Here are some more photos of Benedict Cumberbatch at the Glastonbury Music Festival a week and a half ago. You’ve already seen the flip-flops and scarf photos, of course, but this is the first time I’ve published the floppy-hat photos. And OMG, that hat!!!!!!!! That hat is close to killing my attraction to my beloved Cumby. I said “close to killing” not “killing”. We can still work it out. I just need to burn that hat. And the lady’s tunic. God, I love him. He’s such a freak (in the best way possible).
I have some Cumberbatch news, although this is mostly for the die-hard Cumberbitches. Deadline and Entertainment Weekly report that there will be a Sherlock panel discussion at this year’s Comic-Con, but neither Benedict nor Martin Freeman will make the trip to San Diego. Which sucks. The panel is just going to be Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss and probably Sherlock producer Sue Verte as well. Deadline also says that PBS probably won’t air the third season of Sherlock until 2014. Jesus. WTF?
In somewhat better news, director Guillermo del Toro wants to schedule Cumby for yet another attempt at filming/adapting Frankenstein. Cumby and Jonny Lee Miller did Frankenstein on stage in London, for a widely acclaimed production directed by Danny Boyle. Jonny and Benedict traded roles every night or every other night or something, and I guess del Toro has wanted to do a version of the story for years and years. Cumby and Del Toro are already scheduled to work together in Crimson Peak, which films early next year too. There’s no word on whether Del Toro wants Cumby for Dr. Frankenstein or for Frankenstein’s monster. I imagine he would be good at either role.
Also – who’s the lady with Cumby in the floppy hat photos? GET OFF MY BOYFRIEND.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
Just throw in the fishnet and he is ready to go for the Cumberbatch morning catch.
Ugh. Explain him to me again, please?
I felt like that for a long time. But you know what? The man is soooooo, sooooo, sooooo talented. And his body is incredible–not just how it looks but also the way it moves. And he’s smart, and he’s nice. I think once you appreciate all these qualities the face just becomes…unique. He’s really just unique. There hasn’t been anyone like him before. That, to me, is an incredibly seductive quality. And it certainly gives him a huge advantage over all his acting peers.
Why are you defending his face? Neither this post nor the comment are about his face. It’s about clothes. Also, his face is gorgeous and doesn’t need your defending. Fans who do that go on my nerves.
He could use a chin.
…and that hat is something my grandma would wear to the beach.
@ Mary
Don’t even try this overly sensitive, defensive stuff with me. I COMPLIMENTED HIM. I like him, so back off.
I do not and will not abide by histrionic fans who spend all their spare time on the ‘nets policing forums and blogs and trying to censor other people for their opinions about Benedict Cumberbatch. He doesn’t need your help, really.
@Mary – Crikey, who’s pissed in your chips? Noreen made a perfectly valid comment about his particular brand of appeal – and she’s 100% spot on – and you go off on one as if she’s insulted a member of your own family?!
Chill. You don’t own him (although you sound a bit like you’d like to. And maybe keep him in a cage…)
Thanks, Noreen. That’s an excellent explanation. I know someone can become attractive to you if you like their work. I shouldn’t have been so judgmental because I’ve never watched Sherlock. Just woke up in a bad mood today.
I cannot get his Atonement role out of my head, so he is forever creepy to me. I’m sure one day I’ll move on.
I saw Atonement and have ZERO recollection of him in that. Wow. I remember him Tinker Tailor, though, and I recently watched a movie called Wreckers. YIKES. He’s soooooo good and ambiguously creepy in that. Also, he looks good doing love scenes. He’s a “toucher” and it’s so nice.
Wow @mary. Someone asked what it as about him that people found attractive and Noreen explained why she finds him appealing. Nothing wrong with her post. *shrugs*
I don’t find him appealing, but I can understand why people would.
Noreen,
He’s the rapist who later marries his victim in Atonement.
