Benedict Cumberbatch: “I’d hate to think anyone is sick of the sight of me”

RADIO TIMES
Emma Daly
8:18 AM, 05 April 2014




Actor Benedict Cumberbatch says he hopes he’s not overexposed himself with the amount of roles he’s taken on. Yes, he realises that sounds dirty.

“I’d hate to think anyone is sick of the sight of me, although I wouldn’t blame them. It’s just crazy. I’ve overexposed myself! Actually that sounds a bit dirty,” Cumberbatch tells Adelaide’s The Advertiser.

“I’m proud of every single project. I can genuinely say that it is varied enough, as a slate, to not fear too much overexposure. I just hope the public agree because they are seeing a lot of me.”

Cumberbatch is undoubtedly hot property - although perhaps fans of Sherlock would be quick to suggest more of that on our screens wouldn’t go amiss.

But of course he’s a busy man. Star Trek, 12 Years A Slave and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug have all had Cumberbatch’s name on the cast list. But he seems to be having fun with it. The Oscars photobombing of U2 springs to mind. The actor admits, “It would be really churlish to complain about anything to be honest. I’m very fortunate to be in the position I’m in.”

READ MORE HERE: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-04-05/benedict-cumberbatch-id-hate-to-think-anyone-is-sick-of-the-sight-of-me

Cumberbatch eyeing romantic role

XPOSE
Tuesday, 4 March 2014



 Benedict Cumberbatch has his eye on playing a hunk in a romantic comedy.

Benedict Cumberbatch fancies playing a romantic lead in the future.

The British star has captured the hearts of many female fans in TV show Sherlock and films such as August: Osage County and Star Trek Into Darkness.

He's yet to take on the part of a handsome hunk in a rom-com, but it's something the 37-year-old would be happy to do.

"Absolutely!" he assured spiegel.de.

"I would love to see myself as a leading man in that kind of a role, especially in a romantic comedy. I can hardly wait to get my hands on the right script!"

Benedict remains down to earth and at the Oscars earlier this month he was spotted cheekily photo bombing U2 as they posed on the red carpet.

He doesn't think that making it big in Hollywood is an instant recipe for losing sight of who he is.
"Oh my god, they've created a monster!" he joked.

"Haha, no, Hollywood doesn't create monsters, they're already inside of us, before we're offered money, eternal youth and all other kinds of magic. Hollywood is just the centre of the film industry, where people go to plan movies. And sometimes they also get made."



READ MORE HERE: http://www.tv3.ie/entertainment_article.php?locID=1.803.874&article=128014

Benedict Cumberbatch: 5 Reasons Why We Love The Sherlock Star! (VIDEO)

The actor may not see himself as a sex symbol, but we certainly do...

BY BECCA LONGMIRE 

ON JULY 21, 2013

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Benedict Cumberbatch may be an unlikely sex symbol, but here at the EntertainmentWise office, we've fallen for the Sherlock star hook, line and sinker! So, we decided to run through the top 5 reasons why we are Cumber-bitches.

1. There's nothing hotter when Sherlock goes all clever on us and cracks that crime - check out the clip in the video (above) to see him unpicking Miss Adler, aka. The Dominatrix in the video above!

2 He makes us laugh with his razor sharp wit...

3 His on screen kisses make us swoon.

READ THE REST AND SEE THE VIDEO (SORRY, I COULDN'T FIND THE EMBED CODE) HERE:http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/121410/Benedict-Cumberbatch-5-Reasons-Why-We-Love-The-Sherlock-Star-VIDEO

Benedict Cumberbatch Officiating Friend's Wedding In Ibiza

CONTACT MUSIC

by WENN | 19 July 2013

Actor Benedict Cumberbatch will be celebrating his birthday and Emmy Award nomination in Spain this weekend (19-21Jul13) after he was invited to officiate his friend's wedding in Ibiza.

