For a moment yesterday, #AskSmaug was trending on Twitter. The Hobbit’s Twitter account hosted a Q&A session with Benedict Cumberbatch, who, as we all know, is rather fabulous whenever he gets a chance to interact with fans on social media. Call me crazy, but I would like to see what a Benedict Cumberbatch Twitter account would look like. It would be a glorious mess. GLORIOUS. Ben even spoke to his fans in an Instagram video too:
Here are some highlights from the Q&A session:
If you were accumulating your own dragon’s hoard, what would you want as the prize of your collection? “The ring.”
How would you describe Martin Freeman in 3 words? “Smart. Original. Mod.”
How much do you love your fans? “More than I can say in a tweet.”
Upon seeing himself in cupcake form: “An astonishing addition to the edible collection. One day, I will have to eat myself.”
Do you fancy a go at the Director’s Chair? “Yes, one day.”
Is there a person (alive or dead) you would like to spend a day with? who? “My grandfathers. I never met either.”
If you lived in Middle Earth, would you like to be a Hobbit, Elf, Wizard (yes, staff, beard, & all) or a Dwarf? “I’m quite happy being a dragon, thanks. Oh, and the Necromancer – a disembodied spirit of evil. Less time in the make-up chair!”
Favorite line in the movie: “I am… death.”
What kind of music do you think Smaug would enjoy? “Liberace. A little bit of Burt Bacharach. And Enya.”
What would be your ideal christmas present? “Some free time. And a sea view.”
If you could master one other skill (apart from your glorious acting), what would it be? “You’re very kind. Flying would be nice. Piano and French are more realistic though.”
Would you rather breathe fire or be able to fly? “Fly. Fly. Fly. And maybe fart fire while flying. To fly faster.”
[Via The Hobbit Movie Twitter]
It wasn’t as balls-out amazing and loonie-crazy as his Reddit AMA, but I’m happy with this Twitter Q&A. It’s much better than Tom Hiddleston’s sad Twitter Q&A a few months ago, which was just a total snooze. Cumby manages to sound genuine, wistful (the grandfathers answer got me), funny (he loves fart jokes and dragon humor) and cool all at once. Yes, I’m fan-girling. But it’s worth it!
I wonder if he’s going to do some promotional work in America for August: Osage County too? That would make this Year of Cumberbatch complete!!
PS… Here’s Cumby discussing the CumberKhan issue (also – I want those buttons to pop like he’s a CumberHulk):
Photos courtesy of Twitter, Fame/Flynet.
I loved his answers…witty and precise. I was thinking he would write long answers but he understood the word limit is 140 lol.
And that dorky pic oh god I melt when he makes those faces.
And DANG he looks smoking hot in that video oh god those buttons are ready to pop heheh
This man is brilliant. I love him! If he did have his own Twitter account it would be an absolutely marvelous train wreck.
By the way, he is on the Jimmy Kimmel Show here in the US tonight.
He’s so damn cute, *I* want to eat him.
My friend and I have general tickets to the show…we’re going to be there hours early to make sure we have a seat after they let in the priority tickets. I’m so excited to see Cumby! Will report back.
I’m so glad you told us that, my DVR is set now!!!
Oh, f***k it. I can not resist anymore. I have become a Cumberbitch.
Welcome aboard, Spooks.
We have tea and crumpets.
And cupcakes, apparently.
Yay!!!!
*blows kisses*
Aaaaw, thank you. I’ll rather have coffee, and what is a crumpet?
Looks like, what Americans call an English Muffin, but apparently doesn’t taste like it. It’s supposed to be chewier and tastier.
crumpet is heavier than an English muffin and not crunchy when you toast it.
I’ve never tasted an English muffin either so I’ll have to take your word on it. Thank you 🙂
Crumpets are the food of God. Soft squishy sort of like a small fat aerated American pancake crossed with a muffin, and full of tiny holes to let the butter melt through…best eaten toasted til they’re brown, hot with real butter.
In fact, just imagine his voice in breakfast food form. Soft, yielding, golden, decadent yet comforting, hang on I’m just going to the kitchen….
To that Londerland I would add that they are best eaten buttered and with golden syrup. But you do need paper towels, ‘cos eating them gets a bit messy.
@SPIDERJOE23@GMAIL.COM (stupid phone won’t let me direct reply??)