Is he a natural blonde or brunette? I really don’t pay much attention to this guy but still I’m intrigued by him lol
He’s a natural red-head apparently, and I must say I do like his particular shade of red (it’s a bit “strawberry” rather than “orange”) even though I usually don’t love red hair at all.
BTW, I’ve been falling in love with him recently. Seriously, the man can grow on you.
You’re right, he is a natural redhead but it’s actually more brown than strawberry. Think the color he had in Fortysomething instead of his hair for Frankenstein.
Seriously, that hat needs to go.
I wondered when someone was going to mention the floppy hat!
It does seem to be an anti-sex hat….
But I’ve started to look forward to what’s next in his parade of awful headwear. Has he worn a trucker hat yet? That might kill it for me. 😉
A trucker hat would turn me off completely…until the next season of Sherlock comes out.
@Boudicca,
You’re right. Sherlock would balance out a lot of his ridiculous hats.
He’s cute as a button in that deerstalker!
The blond woman is Olivia his longtime ex girlfriend. Maybe they’re still friends or getting back together. Who knows.
I seriously don’t think that’s her.
Yes it absolutely is. Sorry ladies
Isn’t it the niece/pa that he was photographed with a while back? Olivia is prettier, I think.
That’s not Olivia. There is a remote resemblance, but it’s not her.
There’s nothing to be sorry about. He’s not going to be anyone’s BF here.
That’s not Olivia. She’s too young to be Olivia and the nose is all wrong. No offense to OP, but her nose is a bit wide.
Definitely not Olivia. It does look a lot like his niece, though, who is also his PA. She’s in her 20’s and his half-sister’s kid. He’s taken her to concerts and movies and such before as an outing.
It’s definitely not her.
It is her. I just quickly looked at the episode of Sherlock that she’s in with the Chinese smugglers. It’s the same woman ( the secretary with the hairpin ). Maybe now that he’s got banging hot babes for a few years out of his system and wants to start a family he’s back to Olivia. Or they’re just hanging out as friends.
The nose and height are wrong for Olivia. I’d put money on that being his niece. Besides, Olivia broke it off with him twice, both times for cheating. I doubt she’d get back with him at this point.
Cheating? I’d never heard that version… on his part or her part or both parts?
Need more information on that rumor! That’s the first I’ve ever heard of it. Tell!
What makes you say it was cheating? I always thought it was more of a mutual thing, possibly because Benedict is such a workaholic and they hardly had any time together. IIRC his publicist said the breakup was amicable, and they’re still friends regardless.
That’s not Olivia, she’s MUCH shorter than this girl and also a lot thinner/not as broad. Also this girl looks mid twenties at most.
I know I’m late to this, and it sounds like it’s already been determined that it’s his niece, but would he be hanging with his maybe/sometimes FWB and his ex at the same event, anyway? I don’t know any of these people and maybe Alice an Olivia are friends but that just sounds awkward.
I have two theories: he’s sick of fame and trying to actively repel women; or, that he’s sending me subliminal messages to come over and strip him. I think it’s the latter.
He won’t do Frankenstein. He’s already done that with a far superior director (*ducks head*) and is too aware of his career trajectory to repeat himself. He’s smarter than that.
The Del Toro version is a class act. Its following Bernie Wrightson’s 1983 comic book which will look spectacular. Its been Del Toro’s dream to do this for many years and Universal have now said yes (probably because of interest in Cumberbatch). I’d be surprised if BC doesnt do this in a few years. Its a whole different beast to the thinly drawn NT production. BC was spectacular in the play but you cant say the script was any good. Thin as gruel. The actors did all the work to make that a success. Boyle couldnt even cast the supporting roles well. Anyone remember the awful father. Laughable.
OT : in the meantime his mate Hiddleston was at Wimbledon with his new piece or girlfriend or whatever but definitely not just a friend. Hope there is an post on that one, tumblr is crumbling…
Haha! Tell us all about the tumble hysterics, please! I can’t be arsed to look, but it is always good comedy. Anything that annoys his fandom is solid gold to me.
