Alright, Cumberbitches. Let’s do this. First off, thank you to all of the Benedict Cumberbatch-watchers who tweeted me this little tidbit: Benedict attended the wedding of his good friend James Rhodes over the weekend. Benedict had a date too – his not-so-secret girlfriend Sophie Hunter. You can see the inclusive photos here, here and here. They are happening. And it’s fine. Seriously.
Meanwhile, did you know that Benedict has issues pronouncing the word “penguin”? It’s true. Penling, Penwing, Penglin, he tries and tries but he just can’t pronounce it. It’s funny because he’s in The Penguins of Madagascar.
What else? Journalist/writer Caitlyn Moran – who wrote a charming and celebrated profile of Cumby a while back – is promoting a new book and talking about her Cumberobsession. She says Cumby’s beauty made her “increasingly hysterical” and he lets her call him “Benny”. Depressing. And last but not least, Cumby gave an interview to The National, but it’s not a strict PR profile. The piece is basically like “Two posh Brit boys are probably going to be nominated for Oscars this year for playing geniuses,” meaning Eddie Redmayne and Cumberbatch. Cumby told the mag:
“A lot of people talk about it as being a competitor to our film,” Cumberbatch said of The Theory of Everything. “I don’t like thinking of films being in competition with each other, full stop. It’s absurd. As long as they’re both able to find an audience, it’s not a problem.”
As for Alan Turing’s story – and The Imitation Game – is also about a man who was persecuted because of his personal life.
“Alan is, compared to his achievements, relatively obscure, which is one of the really shaming aspects of what happened to him,” says Cumberbatch.
Playing such unique thinkers can be challenging to any actor, since their subject’s realm of thought is so unfathomable and mysterious. As he did when he played Hawking, Cumberbatch says he tried to “brush up” on his algebra when he took on the role of Turing.
“I’m not stupid, but I’m not that smart,” he says. “So I can at least lend something of that within the performance, like maybe the alacrity of thought, making fast connections. But when you actually start talking about the language, he used to get to those stunning conclusions, you might as well ask me to write my name in Mandarin. It’s a whole new world of alphabet and understanding.”
LOL, he had to “brush up” on algebra to play Alan Turing. That’s like “Oh, I played Pong to get into the mind of Bill Gates.” Don’t get me wrong, I have no doubt that Benedict can play the weighty, emotional scenes very well. But I doubt many people really understand the mechanics of how the Bletchley people developed Enigma, just like many people don’t really understand Stephen Hawking’s work.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
They may be pals hanging out together, dating, gf/bf, who knows. But the point is, nobody does know. Whatever he’s doing, I hope he’s happy. He’s a very nice chap and he deserves to have everything his heart desires.
Though I will say, the term ‘secret girlfriend’ is incredibly irritating and grating. If/when he does have a gf, she won’t be a secret. Lack of announcements to the general public and or appearances before cameras does not equate to keeping anything secret. When he has someone who’s important to him, he’ll make sure the people who matter know all about it.
Hear hear. The whole ‘secret girlfriend’ thing has always annoyed me. Just because we, the public, haven’t been informed doesn’t make it a secret. It’s just none of our business.
The same thing came up when Ben Whishaw announced he was married and had been for a year or so–the media kept calling it his “secret marriage” and implying he was being sneaky about it but his PR basically said no, they weren’t hiding it but it was *private* and they didn’t make a public announcement. It was a bit skeevey, the whole mentality in the media of “you OWE us this info!”
NOW PAY UP! LOL
@delorb: LOL!
I have noticed though that since Wishaw’s PR was super snarky and called the media out on their stalking of his relationship and the whole “SEE? SECRET MARRIAGE!” thing they did to him, they’ve backed off of him and a few others.
ha, i always think the same when i read “secret girlfriend”or even better “secret wedding”, it only means that you are not pulling a Clooney.
as if the people on a secret wedding only whisper and hide in bushes. “do you want to marry this woma….” “SHHHHSS not so loud!!! someone might hear about our secret wedding!”.
we all have secret relationships. meaning we dont have cameras filming us all the time nor do we walk red carpets with them.
I have to agree. People are always like “he can’t have a secret girlfriend because real men don’t have secret girlfriends” etc. etc. It’s staggering why a lot of people can’t differentiate between a girlfriend who is of course known to real friends and family but not announced to the public (why should they?) and a non-famous guy hiding a “girlfriend” from all his friends and family which is of course incredibly derogatory. So this term used by the press is a bit funny.
So she attends a wedding with her boyfriend and then there are photos of her on the internet and she’s being written about on the gossip sites. Well. I would run fast, and I would run far.
i think thats why its so hard to keep a relationship in hollywood. who wants to put up with that? most likely someone you dont want to share your private life with.
but then again you can always stop being an actor and living out of the spotlight.
OMG! He was with a WOMAN! Run for your lives!
lol
I’m running, I’m running from all the fans on IMDB who are ripping themselves apart and threatening to return their Hamlet tickets.
Oh honestly. This is just how nonsense spreads like wildfire. Nobody on imdb has threatened to return their tickets, so give the stirring a rest. They were talking about how they heard from another site that people were threatening to do that, then it was pointed out that THAT site was somebody saying AS A JOKE, that crazy fans might do that.
I can’t tell if your joking or not about the imdb fans….?
@maria
See my reply. Yes. Joking or stirring, one of the two.
I tell you what I read, three very very long threads on IMDB with some of the most bi-atchy comments against, rather than for that poor woman Sophie. Some are actually debating whether she was actually worthy of King Benny. And, some posted comments the size of the bible in some sort of analytic attempt to disprove/prove that she is his girlfriend.
It’s not stirring – go read it all and fall asleep while your are it.
by the way it’s celebitchy – we are meant to bi-atch.
I don’t think that was true. It was someone hoping or thinking that that might be the case. Some people are spending a lot of their own hard earned cash to see Benedict on stage. Of course that opens them to ridicule for how they CHOOSE to spend their own money, by the usual haters.
If they wanted to wallpaper their house with it, its their business. That stuck in some people’s craw, so naturally when the news hit the innernets about a girlfriend, one person went there. Never mind the fact that some fans wouldn’t care if he were attached or not, he’s going to marry THEM!
The IMDB thread is true. Sadly, that’s very true.
Can what happens elsewhere stay elsewhere? Unless it happens to the ping wens. Or pighens. Or pink links. Or otters.
Wait what? first time I’ve heard this. Give me the tickets!!
Haven’t seen that P’enny. I’ve seen people on IMDb mocking the thought of peeps threatening to return Hamlet tickets and joking that folks should check with the Barbican for returns.
Have seen a few people there (not all, but some) and elsewhere ripping Hunter to shreds, which is really kind of obnoxious considering they’ve never met the woman.
And save the pingwings! Penlings! Penwings! Whatever!
@penny
They’re you go again with the stirring/exaggerations
Most people there are fairly indifferent to her apart from three or four twisted trolls, so to suggest that they’re threads laden with ‘bi-atchy’ comments against the ‘poor woman’ is also untrue.
But conveniently you’ve ignored the fact that this has nothing to do with my original point about the nonsense re: hamlet tickets.
‘Bi-atching’ (can we not just say bitching?) is one thing you may be entitled to do on here, but lying seems fairly pointless.
I said bi-atching because it is slightly softer in use than bitching. 2. sorry, I didn’t meant to ignore the returning the hamlet tickets , you’re over-read into my sarcasm. 3. I’m not lying about the IMBD -being sarcy but at the end of the day it is a bad place to be. So much so, someone felt they had to start a thread that said ” the latest girlfriend thread is excrement.” I kind of agree with the person who started it.
@Nic,
There are three threads about the girlfriend. One about their shopping together, which indeed turned nasty. Another about the wedding, which I can’t read because I’ve got that crap on ignore (so no telling how good or bad its going) and another calling out those on the original wedding sighting thread. Of those three, only two went off the reservation. So Sadly, that’s was a true statement. The thing about the tickets was a joke someone mistook as fact.
Ok, fair enough. There are some nasty people on there but they’re few and far between and they’re pretty much nasty to everyone.
But I think starting a thread to say the other threads on this subject are stupid just gives the subject another thread, which is exactly what’s happened. Not to mention the ‘excrement’ thread was started by a loony extraordinaire.
@delorb
Yeah, I know. I’ve (shamefully) read all the threads, but my point is there’s three or four trolls saying stupid things for a reaction and everyone else is on the spectrum of far too invested/nosey odd etc but the nasty is minimal. I think there’s far too much branding of ‘OMG CRAZY FANS SAY NASTY STUFF!’ and that’s an unfair and inaccurate tag when the nasty comes from a couple of people.
@Nic,
“Not to mention the ‘excrement’ thread was started by a loony extraordinaire. ”
LMAO!! Even though I laughed way too long and way too loudly at this, I do like her. She is what she is. Can’t find fault with that. Well, you can, but it won’t make any difference. LOL
Do you really think that they are just doing that to get a rise out of people? I’ve read some of them in the past (which is why one is on ignore), and I don’t think they’re doing it for fun. So while I agree with you that its not EVERYONE, those threads seem to turn the most sensible Benedict fan into a wackadoo. Don’t know why that is.
@Lilacflowers
“Can what happens elsewhere stay elsewhere?”
Did I read that correctly? Seems like an odd suggestion, especially coming from someone who never fails to seize the opportunity to bring another posh Brit, who won’t be named for fear of a thread hijack, into almost every BC post.
You’re not a fan of BC’s work, but never fail to post on his threads, usually multiple times.
Yeah, @Lilac, HOW DARE THEE? Next you’ll be suggesting that anyone who likes Cumberbatch’s acting must be drinking Kool-Aid!
@Intro Outro, but I love Kool Aid! Especially when mixed with vodka. Maybe I should demand they list works worthy of my attention and then pretend they didn’t give me a list?
@GreenEarrings, excuse me? I’ve made a point for quite a while not to bomb BC threads with mentions of other actors. I post on BC threads because I find some of the posters amusing. I do not find it amusing when BC fans attempt to dictate my views and get it horribly wrong, as you did. I think he has acting talent and I have said so countless times. I don’t find him physically attractive. I don’t find Steve Buscemi attractive either but I am a huge fan of his acting. One can like one’s skills but not one’s looks. There is no point to bashing IMDB or Twitter or Tumblr.
Actually lilac flowers doesn’t h-bomb -v good at stoping the likes of me doing. I believe in be able to talk about who I want – no actor is an island. 😍
Yes, lilac can control herself, unlike ‘p’enny and me. Bombs away!! To be fair, the h threads always seem to close much more quickly than C threads. If C and H would just do another film together then we wouldn’t have to threadjack.
🙂
Second that lilacflowers, I don’t find Benny cute but he’s a decent actor and I read the BC threads because there is usually some good stuff going on.
Thank you, ‘p’enny, sigh((s)), and Anne Tommy.
Hahaha “H-Bomb”
Brilliant
I truly do not understand the appeal of this guy. No shade. I don’t get it. At all. What is it? What am I missing here?
I’m a Charlie Hunnam loonie, so I guess I’m more into the pretty, tough boys (although I suspect I’m more of a Jax Teller from Sons of Anarchy loonie vs. Charlie Hunnam, since I don’t really know his body of work apart from SOA).
Regardless – someone please break it down. What makes this man so special? I know he’s a good actor but there are plenty of good actors! And I get that he has a personality. But so does Josh Brolin – and I hate him!
On a sidenote, I can’t believe we live in a world where Cumberbatch and Redmayne may be Oscar nominees BEFORE Martin Sheen. MARTIN FRIGGIN’ SHEEN. This man headlined one of the greatest movies of all time – Badlands. I don’t get it. I really don’t.
I don’t get it either – he creeps me out.
Why do you need to know? Liking him isn’t compulsory. I have no interest in Charlie Hunnan so I don’t bother to read about him or waste my time asking people why they like him. I don’t care. People like who they like and there’s room for everyone.
You’ve partly answered your own question anyway. Cumberbatch is a great actor. And the fact that he is so popular obviously means he has something that appeals to lots of people but you either are or aren’t attracted to someone. It’s impossible to explain why.
As for the Oscars, lots of people who shouldn’t have won did and lots of people who should have didn’t. That’s showbiz. I think BC is a good enough actor to merit an Oscar win at some point. But who knows? Maybe he will win or maybe he will be one of those great actors like Peter O’Toole and, yes, Martin Sheen who are universally respected but never got that little gold statue.