Golden syrup?? (Suspicious squint) I’m not sure I can get on board with that, but I shall defend to the death your right to sweeten your crumpets. I mean, I add marmite, so what do I know? 🙂
Also, crumpet is slang for getting some (usually female), as in “a bit of crumpet”
As an interesting sidenote to all of this, I believe that last year, the Sun readers (being the height of sophistication that they are), voted Cumby #1 Thinking Woman’s Crumpet. Which I hope came with a trophy.
Naw, I’ll take Benedict, my crumpet, covered in golden syrup. I’ll be SURE to bring towels as SpiderJoe suggested — to clean up afterwards. 😉
I’ll even venture a taste of Benedict with a bit of Marmite on him (that stuff better taste better than Vegamite!!!!!) as dear Londerland proposed.
Hmmm and tea too? Fabulous. I like mine plain thank you.
Happens to the best of us.
True.
Darling, shall we drink a toast to that???
😉
YAY!
Oh fukkit here, too. That Vulcan greeting got me (in that 10 sec video). That accent sure helps, too.
Welcome!
HA! Welcome to the club! This is how it starts, and before you know it, you’re looking up interview clips of him from years ago, petitioning Netflix to stream his entire oeuvre, and debating if you should start your own Cumby tumblr. Or so I’ve been told, of course.
I never thought about petitioning Netflix! Dammit!!!! I knew I was doing something wrong! 😉
You .. You just described my entire batching perfectly! Except it was Amazon Prime and not Netflix. And I only lasted about 30 mins on Tumblr before escaping with my sanity still intact.
Resistance is futile.
Hooray!
Honestly, I just want to take him home. He’d be so entertaining to keep.
That would be awesome. You could keep him in the corner, and when guests come over, just give him a little caffeine and start asking him random questions.
Personally, I’d like a little pocket-sized version of him so I could take him everywhere with me.
Ha ha ha!!!! Perfect, T. fanty.
@Kitty,
But then he would have to have a tiny, Cumby-on-helium voice. Otherwise it would be weird.
@Fanty: true, true. Let’s keep him life-size but continue to take him everywhere with us.
He never fails to cheer me up. Never.
Best idea I’ve heard in a long time. Asking random questions of him would be such fun & his natural silliness/bitchiness could turn this into a parlor game very quickly. & I would love nothing more than to hear a tiny helium Cumby voice. I realize he loves acting, but the kind of money he could make as party entertainment could surpass the millions he’s making as an actor.
Also, there exists out there somewhere a little creature called “Pocket Benedict” & I’ve been wondering where he is lately. I used to see him on Tumblr sites, but haven’t for a long time. Someone made a little Benedict doll & dressed him up in costumes to go with his roles. No, not creepy at all. The thing is, he was really cute. Has anyone else seen Pocket Ben?
I think he was the ancestor of Cupcake Cumby.
Can someone please explain what they find so attractive about this guy? Because I totally am not seeing it.
Love it’s not the looks alone…..it’s the whole package. He is talented, witty, bitchy (when he wants to be), dresses to kill (only on red carpets though lol) and has those amazing cheekbones & majestic eyes.
You need to see him act or watch his interviews to like him 🙂
Janet
He seems to be a nice guy with nice interviews. He’s got an interesting look to him. He’s failed to carry a film as a leading man though. He does nothing scandalous so the stories that get covered here are not gossip. Just fan girl stuff.
If anything he was dating that famewhore not too long ago. It was covered here once and never spoken of again.
Abby
Yes his choice of outfits outside of events is terrible, but on the carpet he’s well dressed.
You’re not alone, though I do love the man’s voice. Other than that, I can’t grasp why women (and some men too, I’m sure) go nuts for him as I don’t find him physically attractive. Yes, being smart and funny is a good thing but at the end of the day if I don’t get tingly…too bad.
I’m with you Janet. Every time I look at him, all I see is the scene he had in ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’, where he is supposed to look disgusted because his wife about to sleep with King Henry. BC takes a swig from a goblet, and his chin literally disappears into his neck… I mean it just stops existing. After seeing that, his charm is completely wasted on me. But attraction is a subjective thing, so cheers to those who love him.
I’m in the process of getting it, so I’ll try. He’s intelligent and talented. He has a lovely voice. He gives the sense that there’s more to him than just a presence on the screen. Many people enjoy his sharp witty interviews. So there are a lot of non-physical attributes that draw people in.
And then…while I don’t usually find him extraordinarily handsome, there are moments in Star Trek Into Darkness and Sherlock (the sheet scene) where all the angles of his face look just right and I’m quite attracted to him. For some people, I think that’s how it always is.