Well they are already tracking her down for sure. Soon the routine of the girl Facebook hacked and other new followers she will gain on her twatter shall follow…
I’m just sitting here with my imaginary popcorn, it’s glorious.
We shall see where Hiddleston allegiance stands : to get laid and not give a f*ck for once in his life or to care too friggin’ much about his fandom adoration… Ha!
Hiddles was with Jane Arthy at Wimbledon. And some of the younger/less mature fangirls on Tumblr are having “feels” about it.
That wasn’t his sister. Tumblr says she’s been confirmed as a girlfriend. Good for him – she’s very pretty. She also must be serious if he’s willing to expose her to all the crazy that’s coming her way.
I happened to notice the Hiddles girlf thing on Twitter while I was looking at Wimbledon tweets (world’s biggest tennis fan here). So, of course, I had to hang around for an hour to witness the tumblr meltdown.
Within twenty minutes, one of them had identified a Jane Arthy as Target Number 1 (using an Elle mag tweet and a Hiddles follow as evidence). Within twenty minutes of that, Hiddles had unfollowed said Jane. Too late, boy, too late! You don’t stalk tumblr nearly well enough.
I don’t know which is funnier: the tumblr girls stalking Hiddles or Hiddles stalking the tumblr girls.
I’m so over my brief Hiddles thang. I’m REALLY beginning to dislike him. Started with the BAFTA snub and was complete by the UNICEF no-show.
I couldn’t even hit him now. Even if all my other men were taken out by a nuke.
Okay that is priceless: Hiddles stalking the Tumblr girls and caring way too much about what they think. He really needs to detach from them completely and just stop. Have a f*cking life and be real. Stop trying to manage others perceptions. He is way too attached to the fandom, and I think it is hurting him
I’m glad to know he is getting laid at least. I hope Jane has a good OBGYN– he has expressed his desire for babies.
I hope she’s got a good OB-GYN *because she’s going to need it*
I cannot tell you how much I enjoy reading “Tom Hiddleston’s girlfriend Jane… ” It’s like all my fantasies are coming to light.
@Sixer – he was a Unicef no-show? Like, without a legit excuse for being a no-show? Huh. Between Hiddles and Henry Cavill, it’s like getting a master class in blatant PR moves.
Well, anyways, good luck to that lovely Jane girl. Hope the fangirls don’t drive her away.
@Mrs. Eyre – take Tom and treat him well. I can’t say he is in my best graces at the moment (but not for reasons involving a gf, honestly).
@ Sixer what happened at the BAFTA?
He pimped the IF rally for ages, including on the morning of the event. Unicef had him listed to appear. He didn’t show.
Ben Whishaw won the BAFTA for lead actor in Hollow Crown for Richard II. Hiddles’s Falstaff, Simon Russell Beale, won for supporting actor for Henry IV and V. EVERYONE tweeted congratulations except Hiddles, even after he was prompted several times. It was a visible and public snub.
I kinda went along with the try hard scenario for him at first, but these two things – and a host of other minor bits and pieces – have put me right off him. I’m now more inclined to see him as a not particularly nice person with a veneer of good manners and opinions that suit the audience needed – so subject to change at any time.
@sixer: these are pretty much my observations as well– the BAFTA snub was particularly shocking to me. He’s pretty but there are other pretty boys out there who have much better character.
Hi C&C. Yes. There are. It’s also the fangirl baiting. I can kinda sympathise with those who are pushed into fauxmances (for closeting or general PR reasons) by the people who employ them. It must be hard to NOT do it if you’re being told it’s a career maker/breaker – see H. Cavill right at the moment. But Hiddles baited those fangirls all by his own self. Because he wanted to and presumably because he thought there was something in it for him. Clearly, he’s decided there isn’t. So he’s dropped them like a hot brick. I think he – and certainly his Twitter – is better for it – but that’s not the point. You know?
Shame. Because he *is* pretty.
