Even though I made fun of Benedict Cumberbatch for initially refusing to interact with his crazy fans outside of the Barbican Theatre, I have to admit… that refusal was probably a good instinct. Benedict has been greeting fans most night following his performance in Hamlet, and the crowds keep growing. These are photos of Benedict trying to be a good guy last night, signing autographs and meeting his fans. Poor guy. Not only is this production of Hamlet going through major changes AND he has to perform it eight times a week, but he also has to deal with a two-month old baby AND his insane fans. The Daily Mail says that the Barbican has removed all of those signs saying Bendy would not be doing autographs too.
I have to say, Benedict looks much better in these photos. Maybe the changes to the play – and by that I mean returning to the traditional play structure – is a lot easier on him. He still looks tired of course, but better overall. I wonder if Sophie is already in Belfast working on her experimental opera or whatever?
Meanwhile, a new trailer/TV spot for Black Mass just debuted. They’re really keeping a tight wrap on Bendy’s character, the real-life Billy Bulger, brother to Whitey Bulger (played by Sir Scarves-A-Lot). This trailer is meh, but I enjoyed the full-length trailer that debuted a few weeks back (go here to see).
Photos courtesy of WENN.
That first photo… he does not look good, sorry. The weight loss makes him look even more intergalactic.
His role in Black Mass is small I think. From the trailer, Depp and Edgerton seem like the main players.
“intergalactic” hahahaa he really looks half-reptalian
This is stuck in my head now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qORYO0atB6g
He’s been away from Neptune’s orbit for far too long.
Benedict get your head out of Uranus!
*snigger*
>>>Zapp Brannigan says:
>>>Benedict get your head out of Uranus!
Perfect marriage of username and comment.
🙂
I was About to ask: WHERE does he “look good” LORDY
He looks ghastly, IMO. As for the fans – well, at this point I’m guessing he needs them more than they need him but it will only serve to highlight that he’s rapidly becoming more of a celebrity than an actor. I’m wondering how many people out there even care how he played Hamlet any longer. It’s as if the fandom is eating him while feeding him.
Overestimation of the importance of dedicated fans. Too small a group to make a movie or show a hit, and casting directors, studios, producers know this.
In reality, Sherlock was his break, and once that happened, all he needed to do is not have a string of bombs or act erratically on set (ala drunken mess while filming) to work continuously.
@Jen – you may be right – to an extent. The thing is, he did have a string of bombs and semi-bombs: “The Fifth Estate” sank like a stone (which is too bad as I thought it one of his best performances), “STID” was a franchise and he wasn’t the lead, and for all the hopes pinned on “The Imitation Game” he didn’t come out with a single award nor did the film, although it did better than “The Fifth Estate”. “Dr. Strange” is also a Marvel franchise, and his role in “Black Mass” is secondary.
In filmdom, leading-man status in big budget dramas/romances still escapes Cumberbatch, Sherlock or no Sherlock. The thea-tuh of course is different, and the thing is – Hollywood doesn’t give a fig about it.
The only real bomb he has was TFE. TIG grossed incredibly well. Anyway, what he can’t have is an actual string of wide-release bombs in which he’s the lead.
Only vaguely related, the leading man concept is dying out. Studios have cottoned on to the fact you can make a heap of cash with relatively unknown actors in the right flick and have seen established leading men with some major bombs over the last decade.
> and have seen established leading men with some major bombs over the last decade.
Yep, like Clooney’s “Tomorrowland”, what a snoozer. And he is supposed to be a star.
Exactly. Johnny Depp, Will Smith, Ryan Reynolds, Tom Cruise, and Russell Crowe’s last 5 films wide releases include at least one bombs and significant underperformers, off the top of my head. The whole leading man thing is fast becoming outdated. It’s just seen as high salary to an actor who can’t guarantee returns.
Oooh, that is really spot on! Eating him from the inside while feeding him… Do you think he tells himself not to bite the hand that feeds him as he soldiers on with (someting like) a smile on his face? Must to exhausting to deal with that amount of fans after a long night at work…
LOL his fans aren’t big enough in number to ‘feed’ anyone, fan self-importance is so wild.
