Before today, I never even knew what my life was missing: AUBURN SIDEBURNS. Here are photos of Benedict Cumberbatch and Sophie Hunter at the BFI London Film Festival premiere (and de facto London premiere) of Black Mass. Benedict is wrapping up his time on the London stage in Hamlet (he’s done at the end of the month) and Sophie is…? I don’t know. Something something opera director. But they had a night off and so the premiere became a date night.
I have to say, I kind of think Sophie looks great here. Right? Her weird dress with a metal cage is by Dior. And of course it had pockets, because chica loves pockets. She will not bother with a dress unless it has pockets. Even though the Dior sort of makes it seem like we’re about to get Cumberbaby Part Deux, I think this is just a tent dress for the hell of it. There were SO MANY tent dresses on so many runways this year.
As for Bendy in this film, The Telegraph did a funny rundown of tweets about Benedict’s terrible attempt at an authentic Boston accent. Cumberbatch plays Billy Bulger (a famous Massachusetts politician and Whitey Bulger’s brother) and the accent work was no bueno. You can read the Telegraph piece here. The Boston accent is rather famously difficult for non-Bostonians to attempt, so don’t slam him too hard!
Last thing: Benedict said words about fatherhood and baby Christopher Carlton Cumberbatch. He told The South Bank Show that he “used to think you had to be childless to be a Hamlet” but he thinks fatherhood made him a better Hamlet: “I thought that it may be a difficult ingredient to play with but it’s miraculous – as I’m sure you know being a dad – that your thinking about how you were parented shoots up as well.” He also said that he’s able to drop the character quickly: “I drop it all very, very quickly because I have to eat and sleep. That’s honestly the truth. And get home, to a newborn.” So… not really words about fatherhood as much as how the baby affects his work. Sure.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.
POCKETS! is the new HODOR!
(like the top of the dress but the bottom is too long and it looks like it’s very rustly when moving which would annoy me)
But only until Hodor returns.
What does hodor mean?
“Hodor” comes from Game of Thrones. The meaning is unknown but it is the only word one character utters and he is called Hodor as a result.
I <3 pockets so much.
I’m not down on her fashions. They’re not my style, but I think they’re her style – her hallmark. So for her those fashions work. What I’m down on is her haughty, smug, elitist attitude.
I see the tinhats and their army of sockpuppets have invaded again.
Tell me more about how you can do a full pysch work up on a woman you’ve never met or heard speak and know almost nothing about .
Her mouth is always closed…hmm…bad teeth?
Found a pic from March…her teeth are fine. Guess she just likes a closed smile.
And on FKA Twigs posts people keep saying – can she close her mouth?
Women can’t win. No matter what, they get judged.
Maybe be more tolerant, eh?
Just an observation, no judgement.
Have you had your coffee yet today?
>Jus t an observation, no judgement.
You just admitted above that you indeed found a picture of her showing teeth? So her mouth is not “always closed”. Which implies that you took more than passing interest in her and actually went and looked.
Then what was the comment supposed to mean, it contradicts itself? And the logical explanation one comes to is – veiled criticism.
I think FKA, Sophie, and Eva Mendes should get together and compare notes over cocktails.
When Tumblrs boyfriend falls in love with you, expect no less. Women like that are so sad 🙁
Veiled criticism? Good lord. I just happened to notice that her mouth seems always closed. I was wondering why. My guess is she prefers her smile like that. I think she’s lovely and I like her style.
Now back up off me EN!
> Now back up off me EN!
Sorry, sorry, backing away slowly )).
We get tumblr jilted girls invasion on most of the BC threads and so I might be a bit too quick on these threads because of them. I apologize for misunderstanding.
I think there are a lot of reasons why she doesn’t smile. Maybe she wants to seem above it as she’s supposed to be this avant garde “artist”. Maybe she wants to be seen as mysterious. Maybe she thinks her smile is ugly. Who knows.
Not buying she is uncomfortable as she’s been doing these carpets for a while and she’s done much weirder stuff in front of a camera.
Maybe she thinks she looks better with her mouth close. Maybe she ate a poppy seed bagel right before they left the house and didn’t have time to check her teeth. OR maybe she just didn’t want to.
My teeth are fine, I guess, but I don’t like how I look when I’m smiling. I’ve seen pictures of me where I’ve been genuinely happy when the picture was taken, but I look like I’m just pretending to smile. I’d rather have no smile than a fake, cheesy smile!
“I think FKA, Sophie, and Eva Mendes should get together and compare notes over cocktails.” Them and Tom Hiddleston’s future (or present, whatdoweknow) girlfriend/wifey/partner.
She always looks like she is waiting for the bus!
Haha, she does. But I do like the dress!
Oh my god I literally spit out my coffee.
Lol. I had no coffee to spit out but my screen is splotchy wet….funny as all get out!!!!
Haha you’re so right!!
LOL! Totally random, totally on target and totally funny!
Perfect. 🙂
She does look lovely, but so uncomfortable in front of the cameras. I guess that would take some getting used to.
She looks terrified. But the red carpet is terrifying, and I’ve only ever walked a red carpet as someone who bought a ticket and wasn’t being photographed.
My brother used to date a reality TV star and all the red carpet pics of him, he’s biting his lip so hard it completely changes the shape of his face, from nerves.
She does not look terrified. If anything, she is counting down the minutes until she is off the red carpet and gets to have a drink.
:p
she’s had a year to get used to it and has walked carpets before. Not buying the uncomfortable excuse. This is someone who wrestles with squid/octopi.
You do realize she is the SO? When had the SO become fair game, anyway?