The Star Trek Into Darkness hunk turned 37 on Friday (19Jul13), one day after he was nominated for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for his period drama Parade's End, and now he is capping off his eventful week by conducting his pal's civil ceremony off the coast of Valencia on Saturday (20Jul13)

READ MORE HERE: http://www.contactmusic.com/story/benedict-cumberbatch-officiating-friend-s-wedding-in-ibiza_3771389

Anne-Marie Duff on James McAvoy, whether she'd brave the jungle and Elvis (RADIO TIMES0

Claire Webb
12:08 AM, 28 May 2013

Why return to Shameless after all these years?

I made a drunken promise as I was leaving that I’d come back to play Fiona Gallagher for the very last episode – never thinking it would happen! It was extraordinary: same grim and grubby kitchen, same props... It was lovely.

Did falling for James McAvoy off-screen as well as on make the “shameless” scenes awkward?

I’m not going to go into that! But yes, I’ve got a lot to be grateful for. It’s extraordinary what happened to us all – we all thought this was probably a Titanic of a programme at the beginning. It’s been such an incredible opportunity for all of us.

Why do you think Fiona is such a good character?

I think Paul Abbott writes so beautifully – especially for women. They’re never just archetypes. Fiona was sexy, funny and naughty and at the same time had this huge moral code.



What can’t you miss on TV?

A really good British drama. America is the most innovative at the moment but I think British drama is always higher quality. Recently I’ve been totally glued to The Village.

And when you’re after something a little more... Trashy?

The Voice! There doesn’t seem to be the humiliation aspect of a lot of other talent contests.

So you could never be tempted by I’m a Celebrity...?

No way, José! There’s not enough money in the world. I think those shows are a little bit unhealthy.

Childhood favourite?

Come Back Lucy, which was about a little girl who lived in a haunted house. I would sometimes pretend to be her when I was playing. I also have fond memories of watching James Bond movies on bank holidays because we’d have crisps and chocolate as a special treat.

What film have you curled up to time and again?

Brief Encounter. I find it an extraordinarily grown-up, tender love story that still stands the test of time.

Who would you invite to your dream dinner party?

Elvis Presley. I’m the biggest Elvis fan in the Western world. Ever since I saw King Creole on TV in my teens and he was pretty tasty...

Benedict Cumberbatch: 'Star Trek' star's five best screen roles Published Tuesday, May 7 2013, 4:00am EDT | By Emma Dibdin | (DIGITAL SPY)

The campaign for JJ Abrams' Star Trek Into Darkness has leaned so heavily on Benedict Cumberbatch's mysterious villain John Harrison that it's easy to forget he's still largely unknown in the US.

But while Trek fever will have died down by autumn, Cumberbatch fever is unlikely to follow suit: he's got a spectacularly awards-baiting trio lined up with Julian Assange biopic The Fifth Estate, Steven McQueen's Twelve Years A Slave and Meryl Streep/George Clooney drama August: Osage County.

With that bright future in mind, Digital Spy takes a look back over Cumberbatch's five most memorable roles to date.

Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007)
We included this on our Tom Hardy top five list last year, which should give you some indication of just how powerful its two lead performances are. Following the true story of the friendship that developed between an unstable young homeless man (Hardy) and an author (Cumberbatch) who was writing his life story, this is a subtle and increasingly devastating two-hander which makes both actors' subsequent success all the more gratifying.

Sherlock (2010- )

Despite being set in the present day, Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss's lovingly detailed take on Sherlock Holmes retains the spirit of Arthur Conan Doyle's novels as well as any adaptation ever has. Cumberbatch's mercurial, fascinating Sherlock – self-described as a "high-functioning sociopath" – combines the suave appeal of Basil Rathbone's 1930s Holmes with the arrogance and vulnerability that made Jeremy Brett's incarnation definitive for many fans. Any Holmes is only good as his Watson, and it's Cumberbatch's warm, utterly believable chemistry with Martin Freeman that makes Sherlock arguably the best thing on British telly. When it's actually on.

READ MORE:  http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/at-the-movies/a477561/benedict-cumberbatch-star-trek-stars-five-best-screen-roles.html

RIPPER STREET: 2013 BAFTA TV Award Nominations Announced: ‘Ripper Street,’ ‘The Graham Norton Show’ By staff | Posted on April 9th, 2013

BBC America is proud to announce two of our own have been nominated for BAFTAs.