Before Martin Sheen, Alan Rickman, Kevin Bacon. The list goes on and on and on.
You thinking that Martin Sheen deserves an Oscar over so many worthy others completely invalidated your argument.
@HBIC- How so? Sheen is a great actor and regardless of his body of work post-Badlands, he so deserves one for that film. And I didn’t see that Sheen deserves an Oscar and no one else. There are plenty of others. I’m talking about a nomination by the way… not a win.
@kennedy
Did you watch TIG an TTOE?
May be BCumberbatch’s or Eddie Redmayne’s acting is better than Martin Sheen’s.
The quality of the film is not a point for giving an actor a nomination or Oscar.
Gary Oldman is waiting for an Oscar, so…the Oscars are not always related to performances.
Btw, I liked M. Sheen on Badlands, and the movie too.
I can’t understand what you see on Charlie Hunnam. People like different things and is attracted to different people.
I never thought about Martin Sheen and an Oscar, mainly because I haven’t seen him in enough, but personally I loved him in Apocalypse Now. I’ve seen that movie so, so often (what an incredible film) and the last time just a few months ago and I think it’s such a hard role – he doesn’t have a whole lot of dialogue (it’s mostly voice over) but is still the center of the movie and has to convey everything just through the way he looks. And then of course acting next to Rober Duval, Dennis Hopper and a legend like Marlon Brando. And still I don’t get bored when I watch him being Captain Willard, even for the umptiest time.
I read Martin Sheen but my brain translated this as Martin Short…which makes it a lot funnier.
@boredwithimdb-
The reason I ask is because Cumberbatch gets A LOT of attention on these kinds of sites. I wouldn’t be asking if it weren’t the case. So, considering there’s a new post about him when he goes out to buy Starbucks — I’m just really confused as to what makes him so special.I don’t get it. He does nothing for me – looks, personality, acting, etc. I rode the Gosling train for years – and I know many felt indifferent towards him the same way that I do towards Cumberbatch now. I’m a JLaw loonie and I know some people didn’t see her appeal when she was at the height of her popularity/or even now. I totally get it – different strokes and what not. So, I’m not faulting anyone for liking this dude… I’m just really surprised that he’s as popular as he is… and that I’m unable to see any of it. It’s bothering me!
See the thing is I don’t think it can be explained by somebody else. You have to watch his work and his TV interviews etc and you either get it or you don’t. I don’t think somebody else telling you why they like him is going to transform your view.
I’m the same with Ryan Gosling. I know lots of people adore him but I just don’t get the attraction and I know that no amount of third party explanation will make me see it.
Sometimes you just have to go with your own instincts.
“I’m just really surprised that he’s as popular as he is… and that I’m unable to see any of it”
i am amazed too at the amount of fan /click bait coverage he is getting! yet, I sort of understand it. – Benedict is a great actor and he is a great entertainer in interviews and he has a real charm that 95% of brainless pretty actors lack. I think he is a highly acclaimed and a respected Brit actor, one of our best.
I think Sherlock is a global runway success and has put him on a huge global fan-pedestal,
but, he has yet to light up the cinema screen in a lead role, I think Imitation Game is going to be a real acclaimed stealer for him, [I hope] but it’s not going to light up tumblr.
this is the controversial thing, I am going to say, Sherlock will soon die, [last series will be the last – I bet my savings on it] and he needs something charismatically powerful to keep him click-bait. no amount of penguin hugging and cute PR husky dog hugging will do it.
he’s nipping at Colin Firth’s heels as England leading dark haired man.
‘Penny’ -I think you’re right. He needs to try to get something comedic or romantic under his belt. I’m not saying it has to be a formulaic rom-com, but he has to get out of the robotic asexual genius roles, or he’s never going to get to Firth status. I realize it’s down to what he’s offered, but even the costume dramas he’s done are not putting him in a leading man type role. He needs a Mr. Darcy, or something in a small comic indie. I think he’s trying to go the action-y superhero route, and i don’t know if that’s the best choice for him. Though I liked him in ST:ID.
@sigh[[s]]
I think he should be a good cop film, there hasn’t been one for a while, not that I can recall. Something as good as, but not a copy of, Beverley Hills Cop. He would make a great Eddie Murphy style cop. Idris Elba could be his partner. And, H can be the criminal they have to track down. 😀
I always imagine him playing the Uncle Jamie role like in Love Actually.
Exactly! He needs a Love, Actually, or an About a Boy, 4 Weddings, etc.
‘Penny’- complete with head in a duffle bag! Omg. I’d have to bring extra panties to thAt movie…
Speaking of the lovely Mr. Elba, has anyone seen No Good Deed yet? I haven’t had the time yet…
It will be interesting to watch his career after Sherlock, but I honestly don’t see him as the next Colin Firth, I’m afraid. I just get another vibe from him… I think James McAvoy was a bigger contender for the costume drama leading man stuff, although he has successfully escaped type casting.
Isadora- I dont think mcavoy was ever really a costume drama type. He doesn’t scream upper crust to me. Of course hes not, so that may have something to do with it. Not that he can’t pull it off, but I love the gritty stuff he gets. Recently saw Trance and Filth. He has an excellent diverse cv.
For BC I was thinking more along the lines of being more commercially viable. I actually think he’s hilarious and should do more comedy. He was great in starter for 10. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy a lot of the roles he’s chosen, and I’m very excited to see TIG, I just think he’s been a little same-y in his choices lately.
What sort of thing do you think he should go for?
I would love to see him do a comedy; with the right script it could be a lot of fun. Cumberbatch has shown he can do it, between Starter for 10 and Cabin Pressure
@sigh((s)) said “I just think he’s been a little same-y in his choices lately”
Do you really think so? I feel like he’s done a lot of voice work recently (Smaug, Penguins OM, The Jungle Book, Neverwhere, Copenhagen, the War Anniversary broadcasts) but the characters seem pretty varied in his work as a whole: Ford in 12 Years a Slave, Little Charles in August: Osage County, Assange, Khan in Star Trek, Sherlock, Smaug, Turing, , Richard III. There are a lot of different characters there I’d say.
@sigh((s)): yes, you are right about the upper crust stuff, never thought of that. Personally I would love him in something else than biopics and the whole “cold genius” stuff as someone here put it, but I’m not sure about a regular comedy or romcom. I think he needs something quirky and fun, a Wes Anderson movie would be all kinds of perfect.
I couldn’t put my finger on it before, but I think Isadora got it right with the “cold”. Most of it, save for maybe Little Charles and in a much more restrained way 12 YAS, has seemed very emotionally inaccessible. I haven’t really heard any of the voice work, so I can’t comment intelligently on that.
I think a Wes Anderson project would be perfect! That’s what I meant by a comic indie. I still think something bordering on the romantic would be good for him too. Just something less restrained. I’d like to see him in something modern as well.
I think comedy would be good. He’s hilarious.
I remember he was very briefly attached to a dark comedy around the time S2 began airing and it didn’t go through. I think he’d be awesome to see in a comedy, esp if he’s not the “nerdy comic relief” guy but a solid comic lead. Or even the “sidekick best friend” role.
@ sigh((s))
“”I think Isadora got it right with the “cold”. Most of it, save for maybe Little Charles and in a much more restrained way 12 YAS, has seemed very emotionally inaccessible.”””
Cold!!!
Have you seen Parade’s End, Third Star, Wreckers, Stuart, A Life Backwards, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and August, Osage County (which you mentioned) ? All of the characters are emotionally accessible but sometimes you have to dig a bit to find it, but boy is it there.
I think he is a master at putting the emotion into the characters he plays. He is the best crier out there and always finds the heart of a character. Even in Star Trek, cold and ruthless as his character was, he still made you feel sympathy for him.
And, from what I have read, Alan Turing is the opposite of cold.
My dream casting would be Benny as the love interest in the third Bridget Jones. Don’t mock too fast! I know the second Bridget movie was awful and the reviews for the third book weren’t great, but the tone of the third book is different. A more mature (and sadder) Bridget is actually trying to figure out who she is, not just find a man; while it’s still comedy it’s much more relateable and would make a great film. That is, if Renee Zellweger would agree to come back. Plus of course Hugh Grant as his Daniel Cleaver and a young boytoy … take your pick of the early twentysomething Brits!
He did well in Starter for Ten, and clearly wasn’t afraid to make himself look like an utter pillock. I’d like to see him in something like that, a romance but with more comedy.
Not like a Jennifer Aniston Rom-Co, something with a bit of a bite and sarky sense of humour.
Actually something like High Fidelity (which was originally a Nick Hornby novel).
*get writing CBitches!*
Maggie-I’m not saying he’s emotionally inaccessible. I’ve seen some of the things you mentioned. I meant more that the characters aren’t warm. Yes, he’s an excellent crier and he does find the heart, which is why I would love to see him in a less restrained role. Maybe restrained is more the word I want.
I just read the title and looked at the pictures and came to the conclusion that Benny is dating a penguin. I’m not even going to read the post.
This is lovely.
Did you see the video where Mr. Posh himself couldn’t pronounce penguin? He kept saying “pengwing”. Hilarious.
Lol. I didn’t realize it was that difficult of a word.
I wish there was a like option on here, as I would like that comment jaderu!
Are you sure it isn’t a puffin? Many confuse the two.
You’re post is lovely.
*Your
Apparently some psychotic fan has been tagging all of Ben’s friends, exes, rumored exes and gossip writers in pics of Ben and Sophie at the wedding. If I were a person even slightly connected to Ben in the public eye I would be so done with his fans by now. Sophie is gonna need to have the patience of a saint to put up with this.. Also, some girl saw him and a “tall, curly haired brunette” grocery shopping the next morning after the wedding. Sounds like it’s more than just a rumor at this point. I hope he’s happy. He deserves to have a strong, accomplished woman by his side.
That psychotic fan is probably the same person on twitter who contacted celebitchy about this ‘story’. they go under 7+ names.
I doubt very much whether the weirdo tagging his friends with random pics on instagram is a fan, more a general nutter but I doubt any of them care that much. All they need to do is block and forget about it. There’s nutters on Instagram/twitter all the time, open profiles are subject to weird comments.
As for ‘grocery shopping’, I don’t know if there’s a US/UK difference here, but he wasn’t doing his weekly shop, he was just popping in a convenience shop to get a few things.
As for Sophie, I don’t know anything about her, so I have no idea if she’s strong, accomplished etc. I’m aware she’s dabbled in theatre etc. But like I say, IF he is seeing her, then I hope he’s happy. I hope he’s happy with anyone he chooses to be with.
I wonder how much of that actually gets back to them. They have lives and jobs and friends. Seems like filtering out a couple nut cases shouldn’t be too difficult. And why would she run far away from him? Gossip is to be expected with any celebrity. It’s not unique to Ben. I keep hearing people talk about the nutso fans but never really run in to any of them. Beginning to think its a precious few who get all the attention because it’s a thing now.
I agree, I think the nutcases are mostly an internet thing and if I were a celebrity or a significant other of a celebrity I would keep far, far away from that part of the internet and be blissfully unaware of their doings.
The whole grocery thing seems overblown and paranoid. there’s no evidence it was her.
The description the girl gave did sound like it was her. Mind you Sophie food shopping is a bit suspect. Woman doesn’t look like she’s eaten since the outfit she wore to JR’s wedding was last in fashion.
HAHAHA!!
Thanks for making me feel less like a bitch about what little you can see of that dress.
He’s found his fashion lobster
The girl who took the pic said a few times that she didn’t know for sure, it might have been her or it might not because the woman walked off. Maybe it was Sophie, maybe it was Vicki, maybe it was a new PA, maybe it was a woman no one has seen with him before… I feel bad that young lady in the pic got so much shit for it though.
@ Lindy “fashion lobster” 😀
Laughing at you guys. My bitchy comment of the day is that in the few pics I’ve seen of them together they look like they have the chemistry of a door knob and a clothes hanger. But whatever works for them. At least she doesn’t appear to be a bimbo supermodel.
I always hang my clothes hangers from the door knobs, so may be there is some chemistry.
@boredwithimdb Lol So true.
