Jesus take the wheel. All I need is this story today. Even if it’s not true – and let’s be real, it’s probably not – this is so much fun, I cannot even concentrate properly. Last year, Benedict was spotted out and about several times with Laura Carmichael, also known as poor sad sack Lady Edith on Downton Abbey. They also style Edith to be “the plain sister” to Lady Mary’s more classic, regal beauty, but whenever I see Laura in regular clothes, I’m struck by how pretty she is in real life. She seems like a cool girl too.
Anyway, Laura and Benedict seemed to be friends or in the same group of friends (I tend to think most British actors in their 30s probably know each other). But what if Benedict and Laura dated undercover for a month or two? And what if Laura told people that their relationship ended because Benedict is a FREAK in bed? Be still my heart. ENTY at Crazy Days and Nights did some blind item reveals and this was one of them:
Blind item: This Downton Abbey actress went on a few dates with this foreign born almost A list mostly television actor who every woman seems to love. She says they split because he went all Fifty Shades Of Grey on her and she is more of a turn off the lights and close your eyes kind of lover.
Reveal: Laura Carmichael/Benedict Cumberbatch
Now, CDAN is not the most reliable of sources although I do enjoy ENTY’s take on a lot of gossip stories. He’s often right about who is on drugs and who needs rehab and who is a major mess. But his blind items are… well, unreliable. This whole thing sounds like fan-fiction, obviously. But just in case you needed a jolt today, think of Benedict with a pair of handcuffs and a blindfold, coming towards you. Damn, I just gave myself a jolt.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Pacific Coast News.
*snort* No. Not because the man can’t be kinky if that’s how he gets down, but they never dated. IIRC, they were spotted out with a group twice or three times and that was it. Maybe they hooked up on the sly and she wasn’t into what he offered, but the BI just seems really… fanfiction-y.
They were in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy together. I think they’ve known each other as friends for a long time.
Yeah, I remember reading they had been friends since before she was on Downtown.
Beat me to it. In TTSP Carmichael plays a secretary who is obviously though silently in love with Cumberbatch’s secretly gay spy. At the very least they’re friends of a few years.
Around the time BC and LC were spotted together, she attended The Global Fund event with a secret, unknown dude, possibly boyfriend.
My guess this is just fanfiction and they are just friends.
http://www.gofugyourself.com/full-size-image/901791
That’s Christopher Kane, the fashion designer.
Like the character he played in Atonement. Creepy!
In Atonement,did his character rape the girl the first time?
She was a child at the time, so clearly, yes.
IMO, it seemed like she wasn’t consenting. Didn’t they call come running because they heard a scream?
They were all out searching for the younger twin boys who had disappeared when Briony discovered Lola and the guy; he ran away. Lola claimed she never saw his face and Briony claimed it was McAvoy’s character, although she knew it wasn’t. Lola later married the rapist.
IIRC, people paired up to go look for the boys. I doubt Lola went looking for them alone. She knew who it was, but didn’t want to tell. I think it was implied that she wanted the attention from Paul and wanted to be thought of as an adult (remember how she acted with her brothers, her mentioning a play she saw and wearing makeup at the dinner table), but had no idea he would take it that far. When he did and Briony screamed rape, she just let everyone assume. Later she used that knowledge to get Paul to marry her.
@delorb That’s about how I interpreted it as well. I still think it’s rape though (her age is enough to make the case), and that he manipulated and abused her. She get major bad karma points for letting everyone assume it was Robbie, but not for letting people assume it was rape, in my book. Because it was.
I wouldn’t really class being freaky in bed as being in the same category as a master manipulator/rapist. The good folks who partake in BDSM get a bad enough rap from 50 Shades as it is.
Yes he did, but she never managed to see who it was. Which makes their story arc extremely disturbing (trying not to be too spoiler-y).
