Now that I’m an out-and-proud Cumberbitch, I get emails from fellow Cumberbitches who hope that I will help them “ship” Cumby with various ladies. The word around The Cumber Collective is that the Russian girl is no good for him, and that he needs to try a relationship with a full-fledged movie star. Many Cumberbitches were preemptively “shipping” Cumby and Jessica Chastain. Jessica and Ben were scheduled to begin filming Crimson Peak in January, and I guess people hoped that their eyes would meet… and the lust would grow… and suddenly, Cumberbatch and a ginger would be making babies. They would have the palest children ever. Anyway, that dream has just died. Cumby pulled out of Crimson Peak and no one knows why:
Benedict Cumberbatch has exited Crimson Peak, the Legendary horror movie being directed by Guillermo del Toro. No reason for his departure was given, although sources say his exit is not due to another project.
Charlie Hunnam, Jessica Chastain and Mia Wasikowska remain on board to star in the four-hander gothic horror story that centers on a woman who discovers that her husband might not be who he appears to be.
Peak is scheduled to shoot in January, and the exit at this early stage gives del Toro plenty of time to find a replacement. The filmmaker has already shown he can roll with the punches when he quickly cast Wasikowska after Emma Stone fell off the movie.
Cumberbatch is entering a busy period where many of his completed films will hit screens. Dreamworks’ The Fifth Estate kicks off the Toronto International Film Festival in September, Fox Searchlight’s 12 Years a Slave opens on Oct. 18, while the all-star August: Osage County opens Dec. 25.
He is also voicing the dragon Smaug in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and is in preproduction on The Imitation Game, in which he will portray gay cryptographer Alan Turing.
I have several theories as to why Cumby would drop out. Shall I make a listicle? Let’s make a listicle!
Theory #1: Cumby didn’t want to hook up with Jessica Chastain. He prefers darker girls, perhaps half-Indian blogger types with big boobs.
Theory #2: Crimson Peak might be a mess. And Guillermo del Toro might be too scattered to focus on fixing it.
Theory #3: Cumby actually wanted to take a break after working non-stop for years.
Theory #4: Cumby is convinced that he’ll be on the awards circuit during the same time frame, so he’s leaving his schedule open so he can properly launch his Oscar campaign.
Theory #5: He thought it was a sequel to Crimson Tide and he was disappointed that Denzel Washington wasn’t on board.
Theory #6: He’s going to be filming 50 Shades of Grey instead. HAHAHA.
Theory #7: He’s giving up acting to pursue sign-making and sign-holding-up full time.
Theory #8: He got a better script or a better project.
Theory #9: He wants the time to properly pursue that Russian woman. NOOOOoo!
Theory #10: He’s pregnant. Obviously.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Because his good mate Hiddles doesn’t have any upcoming roles. Crimson Peak is the crumbs from his table!
I love your list, Kaiser, but it needs this one. It’s my favourite.
I like it. I’m combining your theory with Maureen’s comment on Del Toro’s emphasis on kink and having a very happy breakfast.
These were very similar to my thoughts. I think Puddletom can do kink. I’m sure Benny the Bitch would NEVER be a bitch to Puddletom. He knows I have that covered.
Pudding ton was at his door whimpering, so he tied him to the rose trellis. He looked so fetching talking about Shakespeare with Don Giovanni climbing roses in his teeth, it was time for a reward. And a ball gag. This is how it goes in Belsize Park, folks.
This visual has me rolling. Awww, I think it’s awoken my dormant inner dragonfly again.
@Drea, *our* version of TommyAnnE is such an improvement, don’t you think? Trellises have so many uses.
Haha @ C&C.
Next Cumby notice: Give my mate Hiddles a job.
Ha ha, as I read the list I too wondered where the ‘he wants to throw Hiddles a bone’ one was.
Del Toro thought he was clever carrying on about the kink factor. I just don’t see BC doing kink. Sex and nudity, sure (and he has). But not every actor is into kink. He either backed out because of the content or he backed out because the people involved were horrible to be around. My guess.
OR maybe HE is the horrible one to be around.
OR hes growing into a diva and is having “creative difference” with a respected director
OR having developed a rep for bashing other peoples shows is now showing indication he will start bashing his own work
He is a humanbeing, Cumberbitches. Not the 2.0 version of Sparkles
Sparkles 2.0 … no.
Rainbow Brite 2.0 … yes. http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/461/797/504.gif
+1. I don’t know much about Mia Whatshername, but Charlie Hunnam has a stellar rep for being a super nice guy, and I’ve never heard anything about Jessica Chastain or Del Toro being difficult.
Mia W is adorable and nice, she has a rep for being professional, she got the role in Jane Eyre because Gus van Sant recommended her.
Actually, Cumby’s colleagues rave about his work ethic a lot.
I love those sunglasses and that suit. They would look fantastic on my bedroom floor.