@ Sixer OMG and LOLOLOLOOOOL dude got green eye monster pissed! And please you are being nice, that 6’2 tree bitch campaigned for his Hollow Crown harder than anything else, the pimping was grandiose, twitter, going to the globe theatre to have a spot with other actors who were playing Henry V, his endless love for and arse kissing The Bard and the cherry on the top being the sycophant fandom… All that hard campaign “Oh look at me I’m a Shakespeare aficionado, love me” for… nothing at the BAFTAs, he was SO sure he was the best and would be rewarded somehow! Makes sense I’m so cackling right now!
He is still going all Titanic Rose I’ll never let go, now it’s Coriolanus… Hopefully The Bard will tell him from his grave, once again to kindly leave him alone (or in the modern language: f*ck off!)
He did that for the IF? Oh dear… I can’t… I already wasn’t thinking much of him but now I find him just too damn funny… Tom dear just enjoy your goddamn rich life and acting, I don’t mind but really the whole trying to get the peasant life and oh you feel so modest and all that speech and using your fandom at ease no no please… No.
I am late to the party, sorry… But I can’t stop laughing with all this info, hahaha…Tom stalking his stalkers?! hahahahaha
Good luck, Jane! Hang in there, the dragonflies are on your side!
Makes sense now. He missed the IF thing because he was too busy fucking the new girl. Yeah I’d take that over peasant fundraising any day of the week.
The hat is paramount. Cumberbabes know what I mean.
Also it’s sexy. The whole outfit is, and it’s absolutely perfect for Glastonbury. Some people here obviously have no sense for cool.
Interestingly, I think the hat could also fit into the “death frisbee” category at Bloomingdales.
Sorry, a Death Frisbee look would be paired with a pair of torn keds and an ace bandage around one knees (poorly taped.) His choice of rubber boots is clearly from the Demented Fly Fisherman catalog.
I think I can handle being uncool, if it means that I never have to see a hat like that again.
ha ha +1..
I’m with Kitty, here. I didn’t think anyone EVER considered Cumby cool. I always assumed that it was the math-teacher-trying-to-be-down-with-the-kidz aspect to Cumby that was endearing.
A man who can walk down the street in that hat is a man who fears nothing. I am paraphrasing Firedly. Hiddles should take a page from his book.
I’m with Tfanty here: I like the fact that he doesn’t care about being “cool,” or impressing others. That he Han just put on a goofy hat and be himself. It really is part of his charm.
Math teacher! Hahahaha!
I think it may be just a matter of time before he walks down the street in the Firefly hat, fearing nothing.
I would never have thought wellies were sex-ay, until Cumby. How does he do it? How?
Re: Cumby Frankenstein. It’s being screened across America starting this Halloween. See http://www.NTlive.com for your local listing (they will also screen the TommyAnne weepy Coriolanus).
He looks 10 X’s better in this outfit than he did in the scarf and flip flops.
He reeeeeally needs a stylist… but I still like him anyway.
Meh, at least he’s being sensible about covering his pale skin from the sun.
I’m just excited to know that he’ll finally be appearing on Top Gear this month.
I’m glad that Frankenstein is going to hit the theatres again-I only got to see the version of him as Victor and he has a hard act to follow as the Creature because JLM was amazing.
I thought JLM’s Creature was better than his Victor, and Benedict was amazing as Victor too. You’re def in for a treat!
Having seen both version numerous times on stage and at the cinema I’d say Cumberbatch was better in BOTH roles. JLM didnt try with Victor at all. saved his efforts for the other role. Cumberbatch’s Creature was more fully realised. JLM just wanted to be loved as the creature.Took the safer route.
Kaiser said it best: Burn. That. Hat.
And Sherlock screening in 2014? I really hope they mean January 2014 then.
Go Cumberbitches!!! *waits for Eve’s shanks* 😀
haha, I was going to say “he’s my boyfriend” but you beat me to it.
I never really understood the Cumby love…but we recently started watching Sherlock and oh my goodness…he really is amazing! The voice. That VOICE!