As far as I remember the movie (and their own interpretation of that story), it’s not exactly clear whether she was unable or unwilling to tell who it was. In fact, I thought it hinted more towards “unwilling”. I personally think it makes more sense, rather than being unable to identify him. Which goes way beyond seeing, smell for exemple is a stronger memory link, and considering their closeness I doubt she never suspected him. She could dismiss the feeling as some kind of traumatic trigger but I doubt she’s completely unaware, which doesn’t make it less disturbing.
I’d never considered that option before, I think I need to go and re-watch it.
That’s a really horrible notion.
I was reading that one of the themes of Atonement is interpretation, and how we draw conclusions when we might be lacking context (the fountain and library scenes, etc).
I love ambiguity in a novel 🙂
I’m thinking I’d be into what he was offering….Sorry, having a bad Monday and my imagination is running wild. 😉 That said, this CDAN sounds like a bit of fan fiction to me. I had a good laugh about this one.
All I took away from this was how much I miss his Sherlock cumbercurls.
F*** yes. I wish he had the curls all the time. He looks younger and so much sexier with them than when his hair is all short and slicked.
Oh how I wish this to be true.
I can’t see him as anything other than a sub, sorry. Blimey, though, if we’re going freakish, I think we should pretend he’s a fluffy.
WHICH WATERSHIP DOWN RABBIT IS BENNY?
*gasp* What if he’s into furry play but only if it’s characters from The Wind in the Willows? Benny the Badger…
“I can’t see him as anything other than a sub, sorry. Blimey, though, if we’re going freakish, I think we should pretend he’s a fluffy.
WHICH WATERSHIP DOWN RABBIT IS BENNY?”
I don’t know what any of this means.
Sixer, you mean crying after sex or that weird kink where people dress up in animal suits and rub themselves all over each other? There was a CSI ep about it.
Roberta – the animal cos-players. That’s ’em. I only said Watership Down because (ahem) I actually KNOW a fluffy and he’s a rabbit in his fluffy life. These people do really exist! Mind you, I almost fainted when someone I knew came out as a fluffy. You want to be nice and supportive, but you also want to laugh.
If we don’t like fluffies, we could go adult babies? I don’t know any of them.
Furries or Plushophiles – apparently it’s not all about the sex though. I only know about it from that CSI episode with the Vegas con & the raccoon.
That adult baby stuff is just too weird.
It’s a slow Monday is all I can say.
Hold on you know someone who dresses up as one the Watership Down bunnies, for kicks? I’m trying hard not to laugh out loud at my desk.
Yes! Honest! He’s Hazel. He’s got a girlfriend who’s a fellow rabbit fluffy. Truly.
Errrr.. The fluffy thing has me intrigued but I don’t know if I want that in my search history. I can only imagine the ads I would get…
What! @Sixer – not Fiver?!?!?!?
Or how about the “pony-play” people who dress up as ponies in halters and saddles and prance around?
@PunkyMomma
Ha. Quite. My username comes from an old kids TV show in the UK. Acquaintances aside, I’m fluffy-free, I swear!
Briiiiiight Eyyeeeeeeeeees
*wipes away a tear*
Not generally a fan (in the “I’m hot for him” kind of way, I think he’s a terrific actor), but he looks cute with his hair longer like that. The cap looks good.
I loved her on downtown abbey, she is a good actor like him.But to be honest she is quite plain as far as actresses go but i find him weird looking so i think they are a nice match in that it doesn’t look as if someone is just dating him for the fame. Better than russian models and wanna be actresses for sure. Somehow i didn’t have him down as a fifty shades type, thats funny if true 🙂
No, no, nooooooooo… I love Benedict Cumberbatch very, very, very, much. I love him as much as I love Michael Fassbender very, very,very much but I would weird me out that my future husband and maybe the father of my children Benedict Cumberbatch would even have the slightest thought of even reading that stupid book rather performing BDSM.
But if Ben want a little spice in his life with a woman, I have a real solution of role playing that add a little kinky pleasure. How about him playing a British prime minister and I would be a beautiful fixer who he is very fond of even of he is married……… I think everyone will get the story.
Toddles everyone.