I’d prefer the “inside” of the suit and what’s behind the sunglasses on my bedroom floor… 😉
Oscar campaign! or… pregnat, obviously
If he’s preggers I hope it’s my baby!
Because he is super hoping to play Robin to Affleck’s Batman.
I like #5 and #7.
And you forgot #11. This is the year he sits outside my front door holding up an extensive series of signs detailing why I should leave Mr. Fanty and go frolic with him and a bottle of whiskey in a forest somewhere.
#12 He wants to make a reality TV show about Celebitchy, in which he frolics with a variety of Celebitches. Prize? No. I don’t think I’ll go there quite this early in the day.
I think that getting to frolic with us *is* the prize.
Ooo! Dibs! I get him first!
Good luck doing anything with the shell of a man I shall leave in my wake.
Honestly? I’m too busy with residual snigger from the note-waving to really want him at the moment. Green shirt ou non. I’ll frolic so that YOU get the prize, then get myself back to Idris with a side-helping of Snaggletooth and the Elephants.
Oh, how was the show? I saw a clip on Tumblr where he stripped and went in what looked like a giant muddy puddle. Ol’snaggletooth is, ahem, a solid looking chap these days, hey?
There is an um… tyre. He is better with clothes on. But he was irresistible in it. All um… hearty and hale and common man, but it was genuinely interesting to watch him observe. You could see the actor in him.
Lust aside, it was a nice, clear documentary for ITV. And Son Number 1 has a new hero (he’s a mini animal lover) that I can happily indulge his interest in.
Win, win and a win.
Tom really missed his calling as an Essex Boy, circa 1994. Ah, we’ll. Romford’s loss is our gain.
It certainly is. We’d soon have him in shape at Thornfield. The tyre would be history.
You might say. I couldn’t possibly comment. Mostly because I fear the wrath of a certain mad scientist who frequents these parts.
Not ANOTHER one greedy for first dibs!
Speaking of elephants, @Sixer, here’s something pretty to look at:
http://vimeo.com/m/29498902
Crumpets: thanks. That’s gorgeous.
@Sixer,
I think you just might be a @#$!-ing genius. This is a truly great idea for a reality show. 😉
I had better iron the kinks out of my wimple & habit & polish up the Vespa if I’m going to compete with the rest of the harem.
I have one suggestion: every week, Cumby would be in character. One of his characters, that is. Fanty & I will fight over who gets Christopher Tietjens, & I don’t even want to think about what will happen the week he’s Sherlock. It will be a bloody nightmare.
@ EsCon
Hello!
If you don’t mind, I’ll take the Peter Guillam day. I like it dark.
I’ll also need four others. Litter-bearing duties.
Hello, Sixer! Peter Guillam it is. You can just keep repeating Peter Guillam if you want. I expect this show, “The Bitches of Batch” to run several seasons.
I think I want the guy from Wreckers, too, besides Mr. Tietjens.
I’m sure I’m forgetting someone.
I am waiting for the meme where you can fill in any message you want in those photos.
I just googled to see if that existed yet (because you’re right … it’s obviously going to happen), and stumbled across the “sexually oblivious Sherlock” meme.
Now I’m snickering about raisins. This is your fault C&C!
@Fanty,
Get your diaphanous glimmering dress & baby’s breath crown ready, Fanty. There is a dude at your doorstep & he is a donkey.
Also, he’s in Bitch Batch mode & has a carload full of signs with him.
Gaak! Which is old-fashioned speak for “LOL”
It’s theory #10, blatantly.
I can just imagine the baby shower Tommyanna would throw for him. Snow White would be put to shame with all the enchanted animals.
I just choked up a little reading that. TommyAnne is already reading “Be Your BFF’s Birthing Coach” and has signed them up for Lamaze classes.
Oh, you ladies are making me laugh this morning!
(ed: meant to post this at the end of all the comments)
Meanwhile, Benny’s thinking, “How will he ever cope with colic?”
He’s also thinking that the shower is a pointless idea as he’s been amassing baby equipment for YEARS. That’s why he was so tired during STiD promotion. He was up all night drawing murals of hedgehogs in meadows on the spare room walls.
And now TommyannE wants a flippin’ dragonfly mobile. It’ll completely ruin the theme. And as for the mutterings about a Captain Hook plushie…
Plus, Benny wanted Baby Einstein and whale music pressed to his fecund tummy for baby to take in. But TommyannE downloaded the Love App.
Cut to 2am, August 23, 2014. Bennie is up with little sobbing Bertram Sebastian Timothy Wandam Cumberbatch, in their matching footsie pyjamas (with owls on them, courtesy of grandma), cursing TommyAnne and his Loki-themed lullabies.
Benny’s Bertie. Genius. Although tempts me to double entendre.
By 2018, they’re having to decide which school little Bertie will attend after prep. Names go down early, dontchaknow.
