He was eloquent , funny, thoughtful and touching in talking about the person he plays in the film, Alan Turing , and in making a sincere , textbook perfect acceptance. He was amusing too in explaining the absence of co-star Keira Knightley . “She got mixed up and thought this was in Palm Beach. She’s enjoying a nice tan right now, ” he said. Not really. She’s ill and couldn’t make it. At the ridiculously crowded Parker Hotel after party Cumberbatch told me they wanted him to use a teleprompter for his speech but he nixed it, preferring to go off the cuff. It worked , right from the Chariots Of Fire slow motion run he and his castmates made in entering the stage. He told me they had planned even more gags but he forgot them when he was up there. He also paid a high compliment to his friend and one-time The Other Boleyn Girl co-star Redmayne. “Eddie, I thought did such a beautiful speech and such a job of encompassing everything from the personal to the film to Stephen to the subject matter that when he was up there talking I felt my head exploding. There are just so many different ways to go with this.” he said. He chose the right one . M
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