BDSM = yes
Reading 50shades = no
Liking 50shades = DEALBREAKER
This BI sounds so weird to me. I wouldn’t describe BC as a “mostly TV actor.” He does way too much film, plays, audio book to really pigeon hole him as anything. He may be best known to many for Sherlock, but he does way more of the other stuff.
I’d like this to be true as much as anyone, but no. CDAN is a well known liar who was outed some time ago. Not very flattering to Laura either.
+1
Okay, this intrigues me more than the BI…who is CDAN and what are they known for fibbing about?
It’s written by an entertainment lawyer and it’s known for fibbing about, well, nearly everything. He/they get some things correct but there are so many blind items posted throughout the day that contradict one another that it’s moot (IMO).
http://nypost.com/2012/04/01/how-crazy-days-and-nights-fooled-hollywood/
They sometimes “reveal” different people for the same blind. A lot them contradict each other. The commenters over there are hilarious, though, so it’s fun entertainment.
The site disclaimer says it’s fiction, so..
@sigh((s)) IIRC wasn’t the multiple reveal famously done on the “star saves neighbor’s dog” story on CDAN? One reveal said it was BC, another that it was some other actor, but it was the same BI, just months apart?
Dunno if that was one of them. I do think that reveal came on the heels of the escort reveal, so I wondered if it was a -his people contacted them not happy about the escort thing, but they can’t really sue because the site disclaimer says anything could be fictional, so they said, hey we’ll throw In A “kindness” reveal about him, even though that couldn’t be him either. All of their $hit about him seems so far fetched. I think one of the “entys” is a Brit and likes to post about all the Brit boys.
Their blinds are mostly crap, but there are some decent discussions by the commenters about other topics.
Did you ever see the Hiddleston one about him going commando at an awards event and having nothing to be ashamed of? There’s a good bit about Fassy and all the Chrises as well. And if you believe them all then every 30’s actor named Chris is simultaneously gay/bi/straight and cheating left, right and center with members of both sexes.
You have to pop the popcorn every time you go there. 🙂
Come on Cumberbatch, bring Tom with you and we can have kinky sex together! 😉
LOL
I believe that she’s the lights off eyes closed type of gal but I don’t know how much I buy of Cumby being a dom. Maybe he’s into some sort of kink (aren’t we all?) but BDSM seems so far out of his niche. He is a good actor so maybe I’m just fooled.
Handcuff me to the bedposts Cumby, I volunteer as tribute.
Yeeeeeah….funny but seriously, not true coming from cdan. I do like her in reap love though. Hope she does well.
Yawn. Old story.
I do love the idea though…
It’s an excuse to write about BC.
He seems to polite and pasty to seem true.
CDAN writes many blinds after the release of news or pics in tabloids and even his reports of news are inaccurate
Right? I think this one was soon after the Dakota Johnson pics came out. I think they like to find Daily Mail articles and elaborate them the majority of the time.
And because, you know., everyone likes to tell their friends that they just close their eyes and think of England in the bedroom. :rolls eyes:
With that voice he can spank the hell out of me.
Again this story??? Well, if he dresses up as Sherlock and ties me with a silk tie… 😉 I’d consider having some naughty fun with him.. 😀
Can you imagine? He’d be apologizing all the time.. and TH would even be worst? “is it too tight? So, sorry… ”
Yes, again.
And again.
And again… And.. I am bored now lol
CDAN is famous for spewing a lot of fake gossip… And if he only read that crap of a book, well I will scratch him off my favourite actors list, I swear so!
“He’d be apologizing the whole time” LOL…I thought the same thing. I don’t know..I can’t see BC into the whole kink experience but what do I know? I have no firsthand knowledge unfortunately. 🙂
This fake gossip BS is annoying. *sigh*
All I can think of is the Family Guy version of British porn
He doesn’t seem like an adventurous guy in bed, no.
And it’s also too convenient for gossip creators that the girl he was supposedly “dating” happens to be the one in those “straws in the eyes” photos which went around the world. If he has dates we don’t know them I am sure.
I think those big, elegant hands know how to give a spanking. Just saying.
