Benedick Cumberbatch Cumberfacts 1. He keeps a collection of stuffed owls. In his boudoir. 2. His favourite steamy fan fiction comes from China and Japan - in the form of erotic manga! 3. He wishes that hed never learned to play the trumpet. 4. Hes ever so slightly in love with an overweight civil servant named Christopher (a character he played in Parade’s End). 5. While filming for Star Trek: Into Darkness, co-star and resident prankster Simon Pegg tricked Benedict into believing he had to wear dots of neutron cream (really it was just moisturiser) on his face to protect himself from radiation. 6. In China, Benedict and Martin Freeman are known as Curly Fu and Peanut respectively (despite the fact that Sherlock is banned). 7. Before Benedict became an actor he was a perfumer and taught English to Tibetan monks (not at the same time). Benedict Cumberbatch, Benedict’s hypnotic eyes are the result of heterochromia, which causes unique colour variations [GETTY] 8. In 2004 Benedict was kidnapped by a gang of South African mercenaries while filming To The Ends of the Earth. He and his co-stars were saved by Benedict’s quick thinking after he convinced his kidnappers that they wouldn’t want a dead Englishman on their hands. 9. Benedict offered to voice characters in The Simpsons, seizing a chance opportunity at a casting meeting. He plays an eerily accurate Snape and the British Prime Minister in the 2013 Valentine’s Day special. 10. Benedict’s hypnotic eyes are the result of heterochromia, which causes unique colour variations in each eye. 11. While filming 12 Years A Slave, it was discovered that Benedict is himself descended from slave owners. 12. He was once cyber-stalked, with the stalker live-tweeting all of his actions within his home. 13. Benedict recently created a greetings card to support charity. It was auctioned for £2.6K. 14. The actor nearly froze to death as a baby when his half-sister left him outside in the snow. 15. Benedict’s first foray into acting was as Joseph in the school nativity. He got so impatient with the slow Mary HE PUSHED HER OFF STAGE.
Posted on: Thu, 22 May 2014 01:18:30 +0000
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