Wednesday, 9 January 2013

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

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