muchadoaboutbenedict:

Movie Star October issue

partial synopsis of the Benedict Cumberbatch interview 

Benedict answered tons of the same old questions (e.g., 4,000 calories; loving JJ’s rebooted Star Trek; Martin Freeman’s John Watson audition) but some new ones. My synopsis is below.

On playing played Tesman in Hedda Gabler, who is boring and ordinary:

  • Benedict does not think Tesman is boring. On the contrary, he believes acting is all about portraying complex, multi-layered characters such as Tesman.

On Martin Freeman and Amanda Abbington’s reaction to Star Trek Into Darkness:

  • Martin said he was very proud of Benedict.
  • Amanda said “Oh my fu*king God! Benedict you were fu*king  brilliant!”

On doing musicals:

  • Sir Cameron Mackintosh talked to Benedict about a possible musical project after Benedict won the Evening Standard Theater Award. Benedict declined as he was not interested in that particular role. Benedict in turn brought up about a musical project which he would consider, but Sir Mackintosh was not interested.

Was there a particular piece of music Benedict listened to in order to psych up before doing Star Trek stunt scenes?

  • He did not use any particular music to prepare for the role. However, he was into The Maccabees’ ‘Given to the Wild’ at the time.
  • He listened to Jonsi’s “Kolniður” on the days he played the Creature on Danny Boyl’s ‘The Frankenstein.’ It helped him transform into the Creature.
  • He typically listens to classical music, including James Rhodes’ piano pieces.

  1. operacontour reblogged this from muchadoaboutbenedict and added:
    what musical did Benedict want to do (I bet it was City of Angels) and what musical did Macintosh want him to do?
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    omg benny
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