So now I’m in line to have pretend Cumberbabies with him. Please don’t shank me.
I’d urge you all to watch him on Graham Norton if you haven’t seen it already.
Vimeo has the full show……
He was really funny self deprecating and charming and his impersonation of Graham at the end had me in stitches.
How is it that this man is soooo normal, dresses badly(sometimes), and doesn’t give a a shit yet somehow he makes women fall all over him?? *sigh* i’ve subcumed to the Batch. This man can step outside looking like trash but I would still want to hit.
Can anyone tell me what the hell this man has going on?? he’s not thebest looking man on earth but theres just something attractive about him.
Thats the thing. He is just THAT DIFFERENT. I think people like celebs who are normal and he is just that. He is also very unique looking which is either your cup of tea or not.
For me it’s the voice. That VOICE!
Yeah he has a great voice. I think he should get it insured. Just one of the many things I love about him
Dont americans go to festivals dressed ready for mud. I suppose your weather is so good you dont expect muddy fields. All the festivals I’ve attended attendees are dressed in all sorts of daft clothes because usually they are ruined by the end. Camping and muddy fields dont go well with good clothes. The woman with him is an assistant. The guy is Alice Eve’s brother.
I;d far rather him not give a sh*t than be like Hiddleston who is anyone’s for a photo opportunity. Even when he got his free ticket to Wimbledon (not anywhere near the finals haha) he couldnt resist being photographed by the paps there instead of quietly going in low key.
I meant the first time Hiddelston went to Wimbledon this tournament. I didnt realise he managed to nab one to the finals as well! Give those tickets to the armed forces you rich *******
Yeah, I’ve had to explain a couple of times elsewhere that e.g. wellies with hotpants, sunhat, and a waterproof jacket is *perfectly* normal festival wear!
I can’t imagine going to a festival without proper gear. Almost every festival I’ve been to, even here in the US, has rained at least one day!!! At Wacken Open Air in 2007, it poured leading up to the fest (had great weather during though) but the ground still had muddy sinkholes…
wow, sorry for the digression.
Is that what the winter scarf was for?
In case he got mud splattered on his neck?
Just curious: how do we know that Hiddles got free tickets and did not buy them? Is it that VIP lounge thing? Yeah I agree, he is anyone’s for a photo op. it’s kind of sad.
Why is he wearing a three piece suit to a tennis match? I’m not saying he should wear a floppy hat and a pair of things, but it looks like he is trying a bit too hard. But he is known for that I think.
“Why is he wearing a three piece suit to a tennis match? I’m not saying he should wear a floppy hat and a pair of things, but it looks like he is trying a bit too hard. But he is known for that I think.”
To be fair B-Coop and Whore Butler wore suits at the final, and same for Jude Law the day before. But yes Hiddleston just dresses like that I believe. I mean at the MTV Movies awards he was the only one in The Avengers crew to have a 3 piece suit… Welp.
That said, same goes for Henry Cavill. It’s rare to see him wearing a nice pair of Levis jeans and sneakers on his feet, he wears formal shoes all the time, even that PR grocery shopping thing he could have just tried but… *sigh*
Well – I seem to be stalking from dislike rather than stanship at the moment, which I’m sure is equally sad – Hiddles was photographed (without a girl on his arm, snigger) at the in-Wimbledon Ralph Lauren party after the final. So I think we can assume his was a sponsor’s ticket, not something he actually paid for. Heavens forfend. Rich and famous people get to keep all their money; they don’t pay for anything. The world’s bonkers, really.
@ Bet,
Even though I made fun of Cumby’s outfits at Glastonbury, you’re perfectly right about dressing for festivals. They are kind of Muddy Field Celebrations. It’s true when you leave a festival, your clothes are ruined, so you don’t wear anything you really love.
And much of the time our weather is crap too!
Where did the cheating report come from. I thought Olivia and he broke up because he decided to take the To The Ends of the earth role which meant 6 months outside of the Uk and she wasnt prepared to sit and wait it out.