The 2013 BAFTA Television Award nominations are in. BBC America’s thriller Ripper Street has received a nomination in the drama category; and Graham Norton, who will be hosting the award ceremony on Sunday, May 12, has received two nominations for his entertainment chat show The Graham Norton Show.

Benedict Cumberbatch is notably absent from the list while his Parade’s End co-star Rebecca Hall was nominated for leading actress.

Did your favorite show or actor/actress make the list? … maybe you’ve come across some new programs and talent to check out?!

Here is the complete list of nominations.

Leading Actor:

Ben Whishaw – The Hollow Crown (Richard II)

Derek Jacobi – Last Tango In Halifax

Sean Bean – Accused (Tracie’s Story)

Toby Jones – The Girl

Leading Actress:

Anne Reid – Last Tango In Halifax

Rebecca Hall – Parade’s End

Sheridan Smith – Mrs Biggs

Sienna Miller – The Girl

Supporting Actor:

Peter Capaldi – The Hour

Stephen Graham – Accused (Tracie’s Story)

Harry Lloyd – The Fear

Simon Russell Beale – The Hollow Crown (Henry IV Part 2)

Supporting Actress:

Anastasia Hille – The Fear

Imelda Staunton – The Girl

Olivia Colman – Accused (Mo’s Story)

Sarah Lancashire – Last Tango In Halifax

Entertainment Program:

Alan Carr for Alan Carr: Chatty Man

Ant and Dec for I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here!

Graham Norton for The Graham Norton Show

Sarah Millican for The Sarah Millican Show

Female Performance in a Comedy Program:

Jessica Hynes for Twenty Twelve

Julia Davis for Hunderby

Miranda Hart for Miranda

Olivia Colman for Twenty Twelve

Male Performance in a Comedy Program:

Greg Davies for Cuckoo

Hugh Bonneville for Twenty Twelve

Peter Capaldi for The Thick of It

Steve Coogan for Welcome to the Places of My Life

Single Drama:

Everyday

The Girl

Murder

Richard II (Hollow Crown)

Mini-Series:

Accused

Mrs Biggs

Parade’s End

Room At The Top

Drama Series:

Last Tango In Halifax

Ripper Street

Scott And Bailey

Silk

READ MORE: http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/04/2013-bafta-tv-award-nominations-announced-ripper-street-and-the-graham-norton-show/

James McAvoy, Anne Marie Duff - SHAMELESS - lovely couple, on and off screen (If My Heart Was A Home)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcu-wFg1yfY

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Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch is cyberstalked (THE TELEGRAPH)

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By Tim Walker7:30AM GMT 13 Mar 2013

It is a crime that would have been beyond the ken of even the modern-day Sherlock Holmes that he portrays on screen: cyberstalking.

Benedict Cumberbatch admits that he was sufficiently unnerved when one of his neighbours started to document his actions in his own home in real time on a social networking site this week that he felt he had no alternative but to call in the police.

“I would say that it was the strangest fan experience that I’ve ever had,” Cumberbatch tells Mandrake. “I had someone live tweeting my movements while I was in my own house.

“It was such a strange and a direct thing to see these tweets saying what I was doing as I was doing them. I found it really worrying, and, yes, of course, very hard to deal with. I worked out after a while who it was who was doing it so, when it came to it, I didn’t actually call in the police, but I was prepared to do so.

READ MORE: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9925578/Sherlock-star-Benedict-Cumberbatch-is-cyberstalked.html

'Sherlock' Star Benedict Cumberbatch Collects Broadcasting Press Guild Award For 'Parade's End', Rebecca Hall Also Honoured (HUFF POST)

Cumberbatch with 'Parade's End' adaptor Sir Tom Stoppard

Benedict Cumberbatch has picked up another award for his starring role in 'Sherlock' and said he was looking forward to getting his teeth back into the part of the scruffy sleuth.

The actor, who was named best actor at the Broadcasting Press Guild for his performance in 'Sherlock' and the period drama Parade's End, said he was looking forward to starting filming next week.

