These Benedict Cumberbatch quotes sound old, but I did a Google search for them, and by all accounts… they are new. Benedict maybe spoke to German Lufthansa Magazine and confessed that he enjoys… diving? Of course he does. Otters love the water. Their pelts are oily and water-friendly. I can picture Otterbatch diving and playing in the water right now.
Benedict Cumberbatch goes diving when he needs to switch off from filming. When roles get a bit heavy, the 38-year-old knows the perfect way to relax.
“When it’s possible, I get into a plane and fly off to a place where I can go diving,” he revealed to the German Lufthansa magazine. “There’s nothing I find more peaceful than being underwater.”
He might be picking up awards regularly these days, but even Benedict has had to deal with rejection in the past. Luckily he’s able to shake things off and not take them too personally.
“I’ve learnt that with this job, you can’t spend too much time thinking about the little things. You don’t have any control over some things anyway,” he reasoned. “I learnt that very quickly, when I didn’t get a job for six months after finishing drama school.”
Benedict and his wife Sophie Hunter are currently expecting their first child and there’s no doubt the star will make a great parent. It was his own father who really spurred him on and supported his career choice.
“I played Mozart in a theatre production of Amadeus and when we were sitting in the car after the show, my father said: ‘Boy, you are better than I ever was and ever will be. If you decide to do this professionally, you will have a great career ahead of you.’ We both started crying and embraced each other. It was one of the best moments of my life.”
I hate that story about his dad telling him “you are better than I ever was.” He’s told several different versions of that story over the years, in several different interviews. It seems humble-braggy, but it also seems like an insult to his father. As for Benedict’s love of being underwater… so ottery. I love it.
Steven Moffat recently revealed that, in his mind, Sherlock and Irene Adler have had sex. The characters, not Bendy and Lara Pulver. After Benedict rescued Irene, Moffat theorizes, Irene dominated him sexually and they meet up every six months for a night of passion. Hm.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
The. Damn. Child. Is it out, or what?
I’ve been asking myself that. It feels as though she’s been pregnant for a while, now.
Actually did the math the other day. It’s one of those watched pot things. It’s only been 9 months since T.I.F.F. and 8 months since J.R.’s Wedding. It just seems like a Hellva lot longer. So we could be looking down the barrel of at least of another month here. Or MORE if she didn’t get pregnant till November like some people believe. Just imagine. Another 3 whole months of this waiting and craziness. Oh joy! LOL
I really thought she was pregnant at TIFF since he seemed sooo distressed, didn’t he?
She was at the very least six months along in the Bora Bora pictures in March. No way she wasn’t pregnant in November when they got engaged.
She looked so uncomfortable in those last pictures, that I assumed the baby was due momentarily, but it’s been weeks. It does seem like she’s been pregnant forever. (Cue the folks with the conspiracy theories about engagement dates and shotgun weddings.)
@Andrea She wasn’t at TIFF. That was last September. She didn’t appear publicly with him as his girlfriend until London Film Festival which was in October. Or the NYC premiere where she actually walked the Red Carpet with him which was in November. Maybe you’re thinking of Palm Springs Film Festival, PSFF, which was Jan. That was the one where she looked very obviously pregnant. She didn’t look any thing at TIFF because she wasn’t there. All those intials confuse me sometimes too. I have to look up the dates sometimes.
Maybe she’s having twins?
Twins come very early like 34-36 weeks from the people I’ve known who have had twins have delivered. Twins are not possible with SH (plus she’d be huge; the girl I knew who had twins was tinier than her and got a HUGE belly).
Twins usually come early but I knew someone that was *overdue* with twins. She seriously delivered at about 42 weeks. It boggles the mind…
And twins are ‘not possible with SH’, how do we know this? Just curious.
I’m sure the nannies have Benny, Martin Freeman, Moffatt, Gatiss, and Hiddles all standing around the delivery bed, holding hands and singing “Kumbaya” as the blessed pod emerges.
You’re welcome for the mental image.
I think so, but they’re keeping the birthdate a mystery.
Caffe nero… He obviously has bad taste in coffee…
I like Caffe Nero ! It’s much better than Starbucks or Costa, and in a different class to the bilge they serve in Pret.
Sure. That is to be expected.
I saw this and thought “water birth” for SH, that would be the natural way for “baby” otters.
Wouldn’t it??
Oh, for the days when this post would have had 246 comments already… It was a golden age. *Sighs for yesterday, while sipping peach tea on my veranda*
(But really it’s an Oreo iced coffee and I’m sitting on a rock)
I imagine there will be a big story soon enough
So true, Shambles. Those were, in fact, the days. Since Cumby went off the rails, I feel that there’s no reason to get out of bed anymore. 🎭
It’s still strange to think about how one of his big fears was being overexposed. Little did we know how quickly that fear would actualize. Le sigh.