@LIndy,
Fashion lobster! LOL No girlfriend could be worse than the one who allowed him to leave the house in draw string pants. Or to show up wearing crushed velvet and glittery shoes. That’s a sign she secretly hates you, I think. LOL
@MissMary,
That is unfortunate. She gives us a good picture of a tired Batch and all she gets is crap or the third degree (was he out with a fox? did they lunch on lox?). Its a pretty crappy way to treat someone who could have kept her picture and lovely story to herself. Jeez.
@thenewclassic,
Surely Benedict and his people won’t think that this ONE person is representative of his entire fandom, cuz I’m not sure how that would work?
@sigh((s)): See, that’s why it keeps reminding me of casual relationships I have with my own friends and not some big romance–they have no chemistry, at least from what we see as the public. When he was with Olivia and Anna, and even Lydia on their dates, he was touching them, holding hands, standing very close, etc, basically being affectionate with them. That said… who knows how he’s being away from cameras. He may be draped over her like an insecure blanket and she has to carry him in a fireman hold whenever they’re going from place to place. But I never see the chemistry, personally.
@delorb: The young woman who posted the pic is very calm and collected about the fandom crazies that hit her tumblr after it went up, and politely smacked down some nannies, so she at least has a good head on her shoulders where this is concerned. Still sucks that it happened to her though, and she’s now kind of an epicenter for some flail.
To be fair, we only see snapshots of them together and not at many events.
You’d need to see them in motion somewhere to see how tactile they are, as we’ve seen with other lady folk.
*that’s not me condoning for people to go stalking them to get video evidence*
The one sane person I have seen over on the imdb threads has pointed out that he is generally very touchy-feely with his friends of both genders…but NOT Sophie. Hmmmmm, it’s almost like they are trying to hide something. I dunno, I was a Sophie skeptic but this weekend has changed my mind and I tend to think they have been dating for months, probably since Hay Fest but under the radar
@gg
Not true. When have you seen him being ‘touchy feely’ with Kinvara, Alice Eve, Juliette Lewis, Liv Tyler, Viki etc.. The only time he was seen to be affectionate with alleged gf Lydia, was his hand on her waist posing for a photo.
I think people here are overanalysing and looking for signs where they just don’t exist. If he was trying to hide something he had going on with a woman, surely he’s got the requisite intelligence needed to know that’s it just easier to not go to super public events (French open for example) and stay somewhere he can be as affectionate as he likes. It’s not as if he looked like he was having the time of his life at the tennis, so I can’t see him being too bothered if he hadn’t gone.
In fact, it wasn’t so long ago people were saying the exact same thing about how he was ‘purposely distancing himself’ from KB at the Grand Prix and wondering if it was done to diffuse speculation about his new relationship.
I saw him greet Vikki at the James Rhodes album launch. They did the kiss on both cheeks greeting.
She seems nice. I didn’t know who she was at the time.
Aw. That’s sweet. I feel v bad for poor Viki, as I can’t for the life of me work out how people found out who she is. I even feel bad using her name.
Me too, lol. I was like “Jeez, Nancy Drews…..”
@the new classic
“He deserves to have a strong, accomplished woman by his side.”
This isn’t life and times of Jane Austen, ‘accomplished’ in what sense? master of playing the piano. And please define strong?
it’s rather a relative term, an army officer, teacher, nurse, school cleaner, retail assistant can all be ‘strong’ in their day to day lives and be good at their jobs.
please, can people stop putting Benedict Cumberbatch on a pedestal.
I agree. I love Benedict, but I’m getting uncomfortable with how his fans are glorifying him., putting him on a pedestal and worshipping him like a god. It will just make people who aren’t fans hate him even more. And then one day he’ll make a mistake, make a bad choice/movie, or do something that fans don’t like. Then we’ll knock him down. It’s unhealthy, it’s annoying, and it’s not fair to Ben. I get it. He’s a fantastic actor, he’s super talented, and he seems like a great person, but he’s still a human being. Treat him like such.
I pray that his fandom won’t be as psychotic or obsessive as the Kristen Stewart and the Twilight fandom. Bad things happen there, man. Bad things!!!!
He’s already got some supernannies on his ass, sending out “open letters” and also tweeting his friends to beg him to stop smoking or “addressing” the alcoholism rumors that come up on that one tumblr or Datalounge, etc. It’s way into the ‘invasive and weird’ territory for some folks aready.
People that aren’t his fans don’t hate him. Many people don’t even know him.
Only some people, who are fans of other actors against who Benedict is competing, do hate him.
The difference between Benedict and Kristen Stewart is that she is like a board and Benedict is a good actor. Too, Benedict’s fans are of all ages, not mostly young people like Kristen’s.
There is no comparison between their fandoms.
@Mathilda Oh I know Kristen Stewart is a crap actress and she isn’t even onto the same caliber as Ben. I’m just saying that the fans that do like her and think she’s a good actress (for God knows why) are so clinically obsessed over her and everything she does that they have lost touch with reality. I was just hoping Ben’s fans wouldn’t reach that level of obsessive (though there are some who are hitting that territory). I wasn’t comparing, I was just exaggerating.
I read some of the stuff questioning his drinking and smoking habits. at least he isn’t hiding it! I think some americans [in particular] don’t get the drinking culture in England [in particular] we like a pint and a lot love smoking, Kate Winslett is a big roll -up smoker.
I loved the Hollow Crown pictures of Benedict in armour, dodgy wig and smoking a roll-up. it was very Richard Burton. [although, I am not saying Richard burton is a good example of healthy drinking…] Before people shout at me.
@P’enny Ffrom Austen “Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.” Sophie’s Wiki and IMBd are a bit obscure. Lots of roles but none of them shout successful-more competent, artsy and educated but I can see that she meets the criteria for the right kind of escort for an actor or entrepreneur -well dressed, cultured, smart in a upper class manner with a touch of French and piano playing. Personally my favourite starry couple is Helen McCrory, and Damien Lewis. Helen was amazing in Media and talent is always trumps with me only to be challenged by a career which puts a stamp on humanity.
So Benny smokes roll ups. I thought it would be something a bit more like Dunhill, Gauloises or Sobranie. Those lingering days of puffing on Sobrainies at the end of a dinner party. But I do remember a while back that people use to say roll ups were better for you. On the other hand he does look very, very relaxed so maybe they are not roll ups but mini joints to help get the creative juices flowing.
@’P’enny: I’m not a smoker but i’m firmly in the “you do you, if you’re able to consent to doing it” camp. I don’t get how total strangers think it’s a good idea to send these pleas to him/his PR/his agent/his friends about his health and his habits…
And yesssssssssssss I loved those Hollow Crown pics, lol. (oh and the flail from people who don’t know roll ups aren’t pot…). He looked so relaxed and like “whatevs, it’s my break”.
I’m loving Helen MCrory in Peaky Blinders. ‘she is one of my fav actresses’ bit thin though.
Actor marriages are great PR but not necessarily happy ones, Helen has to suffer many months in London when Damian was working in the States. Amanda Abbington same with Dr Watson, whose gone all American. And, James McAvoy’s misses, Anne Marie Duff I think has supported James a lot, and I suspect at expense of her career.
Not many make it.
Hear, hear. There are still plenty voices of reasons out there. Fangirling over Mr. Cumberbatch used to be fun, around that time when he was already plenty popular, but not POPULAR. Not so fun anymore. This SGF business has gotten out of hand, it reminds me of Robsten and that’s never good. People trying to be prove Robsten, people trying to prove Nonsten…argh. It annoys me and I notice I care less about his work because of all this hoopla. And that’s a shame, because that’s what it’s all about. I wish he could go back to being a mystery, never going to happen though, I know. I’m just venting after a torturous dentist visit.
Oh, come on MissMary, open letters are the gems of any fandom!! They are hilarious, I love them. I laughed so hard that I was in tears about some fandom open letters. 😀
@Isadora LOL true, the earnestness and wtfery of some of them makes me feel better about some of my days, ngl. I ca nread them and go “Well… at least I didn’t just do that…”
@Miss Mary Putting dope in your roll ups is quite a common practice although I doubt he would try it in a film set.
@P’enny McCrory is one of the best. Yes the down side to both parties having successful careers is probably the time spent apart especially if they cannot find away of merging their careers and their family life roles. but not couples have to be together constantly to have a successful and fulfilled relationship. Equally it is not always the partner who is at home with family and friends who suffers but the one that is on his/her own.
“He deserves to have a strong, accomplished woman by his side. ” I assure you I’m not a feminist. But this kind of statement of a successful man deserves a successful woman, always rub me the wrong way. It’s like saying you are a lesser person if you aren’t strong and accomplished. I think Cumberbatch deserves a woman who he loves and who loves him. If she is weak and works a laboring job, it’s okay too.
@Josa agree and besides which who are we to know what he deserves or why he serves it any more than your hard working nurse/teacher or bin man.
They’ll have him married to her before the end of the day!
Dating isn’t the same as engaged or married.
Wise words Kazlock but I reckon they will wait a couple of weeks to get married. They’ll be wanting James Rhodes to play the piano at their reception and he’s on honeymoon at the moment.
Well, doesn’t have to break up with Kinvara first? Weren’t they “the real deal” last month? 😉
No. Kinvara has agreed to be bridesmaid so long as Sophie doesn’t get to choose her dress.
Oh, well, in that case, lol… I suppose Kinvara wants to make sure she’s in the pics too, doing the “laugh and lean” like in the Grand Prix shots.
Wow-I adore the Batch…but I cannot imagine having some of these psycho fans doing the crazies-tagging people, girlfriend “conspiracies..Yikes!! I just like him and his work. BTW, did this Sophie Person play Jonathan Rhys Meyers sister in Vanity Fair? If that is her in the film, she looks a bit like Minnie Driver mixed with Chelsea Clinton.
She does look like Minnie driver! I couldn’t place it before.
She looks a little like Sophie Marceau.
Took the words right out of my mouth Mathilda.
I watched the octopus music video. Not really my thing, a bit too try hard and art for arts sake for my liking but I was struck by how thin she is!
Visible sternum and rib cage to me just isn’t a good look on anyone.
All I kept thinking was Emily Mortimer in 30 Rock “I have bones like a bird, if you hug me you’ll kill me”
Slowly losing interest in him, which I feared, however I do enjoy the fans who still think they’re just friends.
I don’t know anything about her, I always thought he would have an A list relationship at one point but I guess not. If they’ve known each other for a long time (someone mentioned on IMDB that she is friends with Olivia on Facebook – the things fans find out eh?) , run in the same circles, are similar in age and have the same interests then I could see this being the real deal.
One thing I will say, he will not speak about her or his relationship. He may attend events and be seen out with her but I can’t see him discussing it or even addressing it.
Oh go on Shiv – don’t be a spoilsport. I’m relying on the “Benedict and Sophie invite us into their secret love nest and share with us their hopes and dreams for the future.” interview appearing in next week’s “Hello” Magazine.
@boredwithimdb – ….and still they wouldn’t be together, according to some fans.
LOL
So the photo album for the Bright Young Things gala he attended has been released…the one he arrived at alone….
Sophie Hunter in the last pic of the album so yeah she was there too.
Well, I think it’s kinda funny how some fans think they’re ‘the real deal’ when they honestly have no clue what kind of relationship they have. Is it not just as weird to have them married off based on a few sightings/wedding attendance etc?
That.
‘Fans think they’re the real deal’….I said ‘COULD be the real deal’.
Speculating, just as you are.
Some may believe they are only friends, I believe differently. It’s an opinion.
@Nic.
All of that!
This!
what does it matter if it is the real deal or not? What effect on our lives could it have? none at all
Honestly, some of his fans are super young and/or inexperienced. In their world, you’re either unattached or you’re in a serious relationship, about to walk down the aisle. they don’t get fwb/dating, etc
I was pretty ‘meh’ to the dating rumours.But it looks like they could be now.After the fan sighting on Sunday morning it’s becoming even more likely!
If they are then it seems relatively new.I’d be surprised if he acknowledged it in the media.And SH said in past interviews that she didn’t do red carpet when with a better known/more famous partner. Because she didn’t want to be seen as a user.
@Kazlock,
“After the fan sighting on Sunday morning.”
The fan never confirmed that it was Sophie. She said “It may have been Sophie.”
I can very well believe what Claire said. And even if they are not biologically young, then er… young at heart. 😉
Personally I just wouldn’t take a random affair/FWB arrangement to a wedding, only a real partner or a good friend – so she may be either of that.
