F U C K. W O W. J F C BENEDICT. Beautiful boy……
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Zoe Zaldana, Zachary Quinto and JJ Abrams in love with the Cumberbatch…
Zoe Saldana: “When we were training together and when we were talking … I mean he’s so sweet and he’s so English and soft-spoken and then… cut to, you know, you attend one of the shoots and the scenes that we do have together… and he’s… frightening! He’s in costume, the hair, the guns, he’s already applied, like, he already knows all of his choreography, and JJ just says ‘Action’… and this BEAST of a man comes out… and you just feel so happy with relief, you think: “Oh my God, we have like a hot, awesome, talented villain…”
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Zachary Quinto: “It’s been so great to get to know him personally, because as talented as he is and as a phenomenon as he’s becoming he’s also so grounded and funny and smart and generous and great to work with… but, yes, his work in this movie really raises the bar…”
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JJ Abrams: “You know, Benedict was someone I hadn’t seen before, and Damon said “Watch Sherlock”, which I did, and it was…. over… I mean, I saw him, I couldn’t believe how talented he was… As evil and scary as he is in the movie, he is that lovely and funny and hard working to collaborate with… “
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OMG… it was a shower scene …. I can’t breathe…
Simon Pegg in some interview:
“Speaking of sneaky: Benedict Cumberbatch’s character is really creepy. How do you deal with bad guys like him in real life?
You come across people like that on a Saturday night, drunk and in the mood for a fight. You can see that longing for violence.
Have you ever picked up on it?
I tend not to go out. But it’s a testament to Benedict’s acting in that he’s possibly one of the sweetest people. I did see him get carb rage once. He was working out for a shower scene that didn’t end up in the movie — a lot of girls will be disappointed — and he’d had no carbohydrates for two days. That’s as close as he gets to showing any kind of madness.”
Oh Gaaaaaawd……… JJ, I will kill you!!!
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Rebel without a cause (because Ben reminds me so much of James Dean here) x
I wanted to make this for so long… I had exactly the same thought!!
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The amount of tweets about The Cumberbatch…
… it’s incredible… I’m a bit worried too. He will be a very very very very big star. Have a bit belly ache about that.
Now that Benedict is really really famous and all…
…could a Cumberbatch represent with an IMDBpro account please go and update his entry? New pic etc?
He will be in the Top Ten for a very long time now, it’s worth it to invest some time…
I Am Forever Cumberbatched: I can't wait to have STID out in theatres all over the world...
… so I can finally start fangirling over Benedict properly without spoilering…
Oh God, there’s so much to fangirl over… I think I’ve never moaned this much in a theatre before…
I’ve never had thisreaction to an actor in a film before. My brain went to mush in the cinema.
I am usually a very quiet moviewatcher, but I think I might be really loud for this one … many squeals will be had. O.O
Not squeals probably… moans. deep, desperate moans… He is unbelievably sexy in it, it’s painful…
Uh oh. O.o *making a mental note to not go with any of my guy friends* XD
I went with my boyfriend. It was awkward. But I’m pretty sure he was turned on a bit as well. He loved the hair and the coat. And the voice. For me, it was all about the body and the movements… so panther like…
palmita2000 asked: Hello! Just saw your post about bc films. Very nice review, thank you. Just to say, you didn't mention his role in "Amazing grace", where he was pretty awesome too?
I didn’t mention many roles. He’s awesome in everything, but I wanted just 12 roles in my post.
Anonymous asked: Agree with all the acting choices - except: his performance at William Pitt still astonishes me; his sick bed scene alone is just heart wrenching and so incredible authentic - every scene he is in that movie made me wistful and wished the film was about him rather instead; and, his comedic brilliance is so incredibly showcased in Starter for 10 - one of the funniest performances I've ever seen anyone ever do - always, bringing pathos and heart to what could be a one dimensional nerd type.
I’m with you! I just had to pick 12, but of course I love him in Amazing Grace and Starter for Ten as well!
12 Cumbermoments of sheer acting brilliance in no partucular order
Benedict Cumberbatch Acting Appreciation Post
He’s on his way to international blockbuster stardom, but first and foremost, he’s a great thespian, one of the best in the world. As an actor, Benedict Cumberbatch is intelligent, fearless, versatile, chameleon-like, peerless, sensual, sexy, mesmerising, eye candy… you simply can’t look away when he’s on screen, he sucks you in…
1) In Hawking (2004), Cumberbatch manages the masterstroke of acting out the physicist’s MND disease in pinpoint precision, but entirely without making him an object of pity. He shows the struggle with the disability getting worse each day without portaying Hawking as a tragic figure. The disease is never at the center of his acting, the viewer’s attention is always drawn to Hawking’s way to science stardom and his emotional life. All that makes the heartbreaking moments of the movie (the final diagnosis, for example) even more special. The lesson is clear: What we witness here is a genius playing a genius.