Maybe not, but there has been said and written a lot about this whole stage door business, so guess it’s not just his fans that find it important. Anyhow, feels like I’ve seen him happier and more at ease with his fans than he looks to be right now.
ive seen videos, he seems pretty happy tbqh. it would scare me a bit though too crowded, that’s narrow
I agree. It’s one thing having prominent cheekbones. It’s another to look gaunt. He’s lost quite a bit of weight during the last year.
“They’re really keeping a tight wrap on Bendy’s character, the real-life Billy Bulger, brother to Whitey Bulger (played by Sir Scarves-A-Lot). ”
Once they reached adulthood, the brothers were on very separate paths without a great deal of interaction for very long stretches of time. I’m not thinking BC’s part will involve a great deal of screen time, unlike Edgerton or even Rory Cochrane’s.
Saw the trailers a couple of weeks ago and it looks like an interesting film and highlights that BC is better in this kind of story and role than as a leading man. He’s a character actor, in my view, who got put over the top via Sherlock. From the brief glimpse I got of the film, it looks like he is very good, but then everyone else appeared so, as well. This is really Depp’s big chance, it will be case of was he too OTT.
I’ve actually worked on a project with William Bulger so it is difficult for me to accept someone that tall with a butchered accent playing the part
I had a speck of dirt on my screen and actually read this story title as:
“Benedict Cumberbatch’s crazy. Fans are growing in numbers outside the Barbican”.
Perhaps it was a Freudian speck of dirt (or a sign I should clean my house more often).
Sign/not sign, he’s not going to win either way.
No shirt stains detected. Izod LaCoste in a thing?
Kiddo, left armpit.
Yep.
If he stops now, or only does certain random nights then he’ll get it in the neck. He’d have been better off just sticking to the not doing it.
The fangirls will show up every night regardless and it’s only going to keep getting bigger. I’d guess some of them weren’t even at the play
How long will he have off after Hamlet before starting Strange? He’s going to have to bulk up fast, even just to get to his normal weight.
Usually a lurker, but I wanted to comment on this! I’ve been to a bunch of Broadway shows here in NY and when there is a big star (or anyone who has hordes of fans congregating outside the stage door), the theater’s security erects barriers outside as soon as the show begins and makes SURE that anyone they allow into the “pen” has a ticket stub for that night’s showing. So random fan girls can’t get to him every night, and you can’t just keep showing the same ticket stub over and over because they have a flashlight and will check the date. I think this is a fair way to handle it – it allows the ticket holders access while keeping the crowd somewhat manageable for the actors. The question is whether or not the Barbican was up to the task!
@Charlotte, that seems like a fair way to handle it. I really do wonder how many of those in the Cumberqueue on any given night actually did see the performance or just showed up hoping for an autograph or selfie.
The Donmar had one guy during Coriolanus (poor Faisal!) but he kept a strict separation into two queues of people who had tickets for that night (or the matinee earlier, if it was a two show day) and folks who were just there for a chance at Tom.
Friends who went said on their days everyone in the ticketed queue got an autograph (plus a lot of pics and hugs, even when it was said that wasn’t on) but the non-ticketed queue didn’t. Probably there was a set amount of time or people, and after that ‘the shop was closed.’
The Donmar also used those ribbon barriers and tried to prevent the queues from blocking street access.
Not saying it was a perfect success (we’ve all heard the stories!) but surely the Barbican could be doing more.
When I saw Coriolanus there were fans outside begging for my used ticket, when they saw me struggling to leave and obviously not sticking around to stage door anyone.
Yep, Abbott. Heard residents were not happy about the noise.
Actors often wear whatever’s comfortable at stage door. I’ve seen old T-shirts, jeans, sweatpants, etc.
“Sign/not sign, he’s not going to win either way.”
Pretty much. I wish he would have stuck to a plan instead of changing to appease the critics. He’s way too reactionary when it comes to his PR.
And can I say that he need to sartorially unclench and unbutton the top two buttons??
He was already circling the stage door before anyone in the media said anything tbqh. Think the issue was the call was made a year ago, too early.
Hard to tell what is actually the best/worst strategy here. Please the fans and keep them coming in ever larger hoards, or piss them off? I kinda feel bad for him.