@Shiv,
So you’re losing interest because he may have found someone? And/or because she’s not A-list enough? Wow.
was gonna ask the same thing. his career is getting more and more interesting, if you ask me. having a gf/not having a gf has no bearing on his talent, and thus far, his choices.
I’ve said this before – Sophie is a good match for Lord Cumby. She’s cute – but not beautiful; she’s probably reasonably intelligent; and the most important aspect at all – she doesn’t have anything really going on career-wise. She’s in her late 30s, no real career and is unattached. She could do worse than to settle down with our Lord Cumby and make little Cumberbabies.
I know a lot of Cumberbitches want our Lord Cumby to be with a super beautiful, super intelligent and super successful woman, but he is, after all, an actor. And actors are SUPER insecure – it just goes with the territory. IMHO, I don’t think Cumby could handle a super- anything type of a woman. Again, just MHO.
Agreed with all of this. Plus him reconnecting with someone he has known for years makes sense based on what he’s said about meeting women. I’m meh about it at this stage. Good luck to them/him/her/whatever.
(I’ll allow myself one bitchy comment about the wedding pics. Her dress looks rather awful…I’m sure its uber-fashionable but sicky yellow and are they shoulder curtains??)
I was more interested in the inability to pronounce penguin…how did it not happen at Comic Con?!
I think it would be a dangerous trap to fall into if you were to assume someone was trustworthy and suitable for you based in the fact you knew them before you were hugely famous.
This is in NO way a reference to this particular instance, btw.
No, I totally agree with you, and like you said not specifically in this instance. It applies to anyone who is in a more successful situation. Knowing someone pre-fame/money/success doesn’t automatically mean that they are the same person and view you in the same way and are without agenda, it’s naive to think like that but I can just see how it’s an easier option, especially for someone busy. They already feel they know them and they may run in same circles so starting something can seem easier..in that they know the same people so if they screw you over they have more to lose than someone who has zero attachment to your life other than you…if that makes sense?
(again this is not about this specific situation as no one knows what’s going on bar the parties involved)
Yeah, I can understand that. If I put myself in the position of someone who suddenly became famous, I’d be tempted to cling back to people I knew previously, maybe even because they remind me of a time when things were less…. Crap?
Now I’m not saying things are crap for him, he’s having a great time and huge success but I think anyone who denies he absolutely HATES fame and the intrusion, is kidding themselves.
He says it in the promo clip for the movie.
This has nothing to do with Mr C. but I am very curious as to who is this super beautiful, super intelligent and super successful woman? Exactly how many women on this planet can be called that really?
There’s a Pride and Prejudice quote in there somewhere!!
Amal Alamuddin (Human Rights barrister, activist, author and lecturer) seems to fit the bill and she just married some actor in Venice this weekend!
I don’t find Amal beautiful. She is incredibly thin.
@Betti Armal is my idea of someone who fits the intelligent successful criteria and she hasa sense of style and glamour as well
Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, personally I think she’s is very pretty (although yes, incredibly thin). However she seems to fit the bill too good because if you look in the Alamooney threads a lot of people totally doubt it’s the real luuurve, but just a PR arrangement.
I’ll admit he doesn’t shake my tree in that way but I am surprised at the backlash towards this woman. She’s gloriously age-appropriate and doing well as a typical venue director.
I did a little digging since her CV is only a performance one, the agency doesn’t rep her as a director I suppose, and find her directing plays and venues steadily since 2005. She’s actually rather busy, wonder if it’ll last.
‘Gloriously age appropriate’
That’s a weird choice of words. Why is it ‘glorious’ that she’s a similar age to him?
If anything that smacks of a little ageism.
@ Nic I am not An, but I think what she meant was Ms. H isn’t some twenty-something who are pretty by some standards (I’m feeling generous before lunch time) but have personality issues they probably deserve, wanting to have a piece of Mr. C for what he represents but not overly fond of all the rest, though they do try their best at the beginning… although I agree gloriously sounds odd. Now food beckons.
@Green Eyes says:
September 29, 2014 at 9:01 am
“and the most important aspect at all – she doesn’t have anything really going on career-wise. She’s in her late 30s, no real career and is unattached.”
I don’t understand why people keep saying Sophie doesn’t have a career. Not an illustrious one, probably true, but she’s not idling. Most of the online bio you can find about her are sketchy and fragmentary. that’s probably just low maintenance. I tracked a few projects mentioned on Phantom Limb, where she’s a director and conceiver (whatever that is), the thing she directed 69°S went on for years (at least still shown last year) and all over places, and was fairly well received. Peer Gynt materialized at the beginning of this year (not sure about her exact role, but Phantom Limb said she’s associated with it). and that’s just one company. anyways, most of her projects are probably those arty ones that rely upon grants, crowd funding, etc. take years to conceive and so tiny that no one cares to report. but that really doesn’t mean she’s not doing anything.
btw, this is the link to Phantom Limb. http://phantomlimbcompany.com/about/
There are two Sophie Hunter’s. The one you have linked is a US based director.
@Kazlock 1307
Did you even read the page at all? It has her photo and introduced her as a “British director and performer”. It has her education and projects, etc. Same person.
So the wild wind whirls away – again.
Dating or not, I hope she’s prepared for the batdoody craziness of some of his fans who will be all “NO ONE IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR OUR CUMBY!!!!”
Batdoody lol that took me waaay too long to figure out.
Lol, you forgot that part when people screaming inwardly ‘no one is good enough for our cumby unless it’s me’ or not so inwardly.
LOL
To boredwithimdb above (I couldn’t reply to your comment for some reason): I don’t know about the grocery thing. She doesn’t have “fairly curly” hair as the lady said, and I don’t think she’s the same height as him.
That… Though I think Vicki is fairly tall, iirc, and has curly/wavy hair.
Is Viki quite petite?There’s been a debate going on on another site. They seem to think,going by one picture of her standing next to BC from a distance, that she’s between 5′ and 5’4″.
Sophie is quite tall for a woman,not sure what her hair’s like though.It was up in the wedding pictures.
Vicki isn’t tall. Sophie is quite tall and, if she was wearing heels, would be nearly as tall as BC. Her hair is fairly wavy from the back too. So the description could well have been her. Or not. It might have been some other random dark haired and, as yet, uncreditied addition to the dramatis personae of this increasingly hilarious soap opera. But, personally, I think it was Sophie.
@Kazlock: All the pics I’ve seen of Sophie, it’s fairly straight but maybe she straightens it day to day then wears it wavy for special events? Don’t know…
One of the pics of her at the Hay festival showed her from the back and her hair was fairly wavy/curly.
Then I stand corrected on her hair, lol. I’ve never been a fan of hers so I have only seen a handful of pics.
They had just get up when they went to the grocery. They were hungry because of the night activity and she had no time to straighten her hair.
not to nitpick, but the lady in the grocery photo is almost as tall as him, so i don’t know why someone almost as tall as him would say another woman almost as tall is him is ‘as tall as him’. there is a difference in height. the whole timeline of straight to curly is really overthinking imho
I love how people are basing a relationship off of nothing. Sophie is James Rhodes friend too, her presence means they run in the same circle. They could very well be dating, but the evidence is inconclusive at the moment.
I’m kind of “eh” on them dating still and I know some folks think I’m in the loony “OMG NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO” camp but really… the whole thing, at least from the tiny bit we as the public see, reminds me of interactions I have with close male friends, down to the casual dating, going to weddings, etc. I could be super wrong and we’re still seeing ’em together in ten years like he was with Olivia though!
This. (right back atcha lol)
Just to echo what i said above, i don’t think the younger/inexperienced fans get that as you get older and know lots of people, you hang out with tons of guys that you aren’t intimate with
@Claire: I think you’re right re the fanbase, at least the very vocal flail we can see on tumblr and twitter. I think a lot of them have an ‘all or nothing’ view of relationships, where if it’s not true love for ever and ever, it’s nothing, and there’s no ‘seeing where things go’ or FWB or even just casual ‘hey, let’s go out and not be exclusive’ situations. It’s a very Disney-fied universe some of ’em live in, I think. I kinda want to blame Twilight though lol.
I don’t think the tabloid stories made any difference. If he got pictured with the same person a few times and sighted with a similar sounding person a few times people would still be joining the dots and speculating.
ETA: Sorry. This reply is in the wrong place but don’t know how to delete it. Have reposted in the right place now. Doh!
MissMary, Twilight should get blamed for all that is wrong and bad in the world.
Twilight and the Kardashians.
@MissMary,
I think some would put me in that category as well, but I’m not there at all. I could care even less about who he’s dating. I want all the pictures I can get because I think he’s gorgeous. I don’t care if he’s standing next to his future wife or future knife. The only thing I don’t understand is the constant speculating. Won’t we know soon enough? I can wait until the announcement is made.
@Lindy: Yessssssssssssssssss…
@delorb: I love his acting, he’s not hard on the eyes (at least IMHO lol) but I have no illusions about having a “shot” with him or the fact he’s a grown ass man with a sex drive and his own desires. i just find it super amusing that the same people going OH MY goD thEY ARE DAtiNg get huffy when there’s people going “eh, I don’t think so”. Since, apparently, if you’re not 100% behind a rumor or speculation, it must mean you’re crazy obsessed and in love with the person.
@MissMary,
” Since, apparently, if you’re not 100% behind a rumor or speculation, it must mean you’re crazy obsessed and in love with the person. ”
Aren’t you? LOL Just kidding. I don’t understand why the civility leaves practically ALL those conversations. I read almost everything. Even the stuff that I find boring. But the girlfriend stuff almost always ends in a screaming match. Over stuff we DON’T know. Over GOSSIP! As in my gossip is better than your gossip! Jeez.
@delorb: LOL you found me out! I spend my days just mooning over him, ignoring my work and kid and SO, SURE Benedict will notice me through the internet and whisk me away to be his plus one at the next friend’s wedding! * swoon*
Yeah it gets crazy heated in some of these threads and it’s really wtf when you think about it–we have no idea what goes on away from the cameras and we’re all really firm in our opinions. It’s a strange mix.
@Madly.
That! All of that!
A few pictures (none of them romantic/intimate) and a handful of sightings, does not prove anything.
NGL, I do wonder that, if the whole “secret girfriend” mess hadn’t gone in the tabs in April, if we’d even have this as a blip on the gossip radar. “Man gets married, friends attend, stand near one another”. “Actor goes grocery shopping, brunette walks away down another aisle.”
Then again, maybe we would, lol, and it’d be just those headlines.
I don’t think the tabloid stories made any difference. If he got pictured with the same person a few times and sighted with a similar sounding person a few times people would still be joining the dots and speculating.
Good point but I don’t think it’d be as much of a frenzy in some quarters of fandom *sideyes tumblr and twitter* as it is right now. More of a low grade flail.
How do you know Sophie is James Rhodes friend too?
If it makes any difference regarding the Vikki and Sophie debate – Vikki is petite and Sophie is tall. Check the pic of BC and Sophie from behind at Hay – nearly the same height and her hair is a bit wavy. Also, the photo on her agents page – Curtis Brown – would suggest she sometimes as ‘fairly wavy’ hair. Vikki’s is cuuuurly.
She’s been mentioned as knowing him in tweets, etc, and has been to his concerts w/o BC in tow before, so I think some folks assume they are friends or at least know one another.
Thanks for that Mary, didn’t know that. There ya go!
Just curious Mary, when were those tweets about them being friends?
It wasn’t a “Hey, guess who I am friends with” situation but from what I recall, more of a “great time with so and so and so and so” and her name in the mix as well as James Rhodes. It was several months ago, at least. Came up a time or two.
Sorry for the double post but wanted to add–it was on twitter when I was reading some James Rhodes stuff. I’m a small time fan of his playing. BC wasn’t mentioned in the tweets, far as I remember. Some people discussing an event or two they attended and who was there and hanging out.
Interesting. Thanks for that! That would lend credibility she was invited individually.
Sidebar from the gf discussion, but is anyone else a bit surprised he’s trying to shunt off Oscar talk for the movie, esp considering Weinstein is throwing this hard at the Academy for a nom?
Think that’s just a natural self defence mechanism to not tempt fate and to ward off embarrasment and dissapointment if it doesn’t work out.