I can only imagine the tension at the breakfast table as TommyAnne serves Cumby his kippers, sautéed in tears of recrimination.
My ribs are actually hurting!
I doff my cap to you ladies *doffs cap*
I can’t wait for the fight over whether Baby Bertie goes to Eton or Harrow.
I’m preparing the bomb shelter now.
It won’t be a fight. Cumby will peer over his FT and say “of course he’s fucking going to Harrow” while TommyAnne stares moodily into the fire and mutters softly to himself “don’t cry, don’t cry, don’t cry” and tries to formulate a defence against Cumby’s crushing indifference to his needs.
When Bertie’s first words were, “I want the lead role in 50 Shades. Teach me, Daddies,” the domestic idyll fell into turmoil.
ETA: posting as Fanty was and now I’ve read, I’m choking on my lemon tea. It feckin’ hurts!
Little Bertie! What a perfect name! Poor thing will cry whenever he sees a dragonfly and not know why!
(How early do parents have to sign up their sprigs for Eton?)
Conception.
Or the first ultrasound, maybe.
Tommy will be holding Cumby’s hand in the consulting room, crying sparkly butterfly tears as the little foetus appears on the screen, appearing to act out one of the monologues from Henry V.
*sob* Just like Daddy Tommy!
Meanwhile Cumby will be sneakily reading him Ode to a Nightingale.
During Cumby’s 76 hour labor, Tommy Anne will be urging him to forgo the meds so that he can experience the true beauty of pain on a spiritual level while Cumby curses and throws water jugs at the midwife.
I am picturing TommyAnnE driving little Bertie to the preparatory kindergarten (what do posh parents do in the UK?) still wearing his Alexander McQueen designed dragonfly house dress, then home to prepare his book of valentines, the sparkly tears stained ones which he gas been accruing over ten years, to send to publishers.
When Tommy tries to cut the cord, Benny slaps his hand away, insisting it’s done by someone Appropriately Qualified. Tommy wonders how he and Bertie will ever truly bond now…
I can’t top that. All I can think of is TommyAnne trying to massage Cumby’s nipples as a lactation stimulant. And that takes this whole conversation in a very different direction.
My brain shorted out thanks to some sudden visuals.
*covers Bertie’s eyes*
Oh nooooooo. Now I’m into a roll in my head on the various approaches to sex ed. And y’know, what with elephants being around of late, I’m seeing Tommyanne as Dumbo’s mum. Benny is not impressed.
Although, considering the family make-up of our little scenario, I’m quite intrigued as to how TommyAnne will explain where babies come from.
And now that you mention Dumbo, all I can see are drunken dancing pink Cumbies in technicolor cartoon.
Plus, by the time Bertie is old enough, TommyAnne will be glassy-eyed and saloon-nosed, sitting in the kitchen, legs crossed, telling Bertie, “sex Ed? You want to know about sex Ed? Let me tell you something about giving yourself to a man. Your whole fucking self. Heart and soul. The new power-couple, he says. This generation’s Olivier and Gielgud, he says. And yet here I am, in a fucking old housecoat, drinking gin at ten o’clock in the fucking morning while he’s off filming with Spielberg again and I’m still fucking voicing Captain fucking hook’s pet Pomeranian in Tinkerbell and the Sparklesome fucking dogpound. That’s where sex gets you, darling.” Before dissolving in yet another puddle of tears while Bertie sits and sighs.
Tsk. It’s obvious. Dr John Dee uncovered the secrets of genetic manipulation centuries before all the other duffers and imparted them to William Shakespeare (no authorship questions allowed). From there, it was all passed down in a direct line to Tommyanne.
ETA: you edited while I was posting!
On some level, I’d like to think that Bertie just sprung, Athena-like, from out of Cumby’s hair one day. And gave Martin Freeman a bit of a shock in the process.
I believe in Bertie.
And just in case Cumby’s still reading this to Una Stubbs, I would like to use the above to evince how our bitchy, ginger babies would rule the world. And my uterus currently has no plans for 2014. Just FYI.
Write a book. T.Fanty.
Or a script.
The world needs your gifts. It’s a crime to deny the public such talent.
@Amelia,
Not me. I’ll leave that to the expert, Miss Jane (hoping people pick up on the subtle hint as to why she’s not around. I’ll keep you posted…)
I thought Tommy would be the one having ultrasounds & giving birth? I thought this made sense, what with him having more free time to mope about the house with his hair in curlers, & Cumby so busy lining up new projects that he will then drop out of with no explanation.
I rather like Fanty’s idea of the little sprog just springing forward, fully-formed, out of Cumby’s curls. I think it’s quite believeable.
Also, Sixer, if you’re going to introduce Dumbo or any other beautiful sweet elephant into this tableaux, I really must change ensembles & go put on my jorts, which I do for Fanty. She likes them askew.