Personally I would also like to see him unbuttoning his shirt, but maybe he is afraid it will be too much to handle for the fan girls? One look of those cumbercurls on his chest might be enough to start a riot…
You’re supposed to cover your neck and chest if you’re trying to protect your voice no matter what the weather, especially if you’ve got a shower+wind combination going on. His chest may be his weak spot.
I only know this because a good friend of mine is a professional singer. She’s more prone to throat infections than chest ones, so she covers that in warm weather when a hoodie or heavier shirt would make you too hot.
That makes perfect sense, now that you point it out. And that voice of his is really worth protecting.
“Cumbercurls” 😂😂😂
He certainly won’t win by vacillating all over the place.
He should sign. And the Barbican should spring for comprehensive, effective security. This should have been the policy from day one.
Simples.
And I suspect that the reversal was due more to reaction from the London theatre community than to his cumberfans. It is what is expected and far greater actors than the otter have done it
Exactly.
Except there wasn’t a lot of criticism from the theater community. Lot of people think he’s foolish to have decided to do it.
Should toss out there that “greatness” has nothing to do with it. I don’t find Justin Bieber great, for example, but I’d expect far more problems and noise with a crowd of his fans than say David Bowie’s.
Benny even said that the reoworked play structure was hard. Why did they do that anyway?
And I’m beginning to hate fandom culture. Seriously, I think it’s gotten to the point where something needs to be said. Some of these people are unhinged and now with the internet they have power.
this director seems to be an experimenter
i dont like most fandoms tbh
Agree on both points. I don’t know what they could do about the extreme end of the fandom though tbh. Twitter, for sure, but twitter refuses to monitor most things even though they “claim” to be trying.
Fandoms have always been borderline / flat out nutso. Look at Beatles fans, or Elvis fans, or even old-school groupies who would follow a band around all year. Crazy fandoms aren’t anything new, sad to say, but it is true that nowadays they’re a lot more visible and have many more ways to express their love (luv?) than before.
That said, where would Cumberbatch be without his fandom? He’s famous because of them, IMHO. Most people I know who don’t follow gossip sites / entertainment news only know him as “that guy from Sherlock”.
Better off?
Fandoms are only good at the early stage of a career, when you need more support. Plenty of established actors don’t have rabid fandoms.
But I am talking about fandom, mind you, not fanbases–ie Sherlock’s fanbase is a good 10 times its fandom size.
Just because it has always existed, doesn’t make it ok. And the game has changed immeasurably since the old school days of Beatle-mania. I don’t think Elvis had to worry much about his family photo album being stolen from his home but everybody has to worry about facebook getting hacked. I’m not saying do away with famdoms, but the part where they turn into basically stalkers with twitter, harass family members and friends for gossip and doxx other fans because of differing opinions. That’s what I’m saying needs to be stopped.
@Kaye Heh, maybe he would be better off in terms of his sanity, that’s for sure. As for his career, I don’t know if he’d be as famous as he is without them. Yes, he’s a very good actor and has a great role on Sherlock, but it’s the fandom that really catapulted him to where he is today in terms of his level of fame, at least IMHO.
Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not defending fandoms – I do agree that they are often way way WAY over the line. I can’t even imagine having to live with a fandom in my life. Thankfully I’m a no-one, so I won’t have to, lol. 😛
@InvaderTak I don’t think that crazy fandoms are okay either, I’m just pointing out that they’re nothing new. Heck, apparently even Mozart had crazy fans. There will always be a segment of the population that takes things too far, sad to say.
The Internet made it worse because it enables grown adults to act like children without consequences or a sense of realness. So you’ve got fans and non-fans alike who can revert to grammar school behavior without guilt or embarrassment.
yea I keep seeing teenagers being accused of being crazy, but from my experience, it’s always been grown women who are completely unhinged, whereas the teenagers giggle and make memes.
I agree totally, jammypants.
Fandoms are the WORST. It drives me nuts that they are pandered to so much because it only allows the behavior to get even more out of control. There is a difference between being really excited and being batshit crazy and most of these people crossed that line ages ago. Fans these days are some of the most obnoxious, entitled jerks around.
