallow. I just stated that some people can be shallow (and even on this site). If you’re not attracted to Benedict then that’s fine to each their own. But I never once accused anyone of being shallow.
Oh good lord (and not in the good way), is that the beginning of a p0rnstache on Benedict’s upper lip? *shudder*
As for Dan Stevens, I was never a particular fan of him on “Downton Abbey” (just didn’t like the character) but the trailer looks interesting. Then again, I’m a sucker for attractive boys with guns in movies so I’m not the most impartial judge of quality.
Dan stevens looks like he has lost some weight, and it suits him. I’m a fan. And the Cumbercurls are growing on me. Love him as an actor, but as a fake internet boyfriend? Still on the fence. . (#CampHiddleston)
He looks delicious. i want to run my hands through his hair and dishevel it more… and then run my hands all over him as well 😀 #dreamysigh
loving the curls again – looooouvley.
But does Dan Stevens need to latch onto to Benny to gain some buzz for his new film, considering his last died? 😉
Well at least some of our Brit Boys are getting photographed and smiling for the papers, while some are hiding away in Mallorca and starving their fan base of up to date news. Grr.
Well this one is 100% on Rotten Tomatoes at the moment.
Come on now, Hiddles needs a break after the fan onslaught in NI and pre Louisiana.
not allowed Joe! I am obsessed and overly thirsty, that stupid ALS challenge brought my crush back to the top. :-p
‘P’enny–have a Hiddles-hug. I’m with you, even though I, too, believe he deserves a break. Have you seen this yet? It actually isn’t every single Loki scene ever, but pretty close. And the fan who made it edited together a rather cohesive narrative. That said, it IS over two hours long.
http://io9.com/all-of-tom-hiddlestons-marvel-footage-edited-into-one-l-1629316103
@Totally biased, thanks for the link. I do hope Kevin Feige is paying attention.
@’p’enny, be calm and watch the video for your fix. We have been trying not to disrupt these threads and our puppy has been working hard to bring us some delicious treats next year. He deserves a break and just imagine him frolicking on the beach.
Lol yr all too kind 😃 oh and I didn’t hiddles bomb (direct) ehehe
I shall fantasise about Luke Evans and benny too, as I need to get off the H-train for a bit…but just after I watch that 2 hr fix. I’d love a Sherlock one too.
@Lilac Flowers the Daily Mail bombred it for us it for us. This was the caption underneath the picture of th hug
” So much love: This is the type of Benedict/Dan sandwich that many fans think would be vastly improved with the addition of Matt Smith and Tom Hiddleston””
I can safely say that neither of them do anything for me in the above pictures .The combo of anorak and white trainers is a touch strange for a press event.
But good news for all of you who do appreciate the Benny in all his earthly forms. The national is holding a Cucumber raffle. Donate £20 to the National’s development fund and you get enter into a raffle in which the prize is “tea with Benny and Andrew Scott. “”
However for £7.50 you can attend a talk on the significance that “My Night with Reg” had on the gay movement back in the 70’S with the Mark Gatiss and a two others other knowledgeable people.
@’P’enny I am just creating some kinky fantasies of what happened when Tom, Luke, Reece” Shearsmith and Jeremy Irons were all housed together in rented accommodation in Bangor. The source being the Irish Times.
The Guest is a very smart and funny movie and Dan’s performance got rave reviews, both from critics and viewers. At this point Dan is just enjoying the appreciation of a friend.
My God those curls – I want to set up home in them 😉
Somehow I’m imagining the Looney Tunes episode of bugs bunny settling in on the giant’s head of hair from Jack in the Beanstalk.
@Jimmypants All I saw was the tits in my garden nesting in his hair
Dan Stevens looks really good.
he does have amazing eyes.
I’m so used to him looking buttery and puffy that the tanned, toned, and modern looking version of him sort of freaks me out a bit.
Buttery? Lol, what does that mean?
I don’t know…I suppose I was referencing a croissant! buttery and puffy haha
Buttery and puffy? Sounds yummy. I’ll take my buttery and puffy Dan Stevens with some fresh berries, a drizzle of chocolate and a glass of Sauternes, please.
Oh, no, he should NOT try a ‘stache. He looks awful with one.
As someone with naturally very curly hair, I always appreciate it when people appreciate curls 😀 I absolutely love the dishevelled Sherlock curls on Ben, but not this weird kind of fringe styling o_O He’s sported a similar thing with straight hair, too – and I can’t stand that one, either. It just looks so, I don’t know, artificial? Uncool? *shrugs* BUT. I love the scruff – which, I hope with all my heart, will continue its existence as scruff and will NOT mutate into a full-blown pronstache! Yikes.