@ Miss Jane: if perchance you read this and if I am on the right track with Fanty’s hinting – feliciatations. I wish you all success and joy from it.
@ Escon: Jorts, you say? I was thinking of hot pants.
@Sixer,
Oh, (sigh)….if only I could still fit into the habit with hot pants. I have had to go with a bit more coverage.
Thus, jorts. Askew.
I’m guessing it’s probably a combination of 2, 3 and 4.
Although I do like the idea of him and Chastain!
Do the shippers actually think Jessica and Benedict are a good match or do they just want to snigger over the Cum-stain moniker?
(I fall in the latter category.)
Help me Rhonda! Terrible images imprinted in my head!
Oh dear! That’s like the boy everyone knew at school called Wayne Kerr or Wayne King.
ha, now I want them to be together! lovely moniker.
“Cumstain” earns you a gold star
Alas, it is not mine. It’s been around for ages (definitely pre Crimson Peak). No idea where I heard it first, or I’d give them due credit.
Ooooooooooo they would never ever live that down….
Those names were perpetual urban legends when I were a wee one.
I think I saw them written on Stonehenge.
I think it could be either a combo of 2,3 and 4 or one of them. I would not be surprised if he wanted to take a break. He’s been working pretty steadily now for a while. The article says he did not drop it for another project, I guess we will see in a couple of months if that’s true. I wonder who will replace him?
Hmmm, dropping out of a project that films early next year? Well if we really want to hit the fanboys while they’re down (over the ridiculous Bstman casting) I’ll start the rumor that it’s because he’s in Star Wars. That’s right fanboys, total Star Trek crossover. Chris Pine’s playing Han Solo’s son and there will be vulcans! 😉
Nah, he’s pregnant.
I thought the film was due to start filming in July not January? Eh. Either way, kind of sad about it even though I do agree with some about seeing him doing any type of kinky role.
Seriously, if I see the word Russian again on here, I’m going to burn down the internet.
I can’t bear to see the PR increase for her everytime she gets a shout out.
-Cosign
Yes I wish people would stop beating a dead horse with that. That situation is long gone.
He watched Del Toro’s Pacific Rim. I mean, c’mon, have you seen that film?
Was it really that bad? I haven’t seen it yet but I know alot of grown men were going crazy for it lol
Was Pacific Rim an acting tour de force? No. Was it a hell of a lot of fun? YES. I enjoyed it a lot more than Star Trek. They didn’t give Cumby a lot to work with in that one either.
STID was an awful movie. Loud, convoluted, badly acted, pointless, and boring. Except for BC, who was brilliant as always but very limited.
Lmao Kaiser those reasons LOL!!
I actually like him and Chastain together. Yes yes I know shes dating another guy. Yes yes I know she said she would never date actors(never say never). But they looked cute together when I saw pics of them. They are kinda similar career wise. Ok Ok i’m done ..I know. No more cumstain shipping.
I’m getting the feeling, from Emma Stone pulling out and now BC, it’s either a hot mess of a script, or it’s not a strong role/film and they want something better.
I’m thinking it’s that reason, too, although I do think campaigning for an Oscar is a good guess. And if he’s not nominated? Then he has some time to get some R&R. (At my house!) (Kidding!)
Really don’t know the reason and rumors are the film is a mess but idk… why him dropping out of this role is such a big deal. I mean it would of been bigger news if he had dropped out of the Hobbit or something like that.
Jessica Chastain has a boyfriend a very handsome one. I never get why everyone is trying to hook her up with cumberbatch or hiddleson?
Wistful thinking. Esp as Chastain has very frequently and firmly stated she does not like to nor will she again date actors.
I actually believe her, too. She does not seem to have actor/tress friends and only seems to do “the scene” for work. I believe she doesn’t really like the Hollywood aspect of her job and wants to avoid it all–including building personal relationships with people in it. I kind of wish Benedict had some of that. I don’t believe he has one single “regular” friend. I think they are ALL in the arts either in acting or in music or models, whatever. It’s really a very narrow social life.
I might be wrong but I would not be surprised if he was cast in an upcoming Marvel movie, the next bond film, or Star wars 7. I think its to the point where he is on every ones radar in Hollywood. Well almost everybody. But as long as he continues to do Sherlock I’m fine.
I’m guessing mostly #3 and #4, with a touch of #2.
I still have faith in GdT and despite Pacific Rim (which I haven’t seen, but have read mixed reviews about), his name still carries some respect in the film world-he’s still generally regarded as a good director.
Maybe he has some morning sickness. Can’t wait to see if it’s a boy or girl.
He looks soo good in the pics above.
I wonder how Cumby would do dating an American or a woman of color. Fassy has no problem in that department. I would like to see him switch it up.
Isn’t that Lydia girl American?
And likewise, if I see the word “Lydia” on here again, I too will burn down the internet.