I am under the impression that it was mostly the opening scene that was out of place that was scrapped because it reviewed so poorly.
nah they’ve been making some changes each preview
it was a single poor review that mentioned the opening speech, but they kept it there for more shows anyway. i dont think it was changed because of the times, tbh, the director is pretty established and just decided it didnt work. like the whole point of previews is to test stuff out
Yeah, Fandoms are getting out of hand. And they are growing in number, right? There are so many Fandoms out there now, like for every super hero there is a Fandom?
Used to be a big Sherlock fan (not CB as Sherlock, the show as such) but all this fan stuff took the pleasure out of it. Being a fan of Sherlock these days is associated with the insane members of the Fandom. Makes me kinda sad and miffed.
Same, and then all the Johnlock shipper wank (and consequently being told I was a homophobe for not agreeing it was canon) just made it embarrassing. Worse, Moffat compromised the show by pandering to it.
I miss the old days where to join a “fan club” you have to pay a small fee and every month, you get mailed little promo material here and there. It was less crazy then 😛 But then, there were The Beatles…so this mania always existed it seems.
and you really don’t see men go through this intense adoration of female celebs. It’s weirdly been mostly women going crazy over famous men.
Haha, just so! I miss the fan clubs from the olden days!
Ah, memories. My mom had to go to the post office with me, but as a rabid Little House on the Prairie fan as a small child, I remember the excitement when an “autographed” photo of Melissa Gilbert arrived in the mail months and months later 🙂
I remember that as well! You actually had to go to the post office to send fan mail, and then wait and wait and WAIT… Good times! Fans today with their Facebook, Tumblr, YouTube and whatnot don’t even know how easy they’ve got it 😉
Agree! And it has gotten to the point where I wonder how many “true” talented actors, e.g. Meryl Streep types, won’t even go down the road of auditioning for movies at all because they have now had years to see what can happen to the lives of people who, sometimes through no actions of their own, gain positively crazy fans a la the Twihards and Cumberbitches. I think it has already happened in politics; many good people who might have considered running for office in the past just stay out of it altogether because they don’t want their lives (and those of their family members) completely picked apart by the entire world, and it could happen with acting as well. There will always be the famewhore types, but we will never know what talent we might be missing out on because of the monsters (I use that word loosely! 😉) that the Internet has created. Just some food for thought.
I have never understood the hype behind this man…His acting is meh, and he seems to look like his creator pulled the skin onto his body, too tight…Am I missing something?
He’s got a great voice, talent, and a lot of charisma. That said, I do think the posh English boy schtick helps him a bit. He’s not any better than James McAvoy and nowhere near the same level of Chiwetel Ejiofor, even if he is talented.
to each their own is probably the easiest answer
like there’s actors people like that i don’t and vice versa so it comes down to personal things if that make sense
I kind of like that he isn’t conventionally good looking, or sexy, or whatever you want to call it. Sets him apart from a lot of other dime a dozen actors, and makes me focus on his acting instead of his looks. I usually buy what he’s selling, and that makes him a talented actor in my uneducated opinion. Works for me, but not for everyone.
And also, his voice. That voice is golden.
Some of the Cumberbitches are absolutely lovely and some are on another level and make trekkies looks sane. I hope, hope, hope he has security because that is a massive looking crowd. Anyway, I think it’s great that he keeps doing theater and not just doing films.
Yeah me too. I don’t get why fans get these way about actors. I thought Robsten people were crazy.
I feel like the internet/twitter is an easy trigger/crutch for these people with abnormal reactions to celebrities. I was never a crazy fan girl type, but one of my friends growing up was obsessed with Leonardo DiCaprio. She wrote fan girl letters and would search for him on the dial-up internet (lol)—but that was about it. I can’t imagine how much further she would have gone with high-speed internet, twitter, etc.
It’s not just fans, I’ve noticed, people who dislike a celeb pull the same weird crap. They’ll be on Twitter, visit places like here to comment. I don’t understand that level of time of spent on someone you don’t know period, whether you love ‘em or hate ‘em.