He said: "Playing Sherlock means a great deal to me. It's lovely to be back and have the hair in place. We're getting our teeth into the first episode of the new series next week so it feels like a treat. It's just wonderful to be back."

Benedict's 'Parade's End' co-star, Rebecca Hall, also walked away with a trophy after she was named best actress for her performance as his on-screen wife in the drama.

'Parade's End', which was shown on BBC Two in five episodes last year, picked up four prizes and was named best drama series, while dramatist Sir Tom Stoppard won the BPG writer's award for his work adapting the original novels by Ford Madox Ford.

READ MORE: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/03/14/sherlock-benedict-cumberbatch-parades-end-rebecca-hall_n_2877196.html#slide=2222544

Benedict Cumberbatch: "I'd love to keep it going for as long as possible, I think we all would" : Benedict Cumberbatch confirms fourth season of Sherlock (MIRROR)

Star added that next episode - explaining detective's survival after roof plunge - is "an absolute stonker"

Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed that he and co-star Martin Freeman are on board for a fourth season of the BBC1 hit drama.

The 36-year-old said that he would love for the series to continue for “as long as possible” as he picked up the television drama prize for Parade’s End at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards.

"We've agreed to two more series but I could get into trouble for saying that," he told radiotimes.com.

"All I know at the moment is I'm doing these three [episodes of the upcoming series] and another three."

And although keen to carry on with more episodes beyond the next run, Cumberbatch did admit that the show’s future did depend on the availability of not only himself and The Hobbit star, but writer Steven Moffat too.

"We love doing it as we are doing it at the moment in the format we are doing it," he said.

"I'd love to keep it going for as long as possible, I think we all would."

READ MORE: http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/sherlock-benedict-cumberbatch-confirms-fourth-1759185

Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hiddleston win new awards and their loyal fan armies rejoice (Gazette)

Benedict Cumberbatch plays Christopher Tietjens in Parade's End, a BBC/HBO/VRT co-production. (HBO)

British actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hiddleston have both won awards at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards, Tuesday, March 12, 2013, in London.

Strictly speaking, Cumberbatch’s award was an indirect one. He starred in Parade’s End, which won the Best TV Drama Award. Would it have done so if he were not in it? Would it have garnered as many viewers?

I don’t think so, and neither does Susanna White, who directed the series. She told Britain’s Radio Times:  “I think Benedict is one of the finest actors of his generation. And we were really lucky to get him because without him, Parade’s End would be nothing like it is.”

Parade’s End is set in the days before, during and after World War I and is based on a series of novels by Ford Madox Ford. It can be still be seen on HBO and HBO Canada. (Click to see the HBO schedule, or the HBO Canada schedule.)

As for Tom Hiddleston, The Guardian reported that he: “. . .picked up the Times breakthrough award for his acting in The Hollow Crown and films including War Horse and Avengers Assemble.”

The Hollow Crown was a four-part BBC series of Shakespeare’s plays: Richard II; Henry IV, Part 1; Henry IV, Part 2; Henry V. Tom Hiddleston was in all of them except for Richard II. He played Prince Hal, son of Henry IV, and then went on to play Henry V. The series was shown in Britain in 2012 as part of that country’s Olympic celebrations, and will be shown on PBS in the U.S. (much) later this year.

Hiddleston played the troubled villain Loki (fangirls love to love him) in Thor and the film that’s simply known as The Avengers in other countries.  It’s called Avengers Assemble in Britain to distinguish it from the TV series that starred Diana Rigg and Patrick Macnee. (Oh! The Internet says that Macnee is 91. Bravo! )

READ MORE: http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2013/03/12/benedict-cumberbatch-and-tom-hiddleston-win-new-awards-and-their-loyal-fan-armies-rejoice/

Benedict Cumberbatch is mesmerising in Star Trek Into Darkness preview (RADIO TIMES)

The Sherlock star takes the movie to another level, says Paul Jones, following a screening of new material from the sci-fi blockbuster

Paul Jones
2:39 PM, 08 March 2013

RadioTimes.com was among those treated to a screening of unseen footage from the upcoming Star Trek sequel at the London IMAX in Waterloo today – the first 28 delicious minutes of sci-fi blockbusting goodness, plus two further scenes from later on in the movie.