Benny needs to pull a Matt Damon and find a calm, non-industry, non-fame seeking WOMAN IN HIS SAME AGE BRACKET to balance him out.
But did he really date her? Or was it just another rumor (like with every woman he’s seen with).
Oh I am sorry for typing L***a. I honestly thought they did indeed date and I was just trying to give an example of an American. Then again, even if they did date that doesn’t mean they had an actual relationship.
And I totes agree he needs to find a normal, non-industry girl. Not sure if he can though, TBH.
Lydia and the .. most recent nonsense, isn’t really comparable. There wasn’t an obvious campaign on Lydia’s part to attach herself to his name.
If he were wise, he would take a cue from Matt Damon. Do not marry an actress. Have a real life.
@Maureen: The L-woman and he were “old friends” and both denied dating but it was pretty clear they were FWB while he was in LA. She did the coy reposting of their fashion shoot together but both of their PR said nope, not dating.
KE’s famewhoring is a a WHOLE other level . It’s astonishing. Her BF must have engineered the whole thing. Which is pretty weird, but clearly her gaining press is far more important than anything else.
I also don’t think it was clear at all that they were FWB.
I’m not for a moment suggesting he’s celibate, but what I am saying is just because he has a friendship with a woman and sees her socially, that does not mean he’s shagging her. Regardless of what the tabloids say..
The reposting of the photo shoot just made me go, “Congratulations, you just shot that horse in the face…..”
@Maureen,
Yes, she is. She’s Patricia Hearst’s daughter.
I am hoping that BC gets to meet Matt Damon in real life, and that MD tells him “You need to marry a non-industry type.” He needs someone who is normal, and since his career is hot hot hot right now, he needs someone who won’t compete with that.
@Lucy: Well, if not clear then pretty heavily possible. Lots of outings together, clubbing, etc. Could very well just be good friends who hang out, etc, but it seemed, to a lot of “onlookers” as the saying goes (at least in the gossip rags they were in), they were hooking up. But who knows, except them, really.
When gossip rags cite ‘onlookers’, they are usually talking about themselves and their own fiction. It enhances whatever crap they happen to be writing,
Really? See, this is what makes me side-eye cumberbatch. Every time he comes out with “old friend” in relation to a woman he’s out with, it loses some of its validity. I’m sure there are women who ARE “old friends” and its purely platonic. I dunno.
Actually, I had thought they WERE dating… like, officially? There are pics where he’s got his arm around her waist in something that definitely doesn’t look platonic. Shows how much I kept up with!
Oh, who knows. If he wants to be private, I surely can’t blame him. The next time he calls someone an old friend, though… ugh!!!
He has lots of friends. Many female friends too.
Yes, many of them will be ‘old friends’; it’s not a euphemism for something saucier.
It’s unfair on him to paint him to be someone who shags around when there’s no evidence for it all, bar some clumsy gossip columns.
It’s also pretty unrealistic to think a man in his 30’s who has professed an enjoyment of sex (firs example that comes to mind is the My Cultural Life in terview where, when asked, says he’d choose sex over money any day) wouldn’t have sexual relationships outside a monogamous LTR.
I’m not for a moment suggesting he’s celibate, but what I am saying is just because he has a friendship with a woman and sees her socially, that does not mean he’s shagging her. Regardless of what the tabloids say..
I agree. Someone who isn’t in the industry like that he should date. I would hate to be famous. Not knowing if someone wants me for me or wants me for my fame and money.
Off topic but looking at the pics above it’s alot of young people. As a fan of Sherlock I never knew this show would have a big fanbase consisting of teenagers-mid to late 20s. Tumblr for example. Glad to see younger ones showing interest in Sherlock Holmes.
Just imagine Cumby and Cara in 50 Shades of Grey ? Oh Lord …
He looks delicious in those pics. I seriously wonder what is the reason for leaving the movie?? I have my bets on campaigning for the Oscar
Anyways I have to say the conversation between Sixer and T.Fanty is hilarious. You guys made my morning 🙂
So I was browsing Tumblr and came across an interview he did in Japan where they ask him about his dating life and some quick fan girl noticed that in his response at moment 1:05 he says “Ka-ah- past girlfriends” and looks pretty flustered for a moment. It really sounds as though he was about to say “Katia”. If you want to see for yourself the interview is posted by user Shishiza317 and the title is “I don’t think he is rude… Sherlock”
Just found it interesting and wonder what you awesome Celebitchy ladies would have to say. Y’all had me in stitches the first time this Katia thing made the rounds.
It’s just a sound. .. I make all sorts of um, er, erck, sounds when im talking. I can’t believe people are making such a big deal about it. I’m so sick of hearing about this awful woman. She’s engineered this with her PR boyfriend and she must be really enjoying the continued nonsense speculations. Particularly seeing as her reality show starts soon.
Reality show? What? Seriously?