In any case, taste varies, and the world is a better place for it.
Ita! I dont get it either.!!
Fart jokes! He just went WAY up in my books.
I grew up with three brothers so I’ve acquired a taste for toilet humour.
Did you see the gif of him pinching Freeman’s bottom and then giving him the finger? You would love it.
I did! And then I squealed when they flipped each other off afterwards.
Links, purdy please 🙂
GIF’s are on Buzzfeed
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/19-things-we-learned-from-benedict-cumberbatchs-twitter-qa?s=mobile
Cheers 🙂 That’s bloody brilliant, that is.
Can you set gifs as screensavers?
Hello Kitty, It’s the opposite for me, & my brother is the reason why.
I didn’t think it was because of your brother — I always thought the blame lay squarely with the nuns. No? Or are you trying to keep the potty-loving humour of the nuns a secret?
I don’t think it was so much a secret as it was that the dark creepy Gothic convent had no electricity. I still don’t know how we managed to take baths in the dark. No candles, either—those were considered frivolous & were saved just for special occasions. Once I did my own hair color in the dark & got a really weird shade of fuschia.
Overall, nuns are a humorless lot. That’s why I escaped.
Oh that is sad.
Imagine my surprise when I met naughty nuns. One even spoke at great length about bedroom toys. My jaw almost broke when it hit the floor when I heard her too.
True story.
But baths in the dark? Yuck. I’ll bet heat was a luxury that was accorded only to a lucky few. *shudder* Bad hair colour? How was that not criminal????
*hugs EsCon*
None of those Twitter answers were particularly interesting. He wants to learn French and fly? Whoop de doo.
Have some chocolate, darling.
Love the fact that he somehow managed to work in a fart joke… You just know he’d be an embarrassing dad in front of your friends.
I would have figured considering his affluent background that he’d be fluent in French.
Rolling my eyes out of the socket!
Aimez-le! He can speak French to me any day of the week.
Actually, what I’d really like to utter to him is: Je t’aime mon petit chou… lol.
I am a fan…but not a stan. I do believe his “grandfathers” answer was nice so much better than listing some obscure writer or pop icon.
Me too. That’s actually my answer to that question also, particularly my maternal grandfather as he died a month before I was born very suddenly and I’m told I’m really like him.
I appreciated that answer as well. It’s a nice bit of sincerity amid all the snark, and much less trite than the usual answers to that question.
Far jokes? Him and JLaw need to meet ASAP.
Lol completely after all they have been named king and queen of tumblr as well.
They have similar approach to humour by depreciating themselves and fangirl over other celebs lol
farT*
fART*
I mean, to each his/her own, but I just don’t get why people swoon over this guy.
I suppose if we all liked the same people the world would be a very boring place.
I agree, Lindy! Beauty is a subjective thing and we all have differing tastes. Nothing wrong with that. Very seldom is it about looks alone, at least for me. There are a million and one intangible little qualities that make a man attractive to me and it is those things that make the overall man irresistibly appealing.
Still not a cumberb-(itch,)(babe)…whatever. I DO love his comment about Martin Freeman, and I think he was funny and charming. I’m a fan of his acting, but he is still one of the oddest, not sexy celebrities I’ve ever seen.
I think wonderful things happen when he’s forced into a 140 character limit. I wish we could see this more often. He SHOULD be on Twitter. He’s sooooo funny and charming when he’s held back from going off on tangents (which while cute sometimes, can often become annoying and tedious).
Agreed! I know people think celebrities maybe shouldn’t do social media, but I think he would be great and would have a blast doing it. I wonder how many people he won over with his AMA and the Twitter chat yesterday. If he could be on Twitter, he’d have, by my estimate, zillions of fans.
I don’t know if I think Twitter would be good for him on a regular basis. It’s clearly a great medium for him to show off his witty side, but Twitter seems to work best for people who are very easy-going or who have very thick skins, and I’m not sure either of those things apply to him. I could see him being hurt by a rude message (people say really terrible things sometimes) and getting defensive, or stumbling into a Twitter spat with someone after some misdirected snark.
I think I’d rather see him do some more of these social media interviews, but not make it a full time sort of thing.
If he had a twitter account, he’s be considered as a moron by George Clooney. Maybe he loves George XD witty, intelligent, charming… 140 characters are not enough to describe Cumby 🙂
I’d very much like to eat his cupcake, if you know what I mean ;).
I like what George Clooney recently said: that if you’re a celebrity and on Twitter, then you’re a moron.