Gosh, those *were* halcyon days, weren’t they?
What is an Oreo iced coffee?
Dunkin Donuts is doing various coffee drinks with Oreo or chips ahoy flavor. They’re sinfully good.
I’ve reached the point where I really don’t care about him anymore. It’s a shame because he’s a good actor, but all the overhyped nonsense he’s been involved in this past year has just put me off completely. Now all I think of when it comes to him are all the problematic things he’s said and done recently, rather than his work.
I just wish the baby announcement would come so we can just be done with the entire year weirdo charade.
Oh but “Hamlet Pushing 40” is still to come!
Same
“There’s no doubt the star will make a great parent.”
And this declaration is based upon what conclusive evidence? Nobody knows how good any person will be as a parent
this man is just so over exposed at the moment -between china birds in cages and underwater swimming I can no longer take him seriously and have visions of A prancing around Hamlet rearranging his bird ornaments and several under water scenes involving Desdamona.
umm, wrong play!
Real talk: he’s only overexposed if you seek him out in niche gossip websites. He’s not even a tabloid fixture, lol.
Isn’t the whole “otter” joke getting really really tired by now?
Never.
of course he likes water, he’s just living up to his reptilian roots.
Aw. Poor Cumberswumbers. LOL. He’s a Cancer. Of course, he loves water. I think they probably already had the kid and aren’t saying anything. God knows why. Something was said about almost everything else. And I think he really means that story about his dad. Like “the praise and blessing didn’t just come from the ultimate male figure in my life. It came from an amazing actor.” Message gets dulled down after a while. Like using the F word too much.
Anyway, I hope he breaks a leg in Hamlet. Such an important role for an actor. He’s worked hard. His career blossomed later than others. Nothing wrong with that. In fact, it’s beautiful. I still like him. Hope he gets some down time later so he’s not stressed as he’s been since Oscar campaigning started.
Steven Moffat does not say that Sherlock and Irene had sex. This is the quote:
“I actually wrote a scene about what happened afterwards, because I got so curious about it,” said Moffat. “I had Sherlock turning around after he had hacked up all the terrorists, still very cross, and sort of saying, ‘I hope you don’t think that this means I am in any way interested in you?’ And Irene’s already got a gun on him – as she picks up a gun from the floor – and says, ‘No, but I am going to need male costume to get out of here.’
“And so Sherlock is left naked and Irene runs off dressed as him…
“And something like that happens between Irene and Sherlock every six months and THAT is their idea of a night of passion.”
He doesn’t say anything about sex. “THAT is their idea of a night of passion” means that they’re weirdos who get off on danger and crazy situations.
Benedict has said that he personally thinks they did it after Sherlock rescued her, but he’s not the writer.
That’s way better than Sherlock and Irene having sex. And more believable. 😜
Thanks for the original quote. Sounds like Moffat isn’t going to write Sherlock to hop into bed with Irene any time soon. Which I too find more believable. After all, Sherlock broke Irene’s heart, and knowing Irene…she wouldn’t forgive that in the blink of an eye.
When we’re talking about still “pregnant” SH in August, will we end up backtracking this story to figure out when the stagging actually began? I think the latest grim walking-while-not-smiling-or-talking photos look like early Spring (warm clothes) not recent London weather. (The hi Wednesday in London is going to be 68F.). I think it’s all a managed PR piece to portray an idyllic truelove story where babies are born to committed, intentional couples who thoughtfully plan their arrival. Wouldn’t be surprised if the birth was actually last month. Tired of the whole pretentious charade… Get REAL!
The woman (non-fan) who was in the same ante-natal class had her baby a week or two ago, I’m not an expert but aren’t those classes normally arranged so all the women are due at about the same time? She looked ready to pop in the last pap pics (much, much bigger than in Bora Bora) and she was quoted once as saying the baby was due in late May. She has probably already had it. I’d be very surprised if they released any info about the birth right away.
David Tennant kept the news of the birth of his son out of the press completely for over a month and his wife and her dad are huge famewhores and constantly post intimate pics of them all on social media. Granted Cumberbatch is more famous. But I always assumed the birth wouldn’t be announced.
There is some variance with due dates in birthing classes — people are roughly in the same stage. But variances will occur.
Btw Exfan, not sure where you are but London weather is crazy at this time of year. It was boiling hot on Monday and chilly today. It’s very common for it to go between hot and summery to cold and rainy (vests and flip flops to coats and boots) even within the same week here. I was wearing a coat and hat a couple of weeks ago, and today was definitely fleece jacket weather.