‘Meet the Russians’,
Reality show about wealthy Russians in London.. Behold the TV ad..
http://vimeo.com/72717543
Oh, God. Her show? How ridiculous. Everyone has a reality show! Do we really not have a single original idea left?
I want to know what all the TV screenwriters are doing. If they’re not all unemployed & lounging by someone else’s pool, then they’re scripting this awful reality crap.
Also, the self-described Fashion Bitch is about to debut in a play soon, for which she got “acting lessons” from her Cumber-friend.
He says “ask ..ah past girlfriends” to me.
If theyre together even if he wants it kept private why would she say shes got a bf (whose all over her instagram) of 4 years. Just say youre single and youre friends.
This is a bit of a stretch to jump to Katia from a noise…
That show…urgh, it looks beyond tacky. Honestly and I say this as a huge fan, if it turns out hes dating her, I’ll lose SO much respect for him as a person. Especially as he talks about respecting his privacy. Anyone on those shows is a famewhore of the lowest order. Shes going to be equated with geordie shore and Essex. Some high fashion model (!)
This is a write up.. It gets worse
http://www.kamaliya.co.uk/foxs-press-release-on-meet-the-russians
Needless to say, she’s the “Supermodel”
Dear me.
I just watched that Meet The Russians clip. I would be more inclined to believe that it was a spoof on reality shows. Is it really a show? Because I cannot believe that was a real commercial for a real show!
It looked to me like a more polished version of an SNL fake commercial or preview.
Oh, God—if it’s really a show…..well, we have just lost our minds.
Does anyone else remember a time when this was how our spoofs & satires looked?
And now they’re real. I’m off to go bang my head on my desk.
I think its real. During IbizaGate I was looking at her Facebook and she was telling about a reality show about Russians living in London and asking her “fans” to watch it. I thought it was like the agency (show about model agency on channel 4)
Well. I find it kind of … ironic? I would guess BC knew about it… I imagine she talks about it, and if they are friends (old or otherwise) I’m sure he’d know if she was filming a reality show.
Ironic, because it seems like the embodiment of everything BC kind of derides- fame for the sake of fame and attention.
On the other hand- I can’t fault Katia. If she’s trying to make a living, trying to make money, and trying to make a name for herself, she’s obviously doing the best she can. Not my cup of tea, tho.
I can’t lie. Girlfriend, FWB, old friend, one of a general friendly group – any of these options say something about Benny’s chosen social circle that I prefer not to think about. I’ve decided to include only evidence of GOOD taste in my thoughts about him.
Ooh, I just watched that Japanese TV clip and it’s even more telling that he says (about how he is on a date) ‘You should ask Ka – past girlfriends.’
Having also watched that wretched, hammy clip for Meet The Russians, I am keeping my fingers crossed that ‘Ka’ isn’t at TIFF. The internet may have a complete meltdown. Tumblr will crash and burn!
Seriously, people are reading far, far too much into one sounds out of his mouth, it’s ridiculous.
She’s NOT his GF. As reported, she indeed has a BF of 4 years. A hardworking PR man.
Of course she’s not going to be in Toronto.
Not gonna lie, I kind of have my fingers crossed that “Ka” is at TIFF, hands all over Ben, smiling for the cameras and leaving no doubt that they are a couple. The meltdown that would ensue would be AMAZING!!!!!
Chrissy – What is the evidence that suggests that’s even a possibility? As I keep saying, the boyfriend is not a lie.. He exists. He weirdly, coordinates her publicity, but he does exist.
And several people have talked about her enigineered FB hints as to her whereabouts.
She has been playing a game. Whoever he would be in a relationship with, would not be doing that.
She using the age old technique of attaching yourself to a famous name to gain cheap and quick publicity. And many people have fallen for it.
It genuinely sounds more like a softer sound than “ka” but that’s just me. Good luck to him having a private life if he IS dating her.
I thought we’d ruled Miss Katia out already? She actually came out and denied it and said she had a boyfriend?
The meltdown would be epic…
I’m kind of wondering if there IS a girlfriend, we just don’t know about her?
He does indeed say “Ka – uh – you know, past girlfriends” in that interview, but I think it’s a stretch to think he might have slipped up and almost said *that* name. It was really a dumb question and forced him to give an awkward, strange answer in the first place. “You should ask past girlfriends”, as if that would be a reality. I really hated that interview. It’s much better when they just have fun with him on these shows and don’t ask serious and personal questions.
BELIEVE ME, if she were going to TIFF, she would have cracked and spilled it by now….
Someone on another site suggested it could have been “Karon”, which is the name of his long-time publicist.
People need proof about the publicist BF? Here’s his twitter account https://twitter.com/BlairMetcalfe. He’s all over her instagram.
Bio reads: PR lieutenant: Riding the elephant in every room and acting as biographical revisionist to those in need. Commentator, strategist and former child star.