It's good news, people.

True, I can't make any judgement on bigger picture stuff, like how the wider plot hangs together or about the emotional heart of the movie, but on the sci-fi-action-drama axis, it delivers. Like a postman on steroids. Or something...

The action sequences we saw are spectacular and gripping, there's plenty of humour and some great performances (with honourable mention going to Zachary Quinto as Spock – and not to Simon Pegg's grating parody of chief engineer Scotty).

But the one thing that really stood out based on what we saw today was Benedict Cumberbatch as villain John Harrison (yes, as far as we know that's still his name).

We didn't see huge amounts of him but when Cumberbatch is on screen the movie hits another level. He is, instantly, utterly mesmerising (even before he appears that voice alone does the job). He brings an intensity to every scene, even the briefest appearances, and carries it through into the more physical set-pieces, particularly a chase and fight with Quinto.

READ MORE: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-03-08/benedict-cumberbatch-is-mesmerising-in-star-trek-into-darkness-preview

Benedict Cumberbatch steps into DiCaprio's shoes as Alan Turing (Deep Inside HollywoodBy Romeo San Vicente)

It's turning into Benedict Cumberbatch's year at the movies. Co-starring in "The Hobbit" trilogy, "Star Trek Into Darkness" and the film adaptation of "August: Osage County" will put the acclaimed, chameleonic British actor on multiplex screens stateside for the foreseeable future. And now he's in talks to star in "The Imitation Game" as famed British World War II hero Alan Turing (quick history lesson: Turing cracked the German "Enigma" code during the war, helping Allied forces win; he was prosecuted in the 1950s for homosexuality and chose chemical castration over imprisonment, later committing suicide)


READ MORE: http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=58539

Benedict Cumberbatch, James McAvoy and the cast of Neverwhere - first photo and air date revealed (RADIO TIMES)

Paul Jones

6:24 PM, 20 February 2013

As anticipation mounts among fantasy fans ahead of the Radio 4/4 Extra co-production of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, RadioTimes.com can reveal the first exclusive shot of the star-studded cast, which reads like a who's who of cult TV.

Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch and X-Men's James McAvoy are joined by Game of Thrones and former Fades star Natalie Dormer, Doctor Who alumnus Sophie Okonedo and Homeland's David Harewood for the tale of London Below, an alternate reality beneath the capital where famous landmarks take on a life of their own.

Screen legends Christopher Lee and Bernard Cribbins also star in an adaptation that is being described as an "audio film".

READ MORE: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-02-20/benedict-cumberbatch-and-the-cast-of-neverwhere---first-photo-and-air-date-revealed

Benedict Cumberbatch: Award nod for Cabin Pressure R4 comedy up for best radio show (CHORTLE)

VIA SCOOP IT! BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

Radio 4 sitcom Cabin Pressure has been nominated for best radio programme in the prestigious Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.

The series about a small airline company, written by John Finnemore, will be up against the Radio 4 adaptation of James Joyce's Ulysses and Soul Music, a series about music with a strong emotional impact.

Cabin Pressure stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Roger Allam have also both been nominated for best actor at the awards; Allam for his role in The Thick Of It and Cumberbatch for BBC Two period drama Parade’s End

READ MORE:http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2013/02/14/17191/award_nod_for_cabin_pressure

Benedict Cumberbatch Reveals Secret Past: Teaching English To Tibetan Monks!

BY JOANNA CRAWLEY ON FEBRUARY 9, 2013

The actor has revealed that after studying drama at Manchester University he decided to take soem time out from acting to travel abroad. He ventured to Darjeeling in India and as a GAP overseas student volunteer, taught English in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery.

"I could actually stay with monks in their home and watch them at work and at prayer, and get the chance to teach them and interact with them," Benedict, 36, recalls to The Sun.