At the time of the pics.(they were going to Lady GaGa concert),I think it was in The Daily Fail that they were dating.But there was a large group of them and she was with some guy.
Does this crazy thing often get things right? He just doesn’t seem the type to be too into BDSM,maybe a little kink,but not too far from vanilla.
Personally I think he would be a hoot in bed. Funny, playful, even doing impressions (I bet he’s done Donald Duck at least once). So yes-some kink but in a playful way. I also see him as being anxious to please. Or I could be dead wrong. I think that I need to do some hands on research!
He had to put that whip, gifted to him, to some use. She sounds boring and could loosen up a bit 😀 seriously this article floated aboutpnths ago and it is rubbish! But for the sake of my fantasies, I’ll put me in her position and benny with Sherlock hair.
I don’t believe CDAN, don’t care about Lady Edith much either, but I kind of want to know where BC is. Where in the world is Mr. Cumberbatch? He’s totally undercover – which is good for him. Last spotted in Italy, but now he’s mastered his disguise and is unable to spot. Or staying indoors a lot for some kind of reason…hmmmm. *Muses about that* I miss that pointing finger a tiny bit, never thought that’d happen. 😉
@JANY
No sightings of him in London. He could still be at his house in Greece.He was there last week,according to rumour anyway.
I think the entire article is bogus…and the secret gf is starting to be less believable to!
No secret gf, or I’ll eat my hat, lol. The Emmys are soon, and filming for Richard III (I think? Septemberish?) so he’ll pop up sooner or later.
Hamlet is already sold out.
It’s quite impressive.
It’s really cool…I just hope that the younger fans don’t cause trouble during the performances.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-news/11025625/Cumberbatchs-Hamlet-most-in-demand-show-of-all-time.html
Ben has already stated he won’t be iving autographs and outdoor appearances, so I’m guessing things will be smoother than with TH… Hopefully…
I went online this morning to see what kind of seats were available at the Barbican for a time frame that I could be in London. Really just for laughs because I thought everything had been sold out for ages (well, good seats anyway). Well, lo and behold, I actually did score a nice ticket about 5 rows from the stage. Not too shabby and now I will have to go through with my plans for a long-awaited trip back to London…
The whole Barbican Queue was a bit of a joke with lots of people in groups opening multiple windows,
I managed a front row seat centre stage from a ticket agency I am member of last week and the queue was less than 15 seconds. Something to do with being a member and having registered on Friedman’s page , They put the rest on public sale this morning and there were lots left and the queue was 15 seconds I also got two more alerts from ticket agencies with stalls seats this morning and when I checked there were lots of stalls seats available .So I passed the links onto friends on facebook who picked up tickets in a few minutes whilst people were sitting in queues of thousands?.It makes you wonder how many stalls seats were actually available for members let along the public, It was all official sights which had blocked booked seats courtesy of the Barbican .One theatre forum I frequent said that front row seats were not a available for red members at all and had been block booked by the agency I got mine from
@icerose
Just wanted to say thanks for the help with ticket questions about Hamlet last week. :3 The comments on that post closed before I could reply.
btw, I was surprised that some of you guys were saying you’re not crazy about BC because he’s too physically stiff or contained. I’m not surprised when people don’t like him, just because we can’t all like everyone, lol, but I always thought his physicality was one of his major strengths–Frankenstein is one of the most physically vivid performances I’ve ever seen.
(I think TH is also a very physically gifted actor–without playing at being macho, he was able to be an extremely convincing killing machine in Coriolanus.)
http://jezebel.com/genius-aquarium-names-otter-after-benedict-cumberbatch-1619451425/all
This is too cute.
Had already seen it… Cute….
HAHA! that is really adorable!
Rumour is Gary Oldman will be part of Hamlet most likely playing Claudius. Let’s see if it’s true or not.
I bet Benedict’s insurance company has him locked down cz people will rage if he falls sick during the Hamlet run
LOL omg if I were his PR and agent right now, I’d have that man on a prophylactic course of antibiotics, healthy living, no smoking or drinking, no motor bike… basically no fun at all, lol, to make sure he doesn’t get sick for any of those shows.