@Alix
True that. Some of the people on ONTD (both the stans and anti-stans) are downright cray cray—it’s one of the reason I stopped reading there although it happens everywhere.
Where’s his ring?
Rings of Saturn?
(Sorry, sorry, please continue). 😀
God liked Saturn so much that he put a ring on it
Hamlet didn’t wear a wedding ring. I’m sure he leaves it at home, rather than taking it off at the theatre and leaving it in his dressing room.
I know I saw the show on the first night (so glad they moved the soliloquy). He’s worn it every other stage door but it’s possible the one time he forgot to put it back on
@Felice. you saw it? Thoughts? And how were the fans outside? Spill!
No stage door on opening night and I left immediately after anyway. It was the tube strike so my mum and I went in a cab. I personally liked it. The first show seemed to go smoothly and I liked the set. I can see why people don’t like the confetti but I thought it was fine. I should mention I’m very chill about Shakespeare. My mum didn’t care lol.
I actually feel sorry for the guy. I would have throttled the director. Who says to themselves I am better than Shakespeare, let’s try to re-do the dang play. Bah.
And people who were blaming BC for the changes to the play I am just wondering did they read the same thing I do?
And he is being a good guy signing autographs. Those crowds look massive and way too many of those women seem to think that they own him.
I agree. I think he’s lovely to go out there after what was no doubt a very long day and greet all of those crazy people.
I’m dying to know where the baby is? I assume with Sophie, wherever she is? I admit it, I’d love to see some photos.
You won’t catch me at the stage door when I go in October. That whole scene sounds crazy/scary.
I think BC is looking good and I am definitely loving the Cumbercurls!
I have seen how crazy the stage door can be. A few years ago i was in a small cafe/restaurant at the back of the Noel Coward theatre when Daniel Ratcliffe was in a play there – the stage door q started building up at 7pm (half an hr BEFORE the play even started) and when we left the cage (at about 9) it was quite large and people were getting restless. Not to mention other people around were pissed off at them as they could get past, even walking around them was difficult mostly because they just would not move from their spot. It was interesting that most of them were made up of a certain demographic – they looked for the most part under the age of 25, they’re were a few older ones but they seemed be either parents or professional autograph hunters.
Fortunately i didn’t see the craziness of when he came out but staff in the cafe said it was mental, shoving and screaming.
Yes! It happened in New York with Daniel Radcliffe as well. There have been a handful of times where the NYPD has to close off the entire street because the crowds are so out of control – Julia Roberts is one such example – and most of the people congregating did not even see the play (those people were inside the theater actually WATCHING the show while the crowd started growing!). I only walked past it – had to walk in the middle of the street to get past the hordes – but it looked like most of the “fans” had Harry Potter stuff they wanted him to autograph. Hopefully security is able to weed those people out; I know that many theaters know who the people are that show up every single night to get things autographed only to turn around and immediately put them on eBay, and they try to keep those guys at bay, but it is hard with such enormous crowds.
My friend told me that when Gael Garcia bernal did a play here in London years ago, they had fangirls trying to break into the rehearsal rooms during rehearsals.
This isn’t something that only happened to cumber. I am surprised they haven’t sorted out a decent plan for security.
I had a terrifying experience being stampeded by fans when I went to see a play starring an American TV star a few years ago.
The scariest part?
That actor was Zach Braff.
The fact Zach Braff has crazy fans willing to cross oceans for him still wakes me up at night.
He looks gaunt. The stress of all of this must be dreadful. I honestly think he needs to work constantly, bt he looks run into the ground.
I do feel for the guy. Damned if u do damned if u don’t. Given the stress he’s clearly under – baby and major rewrite/re structure of difficult play a couple of wks before opening with crazy fandom camping on his doorstep – his sanity must be wondering what hit it. He’s not someone who looks like he knows how to deal with stress well.
It’s only going to get worse with crazies who haven’t even been to the play turning up. He really should have stuck to no.