READ MORE: http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/104620/Benedict-Cumberbatch-Reveals-Secret-Past-Teaching-English-To-Tibetan-Monks

Benedict Cumberbatch: Cabin Pressure; In Concert: a week in radio This contemporary sitcom has an impressive cast, including Benedict Cumberbatch, and a script packed with superb lines (GUARDIAN)

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Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays the prissy, uptight captain in Cabin Pressure. Photograph: Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images Europe

Light relief in the dreary first full working week of the year came from the return of Cabin Pressure to Radio 4. One of the station's few contemporary sitcom successes (more on that subject another week), it has lured Benedict Cumberbatch and Roger Allam back for a fourth run at playing odd-couple pilots Martin and Douglas. The pair man MJN Air: a tinpot, one-plane budget airline owned by middle-aged divorcee Carolyn, played by Stephanie Cole. It's an impressive cast – Allam does a great line in supercilious grumps and he is in his element as the snarky first officer to Cumberbatch's prissy, uptight captain. But perhaps the real star of the show is its writer John Finnemore, who also plays Carolyn's doofus air-steward son, Arthur.

"The code red is there to stop me being too helpful, and I can't stop being too helpful by being more helpful," he bumbled at his mum, in a script packed tight with superb lines. The crew had assembled for Birling Day, the annual jolly enjoyed by their stupidly rich (and often drunk) regular customer, who charters a flight each year to take him to see the Six Nations rugby final. Except this year, the match was taking place at Twickenham, a short drive from Birling's own house. No matter.

READ MORE:http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2013/jan/10/cabin-pressure-in-concert-radio?_tmc=PyFAG0M1lP2LmAW5KJegGwTnt3ivfDU8rhR0yNh4crQ 

Benedict Cumberbatch: How to Listen to Cabin Pressure Series 4

If you’re here on this site, you will doubtless have at least a passing interest in listening to the brand new series that starts tomorrow. Here’s a quick guide for how you can do so…

Broadcast time: Wednesday 9th January 2013 18:30BST on BBC Radio 4

UK Listeners
Tune in to BBC Radio 4 on 92-95 FM, 103-105 FM or 198 LW
Radio 4 is also available on Medium Wave using the following locations as a guide:
Aberdeen – 1449 MW
Belfast – 720 MW
Carlisle – 1485 MW
Cornwall – 756 MW
Enniskillen – 774 MW
London – 720 MW
Londonderry – 720 MW
Newcastle – 603 MW
Plymouth – 774 MW

International Listeners
Despite us Brits being the valiant license fee payers, radio is not treated the same as TV shows by the BBC and Radio is broadcast online for the whole world to enjoy. Regardless of your nationality (with possible exception of North Korea), you can listen live online at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/radio/bbc_radio_fourfm/listenlive
If, for whatever reason, that fails you, try this one instead which opens as a popup:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/

Some media players such as Real Player also have radio feeds and you may be able to use those also.

Everyone
All users will have access to episodes for a minumum of 7 days after their respective broadcasts on the radio section of the BBC iPlayer.

Thorny Issue
Please don’t be tempted to record/download the episodes and make them available online – I know inevitably someone will, but this contravenes the BBC licence. If you want a copy to keep for ever and ever, they will be made available for purchase and won’t be expensive. Let’s face it, it’s worth a couple of quid! Remember that the one thing that drives ANY kind of production is sales, so if you would like continued production, like I do, then buying your own copy would only help the BBC decide to make more!

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Benedict Cumberbatch discusses the assumptions people make about him based on the characters he plays (THE GUARDIAN)

Benedict Cumberbatch: 'People assume things about you because of who you play.' Photograph: Spencer Murphy

It's been a while since Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch complained about "posh-bashing" and people castigating him as a "moaning, rich, public school bastard". He is complaining again – or is he? – in the latest issue of Radio Times, about the assumptions people make about him based on the characters he plays. "They know you from the trail you leave with your work," he told the listings magazine. "They assume things about you because of who you play and how you play them, and the other scraps floating around in the ether. People try to sew together a narrative out of scant fact."

READ MORE: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mediamonkeyblog/2013/jan/08/is-benedict-cumberbatch-moaning