I mean, COME ON!!!
Also, really? “Ka”? I personally want blunders like these from celebrities but a “ka” sound? How are we even sure it’s a phoneme and not just a sound? Some fans are desperately imagining things.
I sincerely hope he is getting good advice from people that care about him and he’s not dating her. He’s about to become truly A-list and this girl has a terrible reputation (deserved or not I can’t say but she does) and that’s just something he doesn’t need. He’s above all this nonsense.
LOL! She won’t go to TIFF because she is a serious actress now and she is in a play withing that time frame.
Seriously though, I think this rather “public friendships” are just that. Public friendships tagged by the tabloid. His closest friends are creatives and are outside the public eye.
Damn, that’s a good cast. I’m really curious as to why he would drop out…
You should add Crimson Rivers to your list. Because, you know… he thought he was doing a movie with the ridiculous hotness of Vincent Cassel and the swoony accent of Jean Reno?
This thread went from him dropping out a movie to his dating life again LOL. Seriously though how old is that video. It looks like that was in July when he was promoting STID in japan which is around the time the russian fiasco went down. Anyway like a poster said yesterday it really is not our business who he dates. Does it make for entertaining gossip? I guess yes..if you are into that stuff.
Gosh his voice in the video is nice and deep and he looks cute. Lol at the ladies asking him about a type. Looks like they are into him.
One more thing that makes me laugh is someone on here said that he is not really interesting a few post back. I beg to differ. Why are soooo many people interested in him then. Just look at everytime he is posted here.
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It’s absolutely nobody’s business who he dates but the situation regarding that woman in particular which is being discussed, is her behaviour. He deserves his private life SO much and I hope one day soon he finds the perfect lady who he will find that happiness with. I hope that he can also keep that away from public knowledge for as long as he possibly can.
With the right girl and an avoidance of celeb places .. It’s perfectly achievable,
I think it’s a combination of scheduling, wanting a break from all attenion/pr-ing he’ll have to do, and the readiness of the film itself. His colleague Martin Freedman mentioned how unreal the attention/paps/craziness was b/c of the Ring and other films he did, so I can only imagine how insane it is for Cumber. He does seem like he’ll need to work out a plan for getting away from it all at the right times. Constant attention/hounding over personal life would push anyone over the edge, unless they were these publicity-seeking types, which I don’t think he is.
I’m guessing Kaiser’s theory #6 – with a little twist:
He’s going to be filming 50 Shades of Grey instead. And Katia the model/actress is casted as Anastasia Steele.
Crimson Peak is a spec script Del Toro wrote back in 2006 that he couldn’t find a studio for.
My understand is that it’s a great idea, but an awful script. Del Toro was reportedly rewriting it with someone helping like months ago, but I don’t think it’s coming together.
My guess is 2 with a side of 8.
Somebody should ban “Russian” and “K****” in the comment section! Hahaha! My god. I enjoyed it a few weeks back but right now it just makes me and other posters here sick. That woman and his PR boyfriend are shameless to the bone.
Yep. Stone dropped out for no reason too (scheduling conflict was just an excuse). Sorry, Del Toro but it really seems you’ve got a troubled script in your hands. If I were Chastain or Wasikowska I would want to quit too especially if they cast Dan Stevens to replace Cumby. The horror!!! Who wants to act alongside Hunnam and Stevens???
Sorry to keep this Russian chick story going but I saw something on tumblr weeks back when those other pics of them all up on each other were leaked that pissed me off.
I felt like some of BC’s fans were being fake. When they got ahold of the pics and kept reblogging them they would say things like “oh they looks so cute together” “oh what a lovely couple” really???
These were the same fans who went after her days earlier calling her names and dubbing her “bikini girl”. Then when it was announced that they were NOT dating those same fans said: I knew he wouldn’t go out with that skank and famewhore.
I’m not a fan of Katia. Not from day one and never will be. But atleast I never switched it like some of his fans did. Sorry guys had to get that off my chest cause sometimes some of his fans really piss me off. And this is coming from someone who is a fan of his.
Some fans are crazy. Katia’s FB page also exemplifies this. One fan posted a comment under one of KE’s picture posts ..
“You’re so much hotter than that redhead in the papers this morning. TEAM KATIA!! Xx”
And furthermore, katia “liked” the comment.
And this fan wasn’t a teenager.. She was a grown woman with her wedding photo as her profile pic.
Unbelievable.
Really? Didn’t know she did that. But not surprised. She seems kinda immature. Thats why I never thought for a second BC was dating her. She seems a little out there. We all know BC is crazy and dorky (part of his appeal) but I never saw it with him and her.
I don’t know who’s more immature but that model is THIRSTY.
Interestingly, her Wikipedia was changed (from saying ‘she is rumored to be dating actor Benedict Cumberbatch’) to say that she lives in London ‘with her businessman boyfriend of four years.’