LOL it may get full-blown–Richard has a beard usually.
I have hair similar to his, and I often feel he’s like me and lazy/doesn’t want to deal with it 😀
*moans* I am quite sure though that Cumby never has to undergo the eternal pain in the a$$ that the tightly curling LONG hair presents in the mornings.
But on the plus side, I love my hair, so I refuse to cut it ^_^
I was hoping he’d do it clean shaven like Olivier.
My memory is that Mark Rylence did not play Richard 111 without a beard -I think it’s optional along with the size of the hunchback.
The moustache is not a good look at this stage but if it is a beard and moustache job sounds like it will not be a modernised version.
@ Innie Outie perhaps he is going for the Hitler look a like version of Richard 111
I think he is starting his own Richard III beard. Hollow Crown starts filming later this month
I don’t mind the beard! It’ll actually be interesting to see how/if he can pull it off. Just please no stand-alone moustache and do something to that frivolous wannabe fringe, Benny!
Innie, have you seen him as Van Gogh? He did a movie about the painter a few years ago and he’s got a full beard. I’m guessing it will be a similar look for Richard III.
He looks creepy with a stache but quite manly with full facial hair. The beard softens his hard features.
@Green Girl, I haven’t but I went and checked out pics&trailer, I really liked how a shorter beard looked on him, but imo the longer one is too wild and unflattering. Still, if it suits the character and the story – fine by me, it’s not like all characters must be easy on the eyes 😉
I’m all in favor of a beard, but I’m not a fan of the scruffy kind, either. 🙂
His Van Gogh look is quite something!
@Innie Outie I love curly hair but those curls looked look like a professional job or maybe the crush of his helmet made them so perfectly shaped . In the picture taken at an event around the same time his hair is wavy with a few curls here and there.
I’m probably alone on this, but given BC’s drive for accuracy in his characters, I’m still very surprised at the facial hair. Also, Richard III had long, straight, black hair so maybe wig?
I thought the secret girlfriend was blond.
He has multiple secret girlfriends! Blonde, brunette, redhead and black haired! (I nominate myself for backup brunette girlfriend).
She’s a blonde brunette redhead, who is tall and also short while being young and also old.
He canoodles with her while simultaneously walking 5 feet away from her.
Wow, he’s got really good at the secret girlfriend thing. Clever boy.
Secret girlfriend has a massive wig collection. She’ll be busting out her rainbow wig soon.
Secret revealed: It’s Andrew Scott in drag trying to throw people off the scent. He forgot his disguise when they went to see Richard III the other day.
She is a varicolor-haired short-tall-thick-thin woman with a serious-not serious career in-not in the industry and they’ve been together for ages-just recently and make out-hide in public.
She’s a Metamorphmagus.
*gasp* That’s why he has to keep her secret! Muggles can’t know…
Nooooo because apparently he himself is an Animagus and people have guessed long ago what animal he turns into 😛
Oh no! This can only mean one thing… The Chamber of Secrets has been opened!
@MissMary
Do we have to take cover now? Where is an invisible cloak when you need one…
@MissMary: Voldemort approves http://s.likes-media.com/img/07cf0e6ac38c7fcbbb50469a234b3c70.600x.gif
@Lady Macbeth: We’re out of luck, lol, he’s obvs hiding the secret metamorphmagus gf under it!
Dad sneakers Cumby? Lol
they are freebies off Elle who are tweeting like mad about it 🙁 I am going off that magazine. They have forgotten they are a women’s fashion magazine but a PR prop for Brit actors. I wouldn’t mind if the interviews were any good.
Yea they come off more as a teen magazine. They’ve done that for several celebs now. Offputting.
Judging by the latest KStew thread, they indeed specialise in ass-kissing. I am kinda scared to think what came out of Cumberbatch’s ELLE interview/photoshoot.
I was so excited about this photoshoot/interview until I found out it was ELLE UK. They’re like Teen Beat under the guise of a fashion mag. Hope I don’t lose IQ points reading it, I hardly have enough to spare already.
As long as they don’t embarrass the poor guy asking questions about trouser snakes, kissing girls and plying him with whiskey and deliver the most inane interview split into two weird parts and has the an interesting factor of drying paint.
Forget about the shoes. Let’s talk about the jacket with a thousand pockets!