I never heard of a cheating rumor either. All I read was that there was problems in the relationship going back some time before sherlock ever came out but nothing about cheating. Plus something to do with wanting kids. I dont remember all of it sorry
How does anyone even know?? I can’t imagine a happy woman throwing away a 12-year relationship because her man has to be away. Lots and lots of couples have work that demands regular and often pro-longed time away from home. Think of men and women in the military. You deal with it…if the relationship is worth it, that is. If the relationship is already losing steam then something like travel is just a convenient excuse to end things.
As an aside, it always makes me sad when men are automatically blamed for a break-up. It must be his fault! He must have cheated! I wonder if it ever occurred to anyone that relationships often end for a number of “innocent” reasons: growing apart, boredom, or goals not being met. I can’t tell you how many people I’ve known who have broken up because marriage and/or children were not happening and the partner who wanted them was waiting, and waiting, and waiting. This happens to men, too.
The cheating rumor was something I’ve read online and also based on rumors from when he was more active in the theatre scene and allegedly hooked up with a co-star for a fling when he and Olivia were having a tough time but not broken up. I wasn’t there, never met any of these people in person, but it’s what I read/heard.
For all I know, they broke up because they disagreed over which pudding is best after roast beef.
Rumors.
Not the statement of fact that you made it sound like when you first made the comment.
Meh, you can never fully trust what you hear online. Like I said before his publicist said it was somewhat of an amicable, mutual situation so I’d stick to believing that instead.
He broke up with Olivia before To The ends of the earth filmed. what play are we talking about? The Lady from the Sea?
Check him out at the Stones in Hyde Park this weekend.
https://twitter.com/Joseph_Gibbs/status/353989634361020416/photo/1
I cannot help but love his “dont give a feck, rolled out of bed hair” which he has to keep that length because of Sherlock. I have read he hates it that length, and I can kind of see why, he doesn’t know what to do with it, haha. Can we all take a moment to appreciate those arms…UNF!
Also, it’s definitely not Olivia, she was tweeting that weekend, and she was in London. It looks a tiny bit like her but the nose and mouth is different. I’m not a crazy a stalker because of BC, she’s genuinely really funny and witty on there.
Niiiiice. Thanks for posting the link!
Everytime I see this man he looks different lol. At the Star Trek premiere he didn’t look to good. He looked like he was suffering from a severe case of anemia.
Now he looks great again and theres something different about him everytime.
Lol I loce him though
*love him
Yeah he looked terrible then, but I can’t blame him since he was filming Sherlock at the same time.
“Deadline also says that PBS probably won’t air the third season of Sherlock until 2014. Jesus. WTF?”
That is why I will continue to watch it online.
Good point. I remember finding “Parade’s End online months & months before HBO showed it.
I don’t know why it takes PBS so long to show it. They know they have a ready audience waiting to see it.
MTE. Plus they edit it. Last season I was able to get links the same day it aired in the UK. Crossing my fingers….
Can’t find him the least bit attractive. Not even a little.
Tom Hiddleston,Benedict Cumberbatch,Henry Cavill…you ladies really go for these closted gay Englishmen don’t you? Benedict is as appealing as Kevin Spacey.If it weren’t for the accent you wouldn’t look twice at him.
I, for one, am absolutely wild for “closeted gay” Englishmen.
Especially if they’re pale, wear cardigans, & look so fragile that they could be knocked over by a feather.
Yes, I think it goes back to Anthony Andrews in Brideshead Revisited for me.
He’s here…he’s queer..I’m still into it
*snaps fingers*
What makes these English guys gay? Do they have to watch sports and NASCAR all day, have a beer gut, marry and have kids at 18, false quote the Bible and talk about how great things once were in America to be straight? Why are we still hung up on sexuality in America? Who cares I say from a fellow hetrosexual American male. (people freak out)
He is soooooo normal. I love it! He doesn’t try to look good all the time…..oh Cumby
I love him *le sigh*