2) There are obviously countless magical acting moments in all episodes of Sherlock (2010/2012) - from Cumberbatch AND Freeman - but A scandal in Belgravia surely has excessively many. The absolute highlight (besides every single scene in which Sherlock interacts with Irene Adler): The last ten - not showy but nearly pious - minutes, in which Cumberbatch acts out - with sparing gestures and mimic art - that Sherlock is capable of all kinds of emotion, from trustfulness to admiration and probably even love. The last moment at the rainy window with it’s only four words of monologue leaves you breathless with empathy and sentiment.
3) The sadly undervalued drama Third Star (2010) is without any doubt one of the most throat constricting movies ever made, and Cumberbatch as deathly ill James is responsible. I don’t believe that there’s a more powerful performance of agony anywhere in any movie ever made. No, I’m not exaggerating. And then, on the other side of the scale, there’s so much tenderness, joy and lust for life in his performance… you have to see it to believe it.
4) In the Golding entwicklungsroman adaption To the ends of the earth (2005), Cumberbatch plays young British aristocrat Edmund Talbot, who travels by ship to Australia. Everything in this TV drama is very dream-like and weird, and Cumberbatch’s performance fits in perfectly. There are loads of impressing acting moments… the love at first sight moment at the dance on the high sea for example; but all the tense encounters with Captain Anderson (Jared Harris) are the highlights of this series…
5) In Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Cumberbatch delivers the probably most hearttbreaking gay movie scene sinceBrokeback Mountain. It’s really really short but it’s one of the highlights of the entire movie. Besides that, he also owns the best and most suspenseful scene in TTSS. You might even say that he’s the heart and soul of the movie - without diminishing Gary Oldman’s great performance.
6) One of the supreme disciplines of acting: playing twins. Cumberbatch does it in the short film Inseperable (2007) - and mind-blowingly so. The film is only 11 minutes long, but Cumberbatch is so intense in his gestures and facial expressions, he manages to tell two full life storys with only a dozen words of dialogue. A moment of desperate crying alone in a car is the only crescendo in this calm psychological mini thriller.
7) If a lesser actor had taken on the part of Alexander inStuart: A life backwards (2007), he wouldn’t have had a chance to stand his ground against the impressive, showy ”Stuart” part of Tom Hardy. Stumbling mumbling Hardy is the center of the movie, without any doubt. But Cumberbatch isn’t intimidated in the least by his counterpart. He has a great chemistry with Hardy and they interact brilliantly. Cumberbatch is moving and genuine and often funny, and when he’s on screen, the eyes of the viewer tend to wander off Hardy, towards him.
8) Another troubled genius: Cumberbatch as Vincent van Gogh in the magnificent BBC documentation Painted with words (2010)… true greatness. A perfect study in mental alienation. Cumberbatch recites words from original letters Van Gogh wrote to his brother, and he interacts with the camera - a magical experience. The scenes in the asylum are gut-wrenching.
9) “Bite it. You have to bite it!” This one sentence is the key to Cumberbatch’s unforgettable Paul Marshall in Atonement (2007). Small role, large effect. He’s pitch perfect (and, Jesus, a bit sexy) as the slick, creepy chocolate factory owner - irritatingly good, as director Joe Wright points out in the DVD’s audio commentary: “We never expected him to be that unsettling.” Cumberbatch’s scene with Juno Temple is the most memorable and best played in the whole movie.
10) The last enemy (2008)… pretty good mini series, BRILLIANT lead. Cumberbatch plays Stephen Ezard, a scientist in a future UK who feels sold down the river in a world he doesn’t understand anymore. His acting of sheer desperation is breathtaking, and there are painfully beautiful love scenes… so sensual you want to look away.
11) Wreckers (2010)… Rural love triangle with loads of sexual tension between all characters. The film has it’s weaknesses and is much too low key to really wow you, but Cumberbatch does the job. He’s shady and likeable in equal shares, and there’s a strange jumpiness to his character that’s totally fascinating. He has a fantastic chemistry with Chris Evans who plays his violated brother, and the tension between them is never far from sexual and leaves a bad taste in the viewer’s mouth.
12) Star Trek into Darkness (2013)… An absolute artistical triumph for Cumberbatch and some kind of a first climax of his career (besides Sherlock). It’s a first rate fun popcorn film, colourful, loud, exciting, full of plot faults and innuendos and flip dialogue and explosions and bromance - and then there’s Cumberbatch: majestic, stoic, Shakespearian, barbaric, grave. And painfully, alarmingly sexy. His face does things that I’ve never seen a face doing in my entire life, and his physicality is out of this world. And then there’s his character’s big moment, and I will eat my pants if he doesn’t get an Oscar nom for it…
There are more than 4 million entries on imdb.com… and this is what happens if you just put a B in the search box.
Proud as hell.