I was just kind of surprised b/c Weinstein seems very “this is what I want nominated and you will promote this”… but all y’all have very good points!
What’s the alternative, though? If he were to say ‘yeah, hope I win, I think I’ve got a great shot’, then he’d look an arrogant ass. I think he sideswiped it well. He didn’t say, ‘@&£/ the Oscars, I’m not doing this for awards’, but god, I’d have loved it if he did.
I was thinking more of plumping for best picture but you’re right. And he did make some very on point comments about hoping people see the film whether it’s nominated or not, to get Turing’s story told to a wider audience.
I was just kind of surprised since Weinstein seems very pushy when it comes to nominations and promotions.
Though, tbf, this could also all be a very managed promo thing, being effacing about it. My cynic pants are on this morning lol.
Ah, I see. Sorry. Yeah, who knows. I personally hate the oscar talk.. I think it’s terrible that it takes precedence over the movie, particularly one as important as this.
I know every actor wants the ultimate accolade for their work and would love an oscar, but awards truly don’t matter.
@Nic: Word. I’m happy if a pic or actor I like wins but in the end, it’s really not important. If I were an actor or producer, I’d just really want my movie to be seen (though I can say that easily from this vantage point, lol, eons removed from anyting to do with the movie industry).
Is he?
Maybe he’s just hedging bets as the suggestions for Best Actor category are filling up fast and he doesn’t want to end up with egg on his face if he gets no nomination
Good point! I was thinking more for best picture category but yeah even in that case going “It’s awesome and amazing and really deserves a nomination!” would look bad if he didn’t get a nod.
What’s he really supposed to say, though? He handled it pretty well, made some joke about his suit just now coming back from the cleaners. I’m sure he’s promised Harvey he’ll do the whole dog and pony show once it’s appropriate, it’s just too early to seem thirsty.
You’re right. It just struck me as “well that’s…odd…” but yeah, reading his comments again, it seems more like a very self effacing “let’s not get ahead of ourselves” thing. I’m sure Weinstein won’t let him slack on the final push, lol.
He could not really say anything else to the process or he would come over as a bit of a prat and he has been trying to ditch that image for sometime. I thought he handled it quite well and if he fails to win he can say well you know what me feelings are on this. I would be surprised if he does not show up for the awards. He turned up for 12 yrs without a nomination and his part was relatively small.
Oh, I have no doubt he’ll turn up for the awards (and I would dearly love to see him bring his parents as his “date” if he’s nominated) but wasn’t he also a presenter at the Oscars last year, too?
It seems he did -I do not track him that closely so had no idea but I guess he has no problems competing film designers if he gave the award out.
@icerose,
You don’t track him that closely? You’re on almost all of his threads, but you don’t track him closely. Um…okay.
I’m quite sure that @icerose’s Cumberbatch tracking skills match your Hiddleston tracking skills, @delorb, quite evenly lol.
@delorb I read all his threads out of interest mainly and curiosity curiosity and because of his work. I have him on Google alert along with a dozen or so actors as well as most of the main film festivals but I do not follow his fan sites etc, I do not read or listen to his interviews unless something he says makes me curious mainly because I sometimes struggle with his image.
You also comment on pretty well every Tom post so I cannot see the difference.
And yes initially I thought he had handled the issue over film competitions etc well but on reflection I began to think it was slightly hypocritical . Last year he was all over the Oscars and this year he is running shy.
@ice,
I don’t even have him on Google alert. I don’t even have the other guy on Google alert. Wow.
@ Icerose
Benedict had time during the last Oscars and he had been invited to present, which I am sure he saw as a bit of an honour, and it was a new experience for him. He looked pretty proud up there on the stage with Jennifer Garner. Plus he could, rightly, be openly proud of 12YAS as he was part of it but not the main focus thus it must have felt like he was doing all he could to support all those involved.
Next year will be on the tail end of a very busy time and he may still be filming Sherlock or whatever else is lined up. He works damn hard promoting films as well, thus far, and I am sure he will do whatever he is contractually obliged to do, just as he has in the past. I don’t think he is running shy, just playing it down a bit as, who knows, he may not even be nominated. It is all a bit premature.
LOL I didn’t know there was such a thing as Google Alert.
@delorb -I am actually interested in his career because as I have said many times he is a good actor however my main reason for setting it up was Hamlet /Richard 111 info so it has only happened recently. I tend to have many alerts and whizz through them for anything that looks interesting.
@Maggie if he had just said he was not bothered about an Oscar and that both films were relevant eyc and then gone on to Talk about IG it would have been okay, But he said films should not be compered which seems strange when he attended award ceremonies previously and even turn awards down If he really felt like that he would not support them and it would probably apply to TV and theatre as well.So it is not a question of him running scared more about his level of honesty at best thinking before he speaks.
@ice,
How do you know when he’s being honest or not? How are you able to judge if his talk is okay or not? I was joking earlier about the alerts and all, but I don’t think you are privy to his inner thoughts.
@Intro,
I doubt it, as I don’t have either man on alert. What I know about the other guy is what I read here and that ain’t much.
Just reading the Time Out interview and he answers something like he doesn’t even think he’ll have the time and Weinstein doesn’t seem to be getting the message. Time will tell I suppose but I’d say its a combo of a) he’s wary because if he doesn’t get a nomination after all the hype and he goes on about it too much, he’ll look like a tit b) and if he does get the nomination and he plays the circus bear and loses, he will look like a tit.
The backlash from getting a nomination/campaigning can make it a poisoned chalice. It’s a very fine line between wanting it and…well Anne Hathaway.
Blech.
I’m starting to thing Sophie’s just perfect: Educated, kinda pretentious in an artsy-fartsy way, not a whole lot going on (like someone else above said) and he can take her home to mum. You gotta feel for the children though; thinking they were going to be The One with their cat gifs and Doctor Who hoodies. It’s just a mess of emotions out there.
OI! Nothing wrong with cat gifs!
http://cdn.cats-paradise.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/funny-cat-gif.gif
My apologies @Lindy79 😉
Yeah, it’s gonna sting for a bit, but they’ll get used to it. Eventually 🙂
On a purely superficial note, it makes me happy that she’s his age.
He’s not pretentious, though.
With regards to her, I have no idea what she does really. Some say she sings, some say she acts, some say she directs. Can’t say I care, really. He’s who I’m interested in and admire, I don’t need to know about his friends cvs and strengths.
And the image of teenage girls wearing DW tshirts and wringing their hands at the prospect of him dating, that’s really not true. In fact, I imagine the people debating is he or isn’t he at length are older women and the teenagers are doing something far more productive and interesting with their time (like looking at cat gifs)
Edit: @lindy. Hahahahahahahahaha, that gif!
@Nic, I agree, the younger Tumblr generation isn’t that concerned I think. A few of them – sure, but not the ones wearing Dr. Who shirts. And the ones who do care, are just holding out for BC declaring Martin Freeman his undying love. I read twitter messages of 30-something women being a bit heartbroken over this. Just shows. Like I don’t know, I like Benedict, but being with him would be a nightmare. Like I don’t know what’s supposed to be so appealing about dating someone who’s practically in the spotlight 24/7? Should his personality make up for that? His looks or his intelligence? If so, why not go for someone non-famous with the same qualities? I’m sure Mr. Batch is quite lovely, but at the same time his public persona is a bit of a mirage, not quite real. He’s after all just a man, as he’d be the first to admit. No need to turn him into ‘The Perfect Man’. I could see how it’d be fun being his friend, but his GF/wife , nope. I’d rather have fun mailing him lots of cats pics and that’d be it, hahahaha. Anyway, I will have a forever crush on his Tietjens in Parade’s End, but since that was a fictional character who did find his true love, I’m all good here. 😉
Yay for Cumby! (And James, too!)
The (stereotypical) Irish person here is just astounded that they were in any fit state to pop to the local corner market to get some bits n bobs the morning after a wedding.
After a good shindig wedding, I normally don’t surface until at least 6pm, all food is either bought in advance or ordered in and have had time to make myself look less like I just crawled out of a swamp.
Haha, I was thinking the same thing. Morning shopping after the wedding of one of your best friends? Impressive.
Lol my pet theory is either he had to be on set that evening so needed to be out and about, or they met up that morning for an outing, or maybe he was like “well, it’s nice you came over but you gots to go” and shuffled her out the door with the grocery shopping excuse. I’m wrong on all of ’em, I’m sure, but it amuses me.
I agree about the younger posters on sites thinking it’s all or nothing.
Maybe it’s changed since I was young(er),but dating didn’t necessarily mean “I love you ,I want to marry you and have lots of babies’!Which is what a few of the posters seem to think.
They could be bonking buds.Or testing the waters to see where things go.
As for Sunday morning thing…I was told the fan had definatly said it was Sophie,but also that she said it definatly wasn’t.
Oh, Miss Mary… The real truth is nobody still knows! He could be helping her with a theatre project for all we know and they were getting together to discuss it when time allowed–his is very limited at the moment–and she offered to cook lunch or he needed a sandwich to start his day and she got shuffled along to the grocery with him, as you suggest. All of that is possible. She could have just been a friend on his arm for the wedding…etc., etc. The puzzle can be assembled in a variety of ways and the truth only revealed by BC or his camp if that is ever to happen. Right now, it is all assumptions. And I am not speaking from a point of denial but logical deduction given the fact that proximity to a person does not always necessarily = automatic sexual relationship.
Now, all that said, he is as horny as any guy and has to get his jollies somewhere! lol…..
Word, all of this–you always put things so much more eloquently than I do on here, lol.
@Kazlock.
I saw, the comments and her answers. She NEVER confirmed that it was Sophie.
Question: “was it sophie hunter his girlfriend? – Anonymous”
Her answer: “It may have been but I wasn’t paying close attention to her”
@Linz
Thanks. That’s what I’d seen yesterday.But I was told today that the girl had been shown a picture.One version said she said it was Sophie,the other she said it wasn’t.
Thought maybe it had been posted this morning.
@Kazlock: I read the whole thing before she deleted the hate-posts and unless I missed something, she was very clear in saying “I don’t know, maybe.” and “I wasn’t paying attention to her, besides she went to another aisle anyway.” A few posters asked if it was sophie and sent her links and she said “maybe I dont know, I didn’t really see her clearly” every time.
Oh lord people. Really?
(This is why I like to keep a metaphorical curtain between me and celebs. They’re always a disappointment when you interview them.)
If Sophie is the girlfriend well…lets just say I was hoping Cumberbatch would nut up and step out of his comfort zone. Alas, that probably isn’t going to happen.
That’s all I got.
It’s like fantasy football for me, lol. If I were to fan-cast his gf, I’d choose someone totally unexpected like Rebel Wilson or a legit, not-family-funded artist or an academic. Or hell, an accountant.
What allheavens and MissMary said.
They all do seem to be “family funded”, don’t they? He’s not really one for the “worked themselves up from the bottom” crowd, is he?
Laughing for about 20 minutes thinking of Benedict with Rebel. Genius.
@sigh((s)) One of my brothers has a BFF that is an “artist” and is family funded… it’s kinda pathetisad. He’s in his mid 30’s, “creates” all day, but never had to work for anything as his family money gets him by. Any showings, etc, are all by the grace of his dad renting out a space for a weekend. Any critiques or reviews are by people in his dad’s pocket or who want his dad’s good word behind them. I know it sounds very sour grapes but I have a hard time buying a “boho, worked hard for it” artist vibe from someone who comes from a few mil allowance per year and wears clothes that cost more than most people pay per month for housing.
@EleanorRigby: Just imagine the interviews they could give together…
@missmary- IKR? I’m in a theatre crowd, and most of my friends are actors, artists, etc who have worked extremely hard with virtually no financial help in most cases, to varying degrees of success. I have one friend who’s doing really well right now, but he’s the only one of us that started out with a lot of connections and had a little bit of help from parents (not anywhere near the likes of the people we’re discussing here) but even he has always been kind of a cocky arse, so it’s hard for me to feel really great for him because it’s always a lot easier to make those Connections to get your career going when you have Award winning family members.
I have more respect for my friends who literally had no one to rely on but themselves and are now making a living in the arts. Consequently, they are also the ones who are the most humble and kind as well.
She’s not from a wealthy or connected background, though? I feel as if I’m missing something.
@an,
Neither is he. His parents may have been relatively famous and they knew some heavy hitters, but its taken him years to get to this point.