I don’t get this one’s appeal either. He’s a decent actor but pretty homely if you ask me, which no one did LOL
I went to the play last week and met him at stage door after. Two things that struck me as interesting 1) I asked him how he was doing and he looked up at me in shock as if none of these fans ever bothered to actually interact with him like a normal person, and 2) when I told him I thought the play was amazing he said “Oh, so you actually came to see the play,” to me meaning that so many of those girls at stage door probably just showed up hoping to get a picture. That made me sad. I really love theatre, and Shakespeare, and was so happy to see this production. He did seem in good spirits though. And I don’t think the soliloquy worked in the beginning. It felt off and didn’t make sense contextually, in my opinion.
I’d imagine it’s increased since last week even but how did you find it? Was it very busy?
I’ve seen pictures of people handing him Sherlock stuff to sign which I feel is quite rude although I’m not au fait with the dos and don’ts of this kind of thing. He strikes me as someone who does live for the work so if people don’t show a genuine interest in it then, it must tick him off. At least have it be something associated with the play he’s in.
It wasn’t too busy, and honestly I feel like he’s used to those sort of crowds by now. There were some girls in front of me that had either obviously seen the play several times or had just shown up there every night, because the other actors in the play recognized them. I was annoyed because that was the only opportunity I was going to get, so I didn’t think it was fair that they just showed up like that. My guess is that a lot of people are going to start doing that.
But honestly, he was probably out there 20-25 minutes tops. He seemed like he was enjoying interacting with his fans. I feel like if he really thought they were so crazy and out of control he would have never started doing stage door to begin with. He’s a smart man, and he knows that people came from all over the world to see him.
I love this comment. Obviously it is so sad that most “fans” don’t tend to treat him as a person and so he reacted with such surprise to your question as well as to your comments on the actual content of the play, but I bet you absolutely made his night, and restored a bit of his faith in humanity!
I hope security is able to weed out the people who show up every night. That is not fair to people like you who only have one chance to meet the actors, and it is beyond unfair to the actors to have to put up with that every single night.
I have waited outside many stage doors in my time, so I am not belittling fans or being at all condescending about the “stage door” experience, but regarding some of the people who are showing up every night…don’t they have LIVES?!! The only time I waited outside a stage door is when I had just seen the show. I would have been absolutely mortified if actors started recognizing me because I was a fixture there!
For Tennant’s Richard II there were certain fans there almost every single night. But only a few.
@ Alex:
Good for you for being kind and considerate and treating him like a human being. You didn’t objectify him, sexually or otherwise, hence the shock. His reaction is sad, though.
@Alex: Thanks for your experiences. As my friend is a fan of Bendy, we will spend the first week of September in London and will attend “Hamlet” on Wednesday. After reading your comment I think we might get a chance to get an autograph despite lots of crazy fans. 😉
Well, maybe someone should inform him that most people outside HAVE been to the play. The time I was there very few people were at SD before the end of the performance (10-20 max). And these people (including me) all had tickets for past performances and were there to have them signed,
If journalists weren’t so lazy, maybe this information would have percolated.
But I guess they prefer the sensationalism of declaring a horde of women have descended on the Barbican just to gaze into BC’s eyes.
That didn’t last very long, hermia. The crowd swelled fast by day 3. No doubt there’s a lot of people there who didn’t see it now.
I was there last Monday (so that was a week after he started doing stage door) and that was still true. Two days ago people took photo of stage door early on and there was no one there. The crowd swelling only means more people who have seen the play deciding they want an autograph. Anyway, it only lasts like 20 minutes. It’s not the end of the world.
And why do people feel sorry for him? He’s on stage for 3 hours! Most of us work much longer hours. He has a full day and night to relax. I know he has a family, but so have most people. He’s not a martyr; he’s just doing the job he signed up for. Which also includes dealing with eventual fans.
I’m confused, hermia. Last Monday was the first day he actually did stage door. Stage doors are usually not a crowd like this but a handful of people.
Plays are exhausting for a myriad of reasons, particularly mentally. The cast doesn’t just show up right before start time. Here, we’ve also got alterations being made in a longer preview, so they’re still rehearsing as well.
People without tickets won’t show up at the door early because of security, they will wait until the show ends and join the crowd. The theater should start checking for tickets like others have done.
I get what you mean about getting paid and all, but he’s got a larger than usual swatch of oddly disrespectful fans, and I think that’s why people are commenting on really.