For storing all his secret gfs…
Someone made a gif showing how the jacket is similar to the one MF wore as Watson at the end of HLV, and how many of BC’s outfits look like MF’s… They’re either folllowing some subtle British trends in men’s fashion, or he really likes MF’s wardrobe, even on the show.
Well, BC DID apparently steal MF’s tiny hat, so anything’s possible!
The jacket with a thousand pockets?
That’s where he stores his spare chambray shirts 🙂
I bet he has one pocket dedicate to hats.
His hair looks like Mr Tickle’s arms and I am loving it
One of the few who appreciates the curls? *points and laughs*
Maybe I’m alone on this, but I prefer chubby Dan Stevens.
I prefer chubby and pale Dan Stevens as well.
Definitely not alone there.
Morning Cumby! Although this may be my last proclamation of Cumby love. I’m a fickle wench and I think I’ve moved on to Sam Heughan from the new Outlander series. I know, I’ve turned traitor and jumped on a new bandwagon.
So pretty!
@Lilacflowers: are you turning traitor with me? 😊
It isn’t treason for me and Sam looks so lovely. We can share!
Count me in 🙂
You and me both Kitty. Damn that Scot is hot.
We need to petition Kaiser to post articles about Outlander and Sam so we can spread the word.
I’m not feeling it. He managed to have all the masculine features yet still look a bit effeminate? Not that there’s anything wrong with that. I might need to see the show to get the fuss.
@Jammypants: watch the show and you’ll understand. The love requires a natural progression much like the Cumby love. At first you’re not impressed but little by little he grows on you and then WHAM! Suddenly you’re Googling him and watching all his previous films before he made it big.
Tobias Menzies acts the other cast members off the screen in Outlander. I watch each episode waiting for the REAL actor to come back on screen. Apparently he’s phenomenal in episode 6. Sam Heughan is a swee guy but its like watching a male model on screen. Bland Bland Bland.
@betsy – glad I’m not the only one who loves Tobias Menzies! He was great in The Shadow Line too
Between Richard and Sherlock, he’s going to look a hairy mess. Lucky for me, not here for physical appearance 😀
Looking forward to the Imitation Game, wonder how it’ll do at TIFF.
Am in the midst of a badly addictive Dan Stevens situation (last time this happened was a full blown Fassaloonie vortex in 2011-12). Those eyes! That voice! Sigh.
Kaiser, you are hilarious!
He stole the show there. Haha
I am getting a good giggle out of the second picture in this article, especially because BC looks a bit surprised. Why are they making those faces? Let’s guess!
BC didn’t wear a suit for this premiere .. so maybe he thought it wouldn’t be such a formal occasion.
He keeps his coat closed. I suspect his denim shirt underneth. What is the temperature in London? Cold enough to keep your coat closed inside?
That’s how I can tell this wasn’t a PR/arranged attendance at the premiere but he went on his own to support a friend–left to his own devices, he doesn’t dress up much.
I think that might be the case. I wonder if he was invited sort of at the last minute, hopped on his bike and went over, then realized “Whoops! This is a bit more formal than I thought!” Those shoes are a dead giveaway, IMO.
@Green Girl: Or he just thought “I look alright…” lol. In my mental scenario, he was either filming and didn’t realize how late it’d gotten so didn’t have time to change, or he just thought “oh, no one is going to take pics of me there…”
Not that I mind though. I am not in overall awe of people who wear suits when they don’t have to.
With great power curls comes great responsibility. Cumby needs to warn his bitchez before he brings out the unfettered curls.
I like every thing about this post.
Run the world, Curls!!! I adore him. Always.
I’m with you kri–I am in full Cumby-palooza mode heading into fall. Those curls do the DAMN THING FOR ME.
I love the curls and the ginger scruff.
i love this look on him intensely.
Apparently Ben will be attending the British GQ Man of the Year Awards this evening so we may get to see some suitBatch
He’s arrived and is in all black. Looks good on him!
He looks exquisite! Love a man in black. He matches my cats. Surely that must mean we are destined?
http://londonphile.tumblr.com/post/96466931406/benedict-attending-the-gq-awards-x-x
Maybe he has room in his Coat of Hiding for another secret gf! He can hide you in there next to the others and take you dancing at a drive in.
I may have made a high pitched sound only dogs can hear when I saw the pic of him in the waistcoat with the watch chain Londonphile just posted.
@ MissMary I’ll let you know later what is on the end of that chain….
@ Encumbered: I hope it’s another tiny hat *crosses fingers*
“I drank a lot and I need the loo” LOL
@Sigh((s)) OMG I about died when I read that, lol!
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm……….yum!