My fan-cast would be with a woman of color (black, Asian, Latino or a combination of all three). Someone feisty, smart and who would keep him on his toes. I know I’m going to get smacked for this, but I like his choice (if its true). She’s pretty, around his age and probably with him for him.
Re my “family funded artist” comment–that was meant to be a more general comment re the sort of people that run in the higher income circles with the actors and such. they’re “artists” or producers or whathaveyou but often “family funded” and don’t have much to their own credit.
I’m not saying BC or SH is in that line, but i think he tends to gravitate towards women who get where they are thanks to family backing (Lydia Hearst, for example, though IDK–I’m not much up on her fandom and could be wrong).
@MissMary,
D’oh. I totally misread your post.
@AN
Sophie Hunter actually is from a connected and wealthy family. Her mother is a member of the peerage and her father was a successful businessman. She went to St. Paul’s Girls School before she attended Oxford. She’s good friends with David Birkin and his wife. She’s posh and well connected.
Ha. I figured. You don’t make octopus videos on a working class budget.
Green Earrings-I take it you mean the genealogy reference ‘peerage’, as she’s not on the actual peerage: she’s only descended from a line of royal servants. She likely knows Birkin because of Oxford and her former boyfriend.
I’m not saying she’s poor, of course, but she’s not super rich or socially relevant. You can tell by how she’s treated in articles about posh acquaintances, like Conrad Shawcross. She’s middle class, although it does look like her father ditched his good job and left her mom when she was younger.
Sighs-she got paid to do the album/video and didn’t seem super thrilled about from what I read.
I agree. He should get with Lindsay Lohan.
LMFAO! Do you *want* tumblr to explode, lol?
YES I DO! Imagine the entertainment!
OMG, so great!! Hahahahaha, poor Cumby, but oh… yes, the entertainment!!
I think he should just admit it so everyone can calm their tits and move on.
Well, let’s say for,the sake of argument, she IS his new gf. Why should he admit anything about his private life that he’s not comfortable with? It’s not his problem that some people are obsessed with who he’s doing what with and when; he shouldn’t be forced to talk about his personal life by pressure for those who seem desperate to know.
True. I actually don’t care. I just prefer going back to his non-private life stories, like that interview he gave about TTOE and TIG being compared. If we take out all the Sophie talk in this post, there’d be three posts total talking about his work and career.
I agree. It’s total overkill and it seems precious time where we could be discussing the imminent release of TIG is being wasted. He’s said some really interesting things about the Hawking comparison, for example and nobody seems to want to talk about any of that. It is a shame.
Shows you where the interests really lie 😉 What’s funny is that people became his fans BECAUSE of his work to begin with. How did it devolve so much?
The Benedict Cumberbatch equation:
unbiased interest -> respect and admiration for talent and personality -> infatuation -> sighing about curls -> hating all gfs
I think we really are missing out on some great discussion of the roles vs the historical reality, etc. While he does say some problematic things at times, he also gives great insight into the characters he plays and I do miss the discussion around his choices when it comes to acting.
I don’t think it’s a case of ‘hating all gfs’ as let’s be honest, he’s not had an gf the public have known about and as far as we know still doesn’t. It’s the speculation and what ifs fuelled by the crap in the papers that’s the problem. People love speculation and gossip.
MM, what’s he said that you found problematic?
It’s no one specific thing and I’m sure a lot of it is me being too twitchy but the posh baiting thing got me side eyeing him a bit, and some comments about class seem a bit tonedeaf but, like I said, I’m sure it’s me being too twitchy. he’s human, after all, and not perfect so opinions aren’t always going to be universally liked, lol.
@MM, I had an issue with it too, so it’s not just you. He’s gotten a bit better since.
the sad truth is that a lot of so called ‘fans’, don’t care about his work (other than sherlock). they just care about him as their fantasy boyfriend. it’s a very weird phenomenon for someone who is actually a serious actor, cares about his projects, and is very talented. there’s so much about his roles, and TIG in particular that we could talk about. maybe CB boards aren’t the place to do it anymore.
Although personally I like his acting (although I don’t follow his career closely) AND the gossip (because I just like a bit of gossip, not because I’m a jealous Cumberlover), I also like discussions about film. I just don’t know why people write about how they want to talk about TIG instead of just writing about TIG. Normally if someone states an opinion about something – be it Sophie Hunter or his roles or TIG – a discussion will follow. In the end the CB boards are a place every user here creates and I think that’s the way it should be. So chat away about TIG! 🙂
i’ve attempted many times in the past to steer the convo towards his work, but no dice. no one seems to join in. so why should i bother?
I find it quite annoying that the press have been able to access the Hollow Crown set. One of the great thing about the last series was the lack of fan/internet/press interest in the production so everything was pretty much a surprise,
Seeing Richard 111 in armour puffing on a cigarette is an image that will stay with me no matter how good his performance is. It feels more like Dr Who than Shakespeare.
I was curious to see how his Richard would be presented but in theses pictures he looks a bit non descriptive.
Um, we’re having a discussion up thread about his career direction. Come join us. The weather is fine.
@ Icerose
I don’t think the press do have access to the set. Those photos are pap photos and look as if they were taken sneakily from behind trees or bushes. Some of the earlier ones may also have been sneaky fan photos as well.
Apparently Benedict told a fan that he wasn’t happy with the Richard III photos of him being online so please try and stop circulating them.
I don’t care if he has 300 girlfriends, boyfriends or whatever. But don’t tell me that the next season of Sherlock will be the last. I will bet against that. I am counting on enjoying it for the rest of my life as Ben has said he would like to do it into his old age (and he’s a bit younger than me.)
All that!!
Interview in the Empire he stated that Series 4 had him more excited about Sherlock than he’d ever been.He wants to grow old with Sherlock. Series 5 is already shaping up too.
Can’t wait to see how the character’s develope
Yeah, I’d love to have Sherlock around for a bit longer. Although I also hope the writing keeps being interesting, not sure I’d love a lukewarm, uninspired season 26. :/
Isadora.. 100% agree.At some point Moffatt has said he’ll need to take a step back.Possibly bring in new writers.
Honestly can’t wait to see where the show goes.Hopefully all of the characters,not just Sherlock and Watson,will feature,and develop.
I’m hoping that, whenever Moffatt steps down, we’ll get some really well-rounded female characters that don’t fall to bits and become stereotypes after a while.
I hope it does not stay around beyond season five, It will just get stale even if they change writers and directors. The only way Dr Who fresh is by changing the actor. Capaldi is a brilliant and he changes the focus and viewing experience.
Oh I think it will be around a lot longer. And it will evolve over time as Holmes and Watson get older and their situations change. Right now we’ve got them becoming the canon characters but not quite there yet.
I do hope they find a way to keep telling interesting stories with the characters without trying to make each series BIGGER!!! and MORE DRAMATIC!!! than the last. I think it worked for The Reichenbach Fall and the aftermath, but I don’t think every group of episodes has to put the Holmes/Watson partnership at risk. Sometimes they could just be solving really interesting, smaller scale mysteries, with some interesting characters.
I’m hoping they’ll have a “dramatic” Xmas special (maybe clear up the whole Mary/baby thing) and then get back to good storytelling based off the books in the 4th series.
I love Sherlock to last two more series, and then maybe one off specials. But, to be honest, Martin Freeman and Benedict C career’s are taking off. And, TV viewers [like me] will get really annoyed with doing something every two years. DrWho lost its momentum when they started messing with it, splitting series and quality of writing deteriorated fast. I think the writing has improved this Dr Who series because Moffatt has given it the attention it deserves.
The other problem is Moffat himself, his arrogance is annoying the Dr Who fan base, and it will be Sherlock fans next. [cough S3] Gatiss has the writing power to capture Sherlock, but Gatiss is hit and miss and he sometimes takes having fun in his writing too far – both Sherlock and Dr Who his episodes are patchy. And, I sometimes wonder if Gatiss wants to be an actor first, writer second. And he is brushing off his League of Gentleman partnership.
Basically the whole Sherlock creative team have other fish to fry and no matter of kiss-ass statements by Benedict of wanting to play it till i’m old, because I don’t believe that in one moment. He is too ambitious to be tied to a BBC drama, no matter how big it is. Like David Tennant before him, he will recognise the time to go.
Gatiss will always hold a place in my heart as Glen from Nighty Night
Almost 200 comments later and no one…I said NO ONE…is excited that otters are dating penguins now!
I can’t wait for the otterwing babies!
But will they be raised in the Antarctic or a more temperate clime? Will they eat fish or abalone? Will they have to choose between flying and being able to waddle with eggs on their feet? WON’T SOMEONE THINK OF THE OTTERWINGS!
I am thrilled about the otterwings!
Are they auburn otterwings or ginger?And will they wear strange headgear?
I don’t know. I do imagine that they will giggle-snort and have issues with growing a mustache.
March of the Giggle-Snort Otterwings
Narrated by Morgan Freeman
well , I guess now it’s out he has a girlfriend there will be a lot of people losing interest in him AND his work – it’s just the way it is most of the time with every celebrity, especially men – careerwise I guess there will be some consequences as well – I guess he reached his high and this is it – the girls will find some other actor they will be interested in soon enough…just like he said in an interview: “I’m sure it will be someone else tomorrow” when asked about how he feels being voted some of the most sexiest men…
@Kiki
That sound’s very cynical!Why would people go off him?
Girlfriend (confirmed or not),wife,whatever won’t make a difference.
I’ll still admire his work…and lust after him!
You lust after him? And what if he marries? You still lust after a man who is already taken? Well how about finding someone in real life – there are better men out there than BC lol Well, better looking for sure And characterwise? No one knows what he is like in real life – I bet he is no saint! Living in illusions is no good…Just because he happens to be famous he isn’t God and people who aren’t famous aren’t less worthy than this weird looking alien lol I agree with Kiki completely!
There’s a thing called FANTASY. Its where you lust after someone, possibly someone you’ll never get with because you admire them. The best part is, you don’t have to deal with their human failings. They are always perfect and most importantly, perfect for you. Matt Bomer lost a few square box fans because of his homosexuality. In my fantasies, he’s straight, single and has no kids.
Oh sorry, but that’s utter nonsense. For a start, nobody knows if he does have a gf now.
Secondly, of COURSE it won’t affect his popularity as an actor. He’s not harry styles for goodness sake and furthermore, he’s HAD gfs. It’s the most normal thing in the world and he will have them again. Nobody actually cares.
I will still be lusting after him even when he has a wife and three kids and I will be taking a keen interest in all his work and that means going to the theatre or cinema to watch him perform. I just like the way he looks and I admire his acting skills.
In fact I think he will look as good, if not better, when he is in his 50s and beyond.
He may lose a handful of fans who aren’t fans of his work but more fans of the idea of him as a unicorn prince or something but those of us who enjoy his work aren’t going anywhere.
I agree with this
Nah, eventually some will lose interest (happens with all fandoms) but I think he’s got at least another year of being the it guy. Hamlet next summer is going to be mad. And then there’s the Sherlock Christmas special to keep fans happy. And he’ll probably be all over the Oscars (and maybe get new fans :))
I don’t think he’s peaked yet. And he will always have his fans who like him for his work and don’t care about his relationship status. And I’m sure he appreciates that!
I think, and this is me wearing my cynical pants, lol, he will want to keep Sherlock as a constant because, when the movie career dies down or he gets worn out with it, he will have a sure thing in his career to go back to for a while and he seems to really love doing it so that’s a bonus.
He will probably (like a lot of other much coveted actors/stars) lose some fans because there is a certain amount of female fan hysteria around him – but I don’t think it’s a bad development. The people who admire his acting will stay around and it will probably get much calmer, thankfully.
It’s rather cynical to think that he can only have a career if he has the Cumberbeliebers around. I mentioned James McAvoy already and he’s a very good example of an actor doing great, having a lot of fans and being very much married and with a kid.
Holahola
Yeah I’ll lust after a man whose already taken.And as for the real life..already got one,sweetie.And she knows if Benedict ever came knocking he’s on my free list lol.
LOL word. My SO knows bc is on my freebie list (they have their own too). We both know it’s not gonna happen and a healthy fantasy life (note: HEALTHY not psycho) never hurt anyone.
Time for me to retire…early start for work and it’s almost 11pm here.