Right! And certainly no sky-diving either.
Lol
LOL maybe that’s why it’s so quiet lately–they have him wrapped in bubble wrap until projects need to be done, then it’s immediately back into the safe nest.
I’d suggest bubble wrapping him…I volunteer!
the Gary Oldman rumor has been debunked.
ugh! i hate that CDAN is getting any mention at all. the man is a fraud!
I would think Fassbender is more into BDSM over Cumberbatch (love them both as actors and hotness rawr). However, I want to believe it is true. I also kinda look like Laura Carmichael so score! ha
Can I just double check here?… From this publication,is the story likely to be accurate?
@ Kazlock
No this story is not likely to be accurate. I wouldn’t believe a word of it.
@MAGGIE
Thankyou. Thought it probably was untrue.But not heard of this publication before,and I wasn’t sure if it was maybe something respected.
Asked the question on another thread,but only just found the reply.So thanks to both of you xx
Oh, definitely never believe anything on CDAN unless you see it elsewhere, verified, first.
@MISSMARY
I won’t.Not seen that rumour anywhere else.Has anyone else?
Wonder what BC is filming?
I think Richard III is starting soonish, and maybe Yellow Bird is coming up? He may have some other, smaller projects in the works that aren’t announced yet (maybe something with Sunny March Productions?)
About Emmy
Cumberbatchweb @cumberbatchweb
For those asking Benedict Cumberbatch unfortunately won’t be attending the Emmys due to his filming schedule.
Cumberbatchweb @cumberbatchweb
I’m afraid I don’t know what the filming is. Just passing on the message as I know a lot of you wanted to red carpet
Drat! 🙁 Was looking forward to seeing Benny in formalwear. I wonder what he’s filming?
Maybe Yellowbird is finally starting?
@MISSMARY @SOPHIEK
Heard it on a fan page that BC is likely to start filming Richard lll pretty soon.And some Sunny March stuff.Maybe that could be what keeps him from Emmy’s?
Lost City of Z seems likely to be after Sherlock special is filmed (at their educated guess)
No sightings of BC recently?Not seen anything definate since Rome.
Kazlock, according to some Twitter sightings he flew back to London on August 11.
Raven: LOL beat me to it. Someone on my twitter feed mentioned that today. Guess vacation has to end sometime, lol.
MISSMARY RAVEN
Thankyou. Just popped up on Facebook to.I must try Twitter, they seem to find out everything first!
Please ask Twitter if he sneaked a secret gf back to…..possibly in his backpack or under one of his caps!
LOL it would’ve been all over the place if he had a gf or any unidentified woman with him. Unless he packed her in his pocket, he was likely solo.
Can I ask who ‘the girl with straw in her eyes’ that is mentioned in another thread further up?
There was no girl with straws in her eyes.
Benedict was out with a group which included Laura Carmichael ( the pictures are at the beginning of Kaiser’s post) and it was Benedict who put straws in his eyes. He looked bored and seemed to be winding up the paps. It did look rather funny.
He also did grapes in his eyes whilst with Martin and the whole napkin on the face thing on that outing with Dakota Johnson and her friend. LOL I think he found a schtick that worked when he was about 12 and just ran with it and never looked back.
@MAGGIE @ MISSMARY
Thanks. Think I must have misread the comment.
He seems to be back in dear old Blighty….not seen any reports of sightings though.Perhaps he’s holed up somewhere with secret gf,having lots of kinky sex! Lol
From the new interview of Robert
Today we meet in the rather more salubrious surroundings of a posh London hotel…
Next he’s off to Colombia for The Lost City Of Z, starring as the assistant to famed British explorer Percy Fawcett, played by Sherlock’s Benedict Cumberbatch. ‘It’s going to be an impossible shoot,’ he says. Well, it will be if the fans of these two make it out to the jungle.
Hello my lovelies.
Anything new in Cumber-land?Any sightings of him back in the UK?