The Cumberbatch fandom is plain crazy. I just don’t get it.
I like him as an actor and a person (at least the public persona he presents). But he is not handsome, he is fairly old, and it is not like he is a huge name outside of Europe , and it looks like there are plenty of people who actively dislike him for one reason or another.
How did he become a target of such intense fangirling to the point that when he forgets his wedding ring people notice and start predicting a divorce?
Even the stuff that went on CB discussions around the time of his marriage was extremely intense.
Why him, and not say Henry Cavill or Gleeson or someone like Oscar Issacs?
And the extent to which the fans overestimate their importance and act like they own him (demanding a stage door after a grueling performance and pretending to know what goes on in his personal life) is truly scary.
He’s. big in Asia. Mainly China, Japan, Korea. I think the fact that he don’t look like what heartthrobs with screaming fangirls following traditionally look like is what makes people and media like to talk about him.
But really, the only ones that noticed stuff about him like missing wedding ring is celebitchy.
I’ve seen interviews where he has acted like a goofball, like the typical drama geek you may have known in high school or college who also likes to goof around during rehearsals. I think some fans think that makes him approachable.
Gleeson would make as much sense as Benedict Cumberbatch.
Why not? He is good-looking and charming.
I have one more candidate – Tom Hardy.
Tom Hardy! Now there is a man worth drooling over. I find him extremely sexy.
I credit the fairly unconventional character of Sherlock, and his interpretation of him, as the epicenter. I happen to love the show, the acting, writing, pacing. THe whole cast just fits together. I think Benedict has great personal charisma as well, which a lot of other conventionally ‘hot’ actors lack; I think Charming Potato and Chris Pratt are attractive, but not terribly interesting as people. Same with Cavill who is ridiculously gorgeous. I think BC is the ‘boy next door’ looks wise, but don’t underestimate the pull that can have when combined with the right personality…Sadly I think the Cumberfandom has eaten their god alive. He really has looked unhealthy this year, and his schedule is just going to get more hectic. I think he is trying to reach more people than the Cumberhos which is why he’s doing so much right now but a person only has limited reserves of energy, and I think his is almost tapped out.
I understand his voice singles him out and his alien looks.
Don’t know if this has been asked and answered but are the other actors in the play also doing autographs and selfies at the stage door? I believe that Ciaran Hinds is also in this play and I think he’s absolutely fantastic. Would mind a “selfie” with him!!
I don’t know the answer to your question, but I have seen this situation on/off Broadway where actors come out and are largely ignored by the crowd, who are peering over their shoulders as the door closes trying to see if the “big” star is on their way out. I realize that the actors get it (and they are probably glad it is Benedict and not them who have to deal with the nonsense!) but it can be very awkward when three or fours actors are pretty much ignored as it is obvious to everyone that the crowd is waiting for someone else. I imagine that might put Benedict in a bit of an awkward position himself with his costars, possibly feeling the need to apologize for the whole thing turning into such a circus because of his involvement.
When I was there the other actors were signing programs, but honestly very few people even asked them. Most of the actors just walked by, seemingly eager to get home or go to the bar.
I read in one of the reviews that other actors also come out. People seem to like Ciaran and the actor who plays Laertes.
I am a fan of Ciaran myself, looking forward to watching the paly.
Well Ciaran is on Game of Thrones
Yes, so I heard but I don’t watch the GoT for ideological reasons )).
Okay. As a fan ot GoT, I’ ll get an autograph from Ciaran Hinds. 🙂
Cumberhos, funny!
If BC finds out you downgrade his cumbernitches to cumberhos he would have fit. He does not like those kind of names, so he says. Didn’t he say somewhere that the fandom is strangling him and they are IMHO. I will never understand this kind of passion or obsession for a celebrity from grown women.
His fans always seemed annoying as hell to me
I feel sorry for him, I wonder how long he had to stay out for the fans for.
I feel so sorry for him. He’s an actor, not a product. Fans need to tone it down a bit.
I’m kinda glad I’m going to see this in the cinema, even though I don’t live far from the Barbican. Cinema will be more comfy too.
And in real life (as opposed to photo) he looks even worse. Lovely man, but he needs to slow down and take a breather.