Now before I go I just need to recap the last 200+ posts(to get it in my head lol)
So BC was st a wedding where SH was?May or may not have been together.
BC was seen at grocery store on Sunday with a woman who may or may not have been SH.
He’s going to lose fans if he does have a gf?
BC can’t say penguins.
And I’m (possibly) a disillusional ho for lusting after a ‘taken’ man.
MissMary.. Have I covered the basics?
Kazlock: sounds like we’re on the same page lol.
What was that somebody mentioned about lusting?
http://now-here-this.timeout.com/2014/09/29/in-this-weeks-time-out-magazine-10/
@Encumbered..Oh Lord!! Those eyes!!Yep..I’d bang that like a drum!
@MissMary
It’s a fabulous page to be on lol!!
And,denial or not,still not 100% that SH and BC are anything other than friends/bonking buddies.
I’ll check in in the morning…just in case there are any further development… Good night my lovelies
@Encumbered; i think the appropriate response is “Unf”. Or maybe “Wuff.”
@Kazlock: LOL I’m sure it’ll be more of the same!
Good for him. Hope it’s a good relationship. Sorry about the Penwings though! Can’t be perfect.
Morning lovelies.
Have I missed anything?
Yes. He has proclaimed he’s done with women and promptly decided to spore.
@Sigh((s))
Is he spawning as we speak?And will his offspring be pengwings or otters?
But most importantly… Will they have his fabulous fashion style?
@Kazlock We will be able to spot all potential offwings by the purple pants and tiny hats they will sport! Oh and don’t forget the jorts! Jolly little penwings in their tiny little jorts!
^^someone needs to make an illustrated children’s book out of this.
At least a web comic, lol.
I will sign on to do the children’s book but only on condition that Cumby do the audio book. Just to hear “pengwings” over and over….
I see it now!!It will be an international hit!
Move over Charlie..we don’t need your chocolate factory.We have Cumby and his otterwings!!
He’ll be a devoted parentto his spawn.Working tirelessly to provide them with blue chambray shirts and jorts!
Any further news about SH?
Have they eloped? Taking his purple trousers and tiny hats with them?
I think we’re all just experiencing Otterwing sightings now. Poor SH, lost to the ages due to Otterwings becoming a thing lol.
LMFAO!!I love otterwings. I’m thinking of getting a couple myself.I understand they’re easy to look after.
I’m going to ask a question here, and run the risk of a crap load of grief over it.But here goes..
Am I the only one who thinks BC and SH may NOT be dating?
In just look at them and see..blah.I don’t see chemistry between them.
There I asked..I’ll take cover now.
Personally? I think maybe a hook up or FWB deal but not “serious relationship”. Same reason, ngl. No chemistry, no…vibe. But I don’t know them IRL and all we see are pics and hear rumors so IRL maybe they’re a Disney perfect couple in love. But I’m not getting that vibe. *shrug*
MissMary, that’s it!In the picture’s I’ve seen,inc the wedding, I don’t get that they have a spark.More chemistry with Loo..or James!
I’ve been on ‘that’ blog and someone posted that they think BC and SH had been together since the start of the year(something about an interview and BC had not said he was single).
If that’s the case then they look bored!Missed all the signs if it’s true lol.
@Kazlock.
“That” blog…..again?? Just because he stopped talking about his romantic/private life. Does not mean that he has been “with” Sophie, this entire time. There is no proof to back that up. They would not have been able to, keep it hidden for that long. There would have been pics.
I say this with all the love in the world: They’re WASPs; WASPs don’t give off “vibes.” I once dated a guy whose eyes only lit up when he was talking about golf – seriously, not an exaggeration.
Kazlock: He hasn’t spoken about his personal life since the break up with Anna James–and even then it was his PR confirming it because he’d been papped with Lydia Hearst at a party or Chateau Marmont or something. Damage control acknowledgement that they’d broken up around the start of that year and he wasn’t cheating on his known gf. Before that, he’d mention having a gf if it was pertinent to a story in the interview he was giving, and he would be seen out and about with Anna James or whoever he was seeing, but he didn’t bring up his personal life out of the blue like some actors tend to
How many times *have* we seen them together? Not many, and besides they are both actors. If they have been together since the beginning of the year then the Showbiz Spy thing is at least a little true, also Rebecca Eaton. And when he said “I’m taken” at TIFF well guess what? Maybe he actually meant he was taken!
@GG.
He was just joking at TIFF. People who were there, have all said that he was clearly joking. If you watch the video on Youtube, he points at Keira and his castmates.
@Linz I thought same.
Someone posted that and was given David Tennant and Ben Wilshaw as example’s. They were dating and married before anyone knew.
DT married quietly,but it was pretty well known he was with Georgia for a while before.
At the time they were pictured together often,fans and paps.
@Kazlock,
There are lots of Pap photos of David and Georgia. (Before they were married, and after they were married) Ben Whishaw is not as popular as Benedict and David.
@Linz
I didn’t think I’d imagined the DT incident.It was never hidden,in fact I think Georgia mentioned it in interviews.
The Rebecca Eaton quote was taken out of context wasn’t it?It was a conversation she had with him a couple of years ago(along those lines).
No idea what Showbiz Spy thing is.But if you look at FO pics, they don’t look to me as if they were a ‘couple’ then.
@Kazlock,
Rebecca Eaton made a joke a couple of years ago. Then Page Six (Not reliable) reported that she said Benedict was taken, and that it was time for the Cumberbitches to move on. But no one knows if it was taken out of context, if she was joking, if Page Six made it up.
Showbizspy is a Tabloid. They started the “Secret Girlfriend” crap.
DT and Georgia were papped all the time even when they started dating. They announced their engagement about the time it became very apparent that Georgia was pregnant- and they got married 9 months after their daughter was born.
And (wrong place), but the younger DW fans aren’t wringing their hands that BC May or may not have a female friend, they are too busy on the DW boards complaining that Capaldi is too old and why won’t the BEST DOCTOR in the world (Tennant) come back now.
I think I would like to see a 50+ year old Benedict take on the Doctor in his 16th regen… Wonder if there would still be whinging?
@Linz
Thanks.So none of these were from a reliable source.
I’ve been re reading the sightings of them. And I can’t see that many instances when they were together.FO,Richard lll(actual performance, but not after show drinks) and the wedding.All of the others were mostly tabloid gossip.And unconfirmed grocery store sighting.
Still not convinced it’s a long term thing.
@Kazlock: Not much from any credible source at all, really. I think they may be casual but I’m not seeing the “OMG tru luve” thing “that site” and some twitter feeds want to think is there.
Just for no other reason than to spice things up around here a little…a lot…
http://cumberbatchcoffeeklatch.tumblr.com/post/97069018294/sherlockspeare-x-has-a-coughing-fit
LOL
He does have beautiful hands doesn’t he????
Lovely hands, indeed…and good for all purposes as well (which was likely a thought preoccupying him at the time). Poor guy!!
Are you stiil convinced they are not an item even with the wedding pics?
Frenchgirl!!
I wondered when you’d pop up.How’s life under the bridge?
Not convinced at all sweets.But nice to hear from you.
My holidays were fine wtih the sun thx 🙂 Hope we will see soon they’re sextape if it convinces you. oh & Kazlock, I like your posts on eggs, exactly the same as here
Ah!So glad you have time to read them.I understand guarding that bridge is a full time job!
Do we all have to believe the same thing?If i i don’t agree with you it doesn’t make my opinion any less worthy.
Pretty sure you were one of those saying BC and KB were together a while ago.That ended in nothing.It’s all speculation and to be honest all a sex tape proves is that they had sex.People do…without marrying or committing to each other.
But should a sex tape ever come to light I promise I’ll view it in an impartial way…if only to see his glorious arse!!
Bye Frenchgirl… Bored now x
hopefully, we can have diff opinions but everybody here was waitng for wedding pics with both of them and now no they’re not dating. & the think abt the DM was right. Sure you don’t trust me but it was. Last think, I was really on holiday not under the bridge. So by girls, hope you won’t suffer about his lovelife
@Frenchgirl,
Sorry, but the Wedding pics don’t really prove anything. You were certain that Benedict and Kinvara were together.
Oh, hell, someone made up a sex tape rumor! This should hit tumblr any second now!
Yeah, what happened to the “theatre insiders” who knew KB and BC were “certain and serious” and an announcement was due any time now? Less than a month ago? How quickly they forget… Fickle celebs *sigh*.
What’s the DM ?
@Linz
Thanks
Kazlock 1307 the comment about guarding the bridge lol I was laughing out loud for several minutes lol
I might have peed my pants over that one…lol.
Any hoo, bit of crap from Hello mag is out on the stands. Not fully legible, but the first paragraph is….
https://twitter.com/wholock
Did they just basically copy-paste their first paragraph from the Mirror?
Thankyou.
Surprised myself.Dillusional or not,I’m entitled to my opinion!
Especially after the sex tape comment..my mouth was watering in anticipation!
lol careful how many times you repeat that or it’ll come back to bite you! *THAT* sort of rumor can go nasty fast, esp when it’s unfounded. I’m actually expecting to see it pop up in the Mirror in a few weeks but instead of Sophie it’ll be an escort, or a male friend, or a llama or something.
MissMary if you hear about one featuring a buxom bi woman with cropped hair……
LOL I’ll bookmark it and let you know.
MissMary, you’re a sweet heart lol
Kazlock I had no idea you were the one behind the tumblr!
What do you think of this mania this weekend? “more proof” or just paranoia?
@Claire.
Sorry.What Tumblr?And what mania?
There was mania? All I saw this weekend was some reprint of old news by that Kdrama site and some new clips from interviews…
Sorry for the double post–I went to “that other tumblr” and scrolled back through some flail and cesspit-ness and found people were omg-ing over a person on twitter posting a pic of SH in Paris with some guy at an event and there’s the back of some dude’s head where people are saying it’s BC and “omg they were kissing in Paris!” or something, and all sorts of flail over how it’s his dad’s bday this weekend, could he be in Paris for that, or is he with SH and his folks are down with it because “Omg grandbabies” and it’s just nuts. I was pretty sure he was filming this weekend but Niece Emily failed to provide me with a copy of his schedule, lol, so who knows.
I also noticed some people are trying to recycle some old rumors about one of his friends as being about BC, and trying to make the relationship with Anna James into some big heartbreak and broken engagement thing so… huge dose of salt.
MissMary. I saw that SH was at Bright Young Things Gala.Big thing made of it confirming the relationship. Then one tweet(in French), saying BC was spotted in Paris with a ‘chick’.And ended in yuck.
No idea about the filming this weekend though.
Any other sightings in Paris?Or was it just the one?The tweet name translates as Spider I think
People also used AE being at GLastonbury as proof they were dating, and KB being at Glasto as ‘proof’, etc. Frankly, I still don’t see it. FWB, sure, or a “hey, I really need a plus one for a lot of stuff this fall” thing, but not “OMG TRUE LOVE 5EVAH” like some people seem to desperately want to believe. I mean, maybe they’re right since all we see are a few fuzzy pics and some unsubstantiated “sightings” but really? Not getting the vibe. I find it odd when only one person sees a celeb in a very public venue, esp someone so well-known if not downright famous. And extra side eye for the vague Paris pic–unless there was some other ones I didn’t see, the “Omg benedict” one was the back of some dude’s head. Sooooooooooooo convincing.
If we’re going to take them being in the same place but “omg not sitting together because seekrit!” as “proof”, then he’s also dating Rory Kinear, James Rhodes, Andrew Scott, and pretty much a huge portion of the British theatre community.
There were pictures from Paris???
Missed that.Saw the re blogged tweet,not picture.
The Bright Young Things picture,SW didn’t hide being there.Could be through her own merits,or networking.I think she’s only moved back to London permanpermanently this year.
MissMary. Was the picture on Tumblr?Tried search and can’t get anything up .
@Kazlock.
It’s a picture of the backs of people’s heads. Some people are saying that the heads are Benedict, Sophie and Rory. It’s just people grasping at straws.
@Kazlock: What Linz said. Also, was Claire saying *you* are “Eggsbenedish”?
Also, re the kissing: It seems like a game of telephone. someone claimed the guy they thought was BC was kissing the girl, then it turned into they were straight up making out in public, then it was ‘poor them, having to all the way to Paris to be private in their love’. All tempest in a teacup/bs with a healthy dose of fanfic mixed in.