Nope, not even a glimpse, lol. Since he’s got filming commitments soon, he might be practicing for whatever role is up first or getting things in order for the rest of his filmings and promotional stuff this year (TIG should start a big push this fall esp since Weinstein is plumping it for an Oscar nom, and hopefully a win).
@MISSMARY
Maybe he’s holed up with secret gf!Obviously having kinky nooky!
Whilst holding straws and grapes with his eyes. Under a napkin. Naturally.
Ha ha!That’s where the kink comes in!
So long as he doesn’t choke on the grapes before Hamlet everything should be ok lol.
I jokingly said same thing on FB page and nearly got lynched!
Still not sure what upset them most…the kink part or secret gf bit!
I take it you all saw this photo of the 14-year-old RugbyBatch that someone found at his old school? Dear lord he looks so adorable! http://iconosquare.com/viewer.php#/detail/786369650760043330_200108281
@Kazlock: LOL Maybe both–for some folks, if their favorite celeb isn’t a chaste, perfect, Disney prince, they lose their minds.
@Just a Fangurl: OMG he is so adorable in that pic! IDK why he talked about not being able to get a girl, lol–he was cute as a bug’s ear.
Hi.Anything happening with BC?Has secret gf emerged from his pocket?Has he put in an appearance anywhere?
And what happened with the mystery blonde story from the other week?Missed what happened xx
@Kazlock: No secret GF. That story has run it’s course on most of the internet mainly because there’s not a drop of proof and no comments made by BC or his PR or agency. It was a tempest in a teapot started by either a disgruntled fan, or a gossip site trying to get a quote. The blonde was in a bit of gossip that was poorly written and sounded like she either waited for him outside the restaurant, walked him home, drove him hme or rode home with him–it’s been pretty widely thought and accepted the bit of gossip was misworded or intentionally misleading and he just literally happened to be walking next to her for a bit as they both headed to the carpark, esp since he was at dinner with friends and not her, according to “witnesses.” Really, who knows… maybe they did hook up but there’s no proof they did anything other than walk past one another in a car park in California. It wasn’t Olivia or Kinvara or anyone they keep suggesting online *oh lord the number of OMG IT’S OLIVIA! posts are ridiculous.*
@MISSMARY
Looking at the pics it seems like they might not even be walking together.She is looking one way,him another.And it seems as if he could be going to walk off in the direction he’s looking.
Hadn’t seen anything mentioned since.Wondered if other pics had surfaced.Because I don’t think there were any of BC and the lady driving away together.Surely if they had they’d have been photographed?
@Kazlock: Pretty much. Someone took the chance on a pic of him beside a leggy blonde and nothing came of it. I mean, who knows, maybe it was all an elaborate ruse to hide a hook up but really, it looked like two people heading for their own cars in a parking lot. If it had been anyone other than BC, no one would’ve thought twice. If it’d been a happily married celeb like Mark Ruffalo for example, nothing. If it’d been random dude on the street, whoever was walking past and saw the scene wouldn’t have thought “oh, a couple!” But because it’s BC and someone started the secret gf rumor, here we are.
@MISSMARY
The secret gf rumour has gone on for so long now I think if there was one it would have been obvious. When he was with past girlfriend’s he was seen and photographed with them before they went public.Don’t see why he wouldn’t now if there were one.
So I’m leaning towards him being single.But if anyone finds out differently please let us know….
Anything new in cyberspace about BC my lovelies? Sightings?Anything?????
Seems to have dropped off the radar!
@kazlock, you seem very obsessive. just saying.
@BLENDED
Thanks for psychological assessment.
your very welcome
IMO, I think he is way to busy to have a serious gf or be off the market right now. No woman in her right mind would deal well with this, even if it is BC.
Plus, if he was on a short holiday break, you would think he would have brought the new gf along if it were serious and she did exist? or there would have been some sort of photo evidence and some thing better then that pic of him and that leggy blond.
it’s all just a way to drum up press and clicks on the Internet for these rag mags.