Either the script was a mess, he’s just tired or he ditch so he could do Oldman’s film.
I also think he is concentrating a lot of his efforts into the Alan Turing role. Career wise he’s on a roll, Crimson Peak would be a trifle and he’s got bigger game to kill.
Just to put my 2 cents in it.
Since the pics are from the set of Sherlock, it’s going to be about Sherlock. Well, sorta 🙂
I recently watched Elementary and, um, yeah.
It’s a nice show, quite interesting actually, I like what Jonny Lee Miller did to Sherlock, he’s very dynamic and different from the BBC one. His relationship with Watson is amazing. Especially in the first episodes.
Now here goes the part when I’ll bash it a bit: the plot is usually the same – there’s murder, they find a suspect, believe it was him/her, then it turns out it wasn’t and they finally catch the real killer. I mean yeah, but c’mon. I don’t feel any tension or anything.
I dunno, watching the BBC version, I sat very tight to my chair. There were so many emotions after seeing it. Emotions that my poor English can’t describe, I’m afraid.
And back to Elementary:I HATE what they did to Irene. God, the last two episodes destroyed the whole bloody season!!!
Irene is Moriarty. Meh.
We always complain that it takes so much time to film BBC Sherlock, but I see now that it’s worth it. This show is brilliant, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything as extraordinary.
Don’t know if it’s true, but it’s now been reported that he took another role which conflicted.
I hope it’s not Star Wars.
No clue. Maybe that Gary Oldman/Ralph Fiennes one is moving forward?
I like Del Toro but the Oldman project is the better part in BC’s case.
Oh Yes-Fanty please do a book! It will be wonderful I am sure!
I actually believe he is still banging she who shall not be named. He is likely keeping things very quiet following the unnecessary uproar. Her social page comments are very much now about work as opposed to who she is\where she is – something tells me she’s been asked to do this. The PR Guy ‘Blair’ someone mentioned above was her boyfriend but is apparently not as of early summer. As for Lydia, she is with Kevin Connelly and very public about that! BC enjoys ‘punching above his weight’ and ‘is no longer in a rush to get married’ so I cant see why he wouldn’t be with her?
I think you may be right.
Smart men, stupid choices.
Just wanted to read the Hiddles-Cumby make-believe marriage again to have a good laugh then I come across these comments.
I really don’t think anything happened between them at all. With Lydia, I can buy that but with this woman? Nah.The publicist bf just re-tweeted a promotional ad for her play. They are together alright. He’s also the “person to contact” in the play’s official press release.
The Independent piece, aside from her tackily posting it on her social networks is such a good PR polishing move with the mention of “actress”, “Chelsea” and “Chanel”. They’re building her up as this posh high-class beauty so much.
She also posted a Daily Mail photo of her and her sister on instagram. The article said “her dream is to be a hollywood star”. She wants it bad. I think she thinks that like past Leon Max muses (Rosie Huntington-Whitely and Lily Cole), she can crossover to Hollywood. I don’t see a future at all. Rosie and Lily stand out. She’s plain, she doesn’t have the body and she’s old. She got her 15-minutes of fame with those photos but that’s it.
Her wikipedia was a battlefield a few weeks back. Some poster from London (IP add) kept on including fluff pieces and unnecessary details to make her look accomplished and connected to Cumby. They even uploaded their own photos for her headshot (says a lot really). It’s a good thing that a lof of editors interfered and removed the rumors in her personal life section.
@shiv. Why would you think she’s not with her PR BF anymore? I’ve heard they very much are still together. Have been for years.
Yeah, I’d be interested to see where you heard to too, Shiv. She lives with the BF and furthermore I don’t believe anything has ever happened with BC. All engineered to get her so e publicity.. it couldn’t be more obvious.
And the reason the FB hinting has stopped is because she doesn’t need to do it anymore. She’s got her injection of big publicity that she wanted.
One huge reason he wouldn’t be with her is because she’s a fame hungry nightmare. Have you seen the article she’s posted on instagram of herself in the independent? She’s listed as “actress”. Not model/actress. Just actress. So she’s decided she’s purely an actress now with no experience at all? And she says she was chosen for the part because shes “like her character”
Give me strength.
She’s “one to watch” in the Independent as an actress with no prior experience? Wow. Looks like Benedict’s ‘acting lessons’ have worked spectacularly.
Unlikely, given that she’s the one who dumped him into a PR nightmare to begin with. You can bet his own PR and his friends gave him an earful.
That’s been my hope, too. I can’t imagine Karon or Adam thinking this is smart considering his career trajectory at this point. He can have a good time with someone without it being a PR nightmare.
She is with the PR guy. I also don’t think there was any ‘uproar’. BC is not with her. That’s that.
I think people need to stop giving her publicity the oxygen she craves. I’d hate to see him dragged into the promo for that awful reality show.