The pics: THere’s one of SH and RK standing with one another for a posed pic but there’s no “evidence” of BC other than the back of some dude’s head who happens to have reddish brown hair.
@Linz
Is that the one that’s on Tumblr,taken at Bright Young Things?They aren’t even standing next to each other!!
Where did the kissing come in?That’s the only one I can see.Not another one is there?
@Kazlock.
Yes, that is the picture. No one said that there is a picture of them kissing.
The “kissing” came from, people mistranslating the French girl’s Tweet.
MissMary. Definatly not Eggsbenedish lol!She’s American I believe.
Kissing in Paris thing…still only one tweet saying it was him?Nothing else gone been put on as there?
lol, I was like wait, Kaz isn’t Amerucan so she can’t be eggs,,, lol.
And yep, one tweet, no pics… seems like a game of telephone gone bad. Nothing else has been going on, save for a reprint of the wedding story by Kdrama but nothing new or interesting.
@Kazlock.
The girl never said they were kissing. That was people mistranslating the Tweet. And assuming, that they made out, because she said “disgusting.” She said Benedict is disgusting as in he is ugly.
There is only the one Paris Tweet.
Thanks Linz and MissMary.
Not even sure it was Benedict. Heard the same as you MissMary, he was filming this weekend.
Someone posted a fanpic on FB today of them meeting BC in the Paris airport so… *shrug* Apparently he was in france at least on Sunday! I’m side eyeing him for missing his dad’s bday though, ngl!
Oh, I am certain it was just a shopping trip for his Dad’s belated B’day gift, MissMary.
Oh, god damnit…..Is this a pattern? Has he banged most of these women we/me have stupidly assumed were just his friends? KB, AE, and now SH? What a sly fox….No, just a horny toad!
Any info on who was with him?
LOL Maybe it was two errands in one–bang the FWB he has no chemistry with, and get his dad a tiny hat from the same place he bought his own?
And honestly, I always thought he banged AE but wasn’t down for an LTR. I think SH is a FWB/solid and inoffensive ‘plus one’ when he needs one (Adam Ackland can’t go everywhere, after all..man has a family and his own work to do, too)… I know every relationship is different but given how he’s just not “with her” in pics but was very obvious with Anna James, Olivia, even with Lydia Hearst (and that was not “dating” according to his PR, lol)…I just don’t see “omg truluv” here. *shrug* Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe the tiny hats squeezed the affection portion of his brain down lol.
@Kazlock: Nope. The two people who met him only wrote about meeting him and no one else with him. He apparently walked past them and the girl with the fan who took the pic didn’t notice BC until her friend/bf/whoever it was went “HEY!” and then a pic happened lol. It was a posed fan pic so he was aware of it and allowed it. The guy’s female friend (the one who didn’t notice BC walking past) took the pic.
MissMary
So we still don’t know if SH was there?Another forum thought he was working near Paris,but couldn’t confirm.
LFF in a few days..What do you think??
The guy who posted the pic is smart and has his FB comments set to friends only so he’s not getting slammed with “OMG WHO WAS HE WITH” but just from his posts, it sounds like BC was solo, at least when he and his friend took the pic with him. Maybe they were both in Paris, but at the moment it doesn’t seem like they were going back to the UK together. But who knows, maybe she was in the ladies’ or was already at the gate (or was off doing stuff with other friends *cough*).
Re LFF… I don’t see him taking her to the red carpet or anything. I just keep getting such a “good friends” vibe off them, but like I keep saying, I could be wrong. Maybe she’ll show up, maybe she won’t…
Oh, WTF do we know. Yet I do know he is looking a bit satiated of late and, as for virtually all men, that means he is getting his rocks off. Bang away, Benny! Fill up on the “h’orderves.” lol….His sex life brings out this truly wicked side of me! 😉
LOL that’s funny because so many people are going “Omg he looks so tired and unhappy!”
I always think he looks happy when he’s working so I’ve been writing it off to his working on Richard III but who knows–he may be banging SH and a steady stream of FWBs and who knows who else in his trailer during breaks. Maybe he’s trying to set a record, lol. Keeps him out of the pool halls.
MissMary. I have no objection to him banging SH like a drum…just her being his SO!!
Agree with not seeing anything other than buds(or bonking buds).
If not for the French tweet I wouldn’t have thought much about this trip
LOL I’d be a lot more “Well, maybe I’m wrong and they ARE together-together” if he was actually pic’d with her lol, I don’t, for one hot minute, think he’s involved in some clandestine operation to keep his gf, when he has one, secret. The whole “oh, he’s slowly getting his fans used to the idea!” and “he’s going to debut her at ___” thing really gives him too much credit and seems to imply he has some sort of super special status in life that he needs to treat all relationships like he’s the flipping king of England or something.
MissMary
Question for you.You know the game if telephone regarding the kissing?Have you seen a picture mentioned.Been told by aa friend that there was a picture of SH supposedly kissing who they said was BC.
They said it looked photo shopped.
Googled and Tumblr search bring up nothing.
Kazlock: If there was *any* pic of him kissing anyone, even his mother on the cheek, it’d be all over the internet within moments of being posted. The “kissing” thing was down to a mistransation/misunderstanding of the French tweet. No one has spotted them kissing, at least not anyone who has given credible “evidence” of the sighting. A lot of “oh, he was dancing and cuddling a lady at the movies” (seen by only one person?) and this “omg they were kissing! In Paris!” thing–which sounds like legit fanfic. Maybe they were, but there’s no pic of it. Trust me–it’d be ALL over the ‘net if it was real and posted.
MissMary. Gave you heard of a picture of SH kissing a guy who is supposedly BC?
Been told by a friend it was about over the weekend. She says it seems photo shopped.
I can’t find it.
@Kaz: lol, see above. i replied already.
I don’t think he looks any more ‘satiated’ than any other time at all. He just looks he same to to me. In fact, if anything, I’ve thought he looks a bit knackered and pissed off during the last few months. I think people tend to project when there’s gossip around. .
And I would imagine he doesn’t spend too long without company anyway. He’s no man whore, I’d guarantee that but I’m sure he’s not celibate for any length of time.
Yeah I hardly think he’s hurting for companionship when and if he wants it, lol. That, I think, is why I’m so in the FWB camp for this rumored relationship. It just rings like one to me–friends who respect one another, get along, like similar and are both DTF (lol) but not in a place for a LTR due to work/interest/whatever.
Sorry double posted by mistake
I absolutely think he was seeing KB. And I think the same about this chick as well. Too many instances of them being in the same place or at the same function over a certain period of time. For both women. I think KB Got the boot soon after F1. I think new chick is recent, last couple of months. He seems to be going thru all of his posh friends. Like he thinks since they’ve known each other awhile they’ll be safe and not be famewhores. Then as soon as they start tweeting about him and doing famewhorey things he ditches them.
Lydia, AE, KB…they all start tweeting and getting mileage out of being “friends” with him and then he’s not seen with them anymore. The Russian chick was way more overt about it and she got the swift kick even faster. KB was sneakier and much more discreet, but she eventually got the boot as well. They’re such good friends but you don’t see him with any of these people anymore, do you?
SH must be considered “safe” because she doesn’t appear to be a tweeter. I read a few old articles about her. Seems like she has this whole, I’m an independent woman-don’t want to be know for being posh-don’t want to be known for who my boyfriend is spiel down, but she also had no problem doing a lot of interviews with said famous old boyfriend (artist guy).
We’ll see how it turns out. I’m thinking she might last a bit longer than the others. But I think at her core she still wants to be famous. You don’t try to be an actress for as long as she did without much success if you’re not.
Wow. That was way too involved. I sound loony. And I don’t even really care. I think I spend way too much time here. 🙂
As there been any other mention of a woman?Apart from the one in French mentioning a ” meuf”?
Which apparently means ‘chick’ but also as other translation I think
@sigh((s)) All of that makes perfect sense, actually, lol. IDK if SH will last terribly long since there’s attention being thrown now, and while she’s not tweeting about it, it may be seen as detracting from his work or maybe he just tells these women “okay, six months, max, but work comes first” (It always seems to happen in late summer and into autumn, lol… maybe that’s his time of year or something?) I’m still going with FWB/not super serious LTR but *shrug* What do I know, lol?
@Kazlock: Nope no other mentions. And from what I recall of my French lessons for ages and ages, meuf can also mean something very uncomplimentary!
BC was apparently spotted in London on Friday with a blonde(not niece Emily).Said blonde had ‘murky eyes’.Looked like they were’ more than friends’.
Not exactly sure what murky eyes are..But please don’t let Posh Totty be back on the scene!!
@Kazlock.
Only one “source” is saying that he was seen with a blonde…..(The “Source”) A person on EggsBenedish. *rolls eyes*
I can almost guarantee that if the source is EB, it’s b.s.
And how the eff does someone have “murky eyes”?
Sorry for mistaking you as Eggs, Kaz.
@Claire
No worries,sweets.I am on Tumblr,but not Egg’s.
And to answer original question..I still don’t see “proof” of them being anything other than friends(with benefits at a push).
And the weekend stuff..one fan picture where fan indicated BC was alone and one(I think) tweet about a chick doesn’t really add to the proof.IMO anyway
You’re probably already on this lol, but she was said to be at the IG premiere. Arrived just before him. I still don’t know, it seems self-involved and silly to hide having a relationship like this if they are together. Almost makes me lose respect for him.
Honestly, I think it sucks that james and his wife’s wedding pictures were hijacked by a creeper, then sent to tabloids. It was their special and private day.
We don’t know whether benedict is in a relationship with sophie or not. But, in my honest opinion, from the pictures at the French open, he had more chemistry with his ice cream than sophie.
This. It seems to be what everyone is saying, that they have zilch chemistry (He looked way more excited to have lunch with Dakota Johnson and her friend than he did to be sitting with SH at the French Open. Hell, he looked more thrilled about being papped with fans… But I digress). It looks like the paper took Rhodes’ twitter photos even after he (and his brother! they tried to circumnavigate Rhodes by going to his brother after he said no!) asked them not to when they contacted him. Pretty shitty of the tabs. I’m glad he called them out in public.
Ditto on the chemistry.
It was The Fail..I expect nothing less.
It and The Mirror used to be decent newspapers years ago.
Now I wouldn’t trust anything they say.
I can see BC apologizing very humbly to his friend for being the cause of the interest in the pictures. None of the rags were interested in JR’s wedding, just one particular guest and who may have accompanied him. Rots….
That made me feel bad for the situation, too–the blurb with it was all about “Sherlock” being at the wedding and some old quotes of BC’s about marriage and relationships.
Look. I love james, he’s a great guy and I’m so glad he’s found love and happiness and had an amazing wedding day. But this photo/papers thing could have all been very easily avoided if he’d not posted photos of it on twitter and asked guests to observe the same. If you want a private celebration that you’re only inviting selected people to, then nobody else needs to know anything about it.
Of course they have no right to swipe the pics for an article, but everyone knows they often do. So just guard against it by keeping pictures private.
I honestly wonder if it had been any other publication other than DM if he’d have said yes. Not saying he would’ve but I do wonder. Maybe he knew they’d go with the BC angle on it?
So, I’m gonna switch topic. what is your favorite cumberbatch role? I really loved him in the short film “inseparable.” I also really liked “the third star.” Funny how I choose the two where he has a terminal illness. I’m trying to see if Frankenstein is playing in my area around halloween time.
Several folks I know IRL who have seen Frankenstein say that Cumberbatch’s Viktor and JLM’s Creature is the way to go if you want the “best” version.
@Koodles – I haven’t seen the JLM as Creature version yet (hope to later this year) but I can say that Cumberbatch was fantastic as The Creature. You probably can’t go wrong with either version, but I will say that the play focuses more on The Creature’s story and that’s the bigger part, so I’d choose based on which actor you want to see more of.
As far as favorite performances, I love his performance in Stuart: A Life Backwards, very wry, funny and heartbreaking all at once. (It was my first Batch experience, with bonus Tom Hardy, who is also fantastic) Also, Sherlock, Tietjens in Parade’s End, The Creature, Van Gogh, and Khan in Star Trek into Darkness. I liked his performance in Third Star too…there are so many good ones to choose from.
sweet!! thanks for the tip MissMary.