I wanna twirl my fingers in his hair. Can anyone tell me if that is his natural hair color?
It’s pretty close to it, it looks like. He’s naturally a dark auburn, closer to the brown end of the shade than the ginger end. It looks like he has some highlights in there, ngl.
I am looking at these pics with a magnifying glass….I think I’ve found his secret gf!
She’s on the end of his pocket chain!!!!
Or it’s the brunette standing behind him in some pic’s….. Or it’s Richard E Grant!!
@Kazlock: LOL there’s already people saying Omg he must be dating Karon because she goes to events with him and omg she coordinated her outfit to his! *eye roll* I think the brunette is an employee of the event location or GQ–there’s a few pics where you see women wearing the same type of shirt, long tight skirts, and looking busy and several are brunette.
Unless you mean the brunette in the wrap front dress? I think she’s with the group standing behind him. I’m thinking the gf is in the Invisibility Cloak he has hidden in the coat of many pockets from the premiere last night.
MISSMARY I will take bets now that The Daily Fail will have him canoodling with someone in tomorrow’s edition lol!
Still think it unlikely there is a secret gf at all.Even T seems to be going in that direction to….not that it will stop them fabricating stories though.
They will have him married, divorced, and remarried to any woman he was near lol.
So, did the mystery girl put in an appearance this evening? I’ve been busy with holiday and work. Have I missed something? Did the gossip mags lift this secret brunette thing from Tumblr?? Seriously?? How ridiculous…I’m guessing there’s no gf since he never shows up at these functions with anyone (other than Karon.)
Nice to see him out and about. Love the curls!
@MissMary LOL. I’m getting ready to believe in that invisibility cloak because that’s the only explanation there is other than the most obvious one…that the woman doesn’t actually exist. Of course someone will insist that Invisible Girl didn’t walk in with him because they’re keeping their special love a big ‘ol secret and they met up inside where no one would possibly see them.
So far tonight at the awards,Tumblr have linked him to:
Sophie Hunter
Karon the PR
Pink dress lady (turned out to be Ronnie Woods wife)
And Loo Brealey!
Cloak of invisibility must be working overtime hiding slk his harem!
@Sophie K and Kazlock: It’s amazing the amount of power people think he has over the media. I’ve read “Oh, he asked photographers not to take pictures of her,” “She was cropped out because Karon demanded it,” and “well, they hid her in the crowd and tip-toed her in when no one would notice!” *eye roll* I’m sure this Invisible Girl (*gasp* maybe she’s the next DW Companion, after The Impossible Girl!) would be totally down with hiding in coat check till he was done, just so she could be there to support him. There’s lots of pics from inside the event.
Are people still hammering on about the Sophie Hunter thing? Oy.
AND OMG I lol’d so hard because some folks are swearing “I need the loo” was code for “I love you Loo” and a person or two swears that’s what he actually said and it was mis-transcribed. If I roll my eyes any harder, they’re popping out of my head.
damn, the boy looks GOOD!
i’m seeing both TIG and The Guest at TIFF, so i hope they both show up to the theatres. dan stevens got very suddenly hot.
Ooooooooooooh, lucky! Both movies sound amazing! I’m eyeballing Austin Fim Fest since it’s close (and lol not even for BC stalking purposes, stg) b/c I want to see TIG before November, lol.
I still fail to see this guy’s appeal. Now he just looks like a curly cucumber.
Wow, His right foot is really curved. Interesting.
Wow, I didn’t even notice that… I looked at the pics of him barefoot from that fashion show and it looks regular but who knows… maybe he’s got super bendy feet?
they are just super thirsty for a story or some dirt now that awards season is ramping up. All the tabs want to be the first to “break” something on him, or have scandal, etc.
Exactly, @MissMary. As if tabloids care about delivering verified information lol. Cumberbatch is a hot topic now – and will stay hot until at least the end of awards season – so they’re hurrying to strike iron.
He had Karon with him as his plus one last night (which isn’t unusual–a lot of celebs have their PR with them at events, or even their PAs, even if it’s not a huge thing like the Oscars or something) so there’s THOSE rumbles again, smdh, and the fact he didn’t have a woman, mystery brunette or not, hanging off him is making the tabs salivate.
What’s happened to Dan Stevens? He looks weird now. Lol
I’ve just seen photos of Benny as a little boy and he does have light hair but very thick straight. I wonder when it started to curl?
Benny was at GQman of the year awards and after studying photos I can conclude that there was no mystery Girlfriend appearance. This could be that she might not have been the same woman in the first place that was standing innocently next to Benny
I love the curly hair!