It is BC’s work which he is there to promote. Rip him up, if you like. She is not the movie star, he is.
She doesn’t have to be comfortable in spotlight, now or ever.
She married him, that is all there is to it.
@madly, you give me a good laugh with the wrestling thing 😀
If she is really so terrified she can jolly well stay at home. Nobody is forcing her to be on the red carpet. She looks dull and basic, and her fashion choices are likewise. Whoever said above that the dress is basically a shower curtain with chainmail got it right.
And he has aged a lot; what happened. Not a good look.
> If she is really so terrified she can jolly well stay at home.
And then you’ll say she doesn’t care for him.
I don’t think she is terrified, but I think she’d rather be somewhere else and she doesn’t enjoy a thousand flashes per second.
It is customary for the wife /family to be at the functions. She is there, she looks nice, she didn’t say or do anything offensive. Yet, she is getting more attention than the person who is actually in the movie.
And why? Because some think she is stuck up or shy or not shy or uncomfortable or whatever. Fine.
It just like Daniel Craig was saying last week – internet will make you paranoid because there are always thousands of people who think there is definitely something wrong with you.
I have friends who have had to walk red carpets for YEARS and never, ever stopped being uncomfortable or terrified by them. Only someone who had never done one would think that.
She’s been going to red carpets and socialite parties her whole adult life, and she’s modelled professionally. She’s been happy to pose for the cameras at all these events with her friends.
Don’t make her out to be some shrinking violet when she’s not.
Thank you for saying that Bread. People saying she’s shy and is overwhelmed…seriously? Like the poster said above, she’s been at this for a year so I’m thinking she’s use to it by now. And loving every minute of it.
Some of our greatest actors have wrestled with stage fright. And no, I’m not calling her a great actor. Just pointing out that it doesn’t matter how many times you’ve done something, it can still be daunting.
> Some of our greatest actors have wrestled with stage fright.
Amanda Seyfried is known to have a really bad case of it.
Even Mia Wasikowska doesn’t like the spotlight and is really quiet at most functions.
She loves it. She is very comfortable in it. The suggestion otherwise is more perplexing to me even than “they look alike” comments. There are dozens of photos on the web of Sophie playing alternating versions of coy, sex kitten, femme fatale, cynical hipster, and other attitudes and personas while in various social mixings with friends both male and female. Over several years. The bizarre thing is the ONLY photos in which she looks so “over it”, bored, and aloof are the ones since she went public with Benedict Cumberbatch. With him she’s like an entirely different person – and not in a good way.
I’ve modelled and danced in W/E productions since I was 4, and I’m very extroverted in everyday life, and red carpets still shit me out. It’s an ignorant false analogy.
Really why are you so invested in proving that some random woman who’s done, like, five red carpet in her life, not ever as one of the stars/interviewees, must totally love them (when even huge movie stars who have done thousands still get scared by them)? I know you guys hate her but what is that even supposed to prove?
Anyone who has rolled around on the floor in a fake pregnant belly (oh gawds keep me from losing it here), shrieking and moaning for the cameras is NOT shy.
They look good but not sure how good he is at accents anyway, his Southern one was a bit odd too. I am not too fond of the tent like dress although I do have a couple I guess if you are super slim the tent is your friend.
They both look great.
I really like Sophie’s look here. The way her hair is styled really suits her.
And I so dig that dress, it is so classy and elegant.
I do too, I think that dress is beautiful. What do you think the material is of the body of the dress is? It seems heavy but not satin. Crepe?
> What do you think the material is of the body of the dress is?
It looks like cotton.
I read that it was cotton. I think it is quite a striking dress and she looks nice in it but if that is cotton, it has to be really heavy to wear.
They do look great, but I prefer her with her hair down. I don’t get the hate at her pockets. I love pockets. Now if she insisted on wearing clothes 15 years too young, I’d have words.
+1
And I keep picturing the street art version with the upper mail made from beer tabs.
I think that was an unconventional challenge on Project Runway!
I don’t even know why I’m here… maybe because I wanted to see the Dior dress. I never could understand Bendy’s appeal, but now with the sideburns, it got even worse.
HELL.TO.THE.NO.
She looks pretty.
That made me laugh. I don’t know why I’m here either. Dior? I love the cage. Otherwise, nope.
Well, its a completely normal tent dress with a fancy cage, that elevates the look, nothing spectacular, but she’s fine, nice hair, nice skin. whatever. I never get into Bendy’s posts because… I… just… Can’t…
Hell to the no, indeed!
Hahaha.
I wanted to see what she was wearing. I like it, pockets and all. I think they make a cute couple
I don’t mean to be a hater but he looks suddenly really old and lined here. Sophie looks really pretty though – and they do look really in love.
Red Carpet stress?
losing weight from your face area at near 40 will do that tbh. your skin just isnt as elastic
And his hair line is pulling back at the corners.
Think it’s just the Hamlet run taking it’s toll to be honest.
He seriously needs to bulk up a bit before Strange filming starts though
Yeah I was surprised by how mature he looked in daily mails pics but then again hes 40 soon isn’t he? I think he looks his age. In Sherlock I think the Lightning softens his face. I remember seeing him on tv with that pianist friend of his a few years ago and thinking he looked much older than on Sherlock.
I don’t think him getting older, will make any difference to his career. He’s a character actor first and foremost, as I see it.
he’s always had that widow’s peak hairline, lilacflowers, he just tends to push his hair forward normally. you can see the same hairline when he’s got a buzzcut in really old photos
he’s lucky, probably isn’t going to go bald 🙂
He’s obviously been losing weight steadily the last year, and when you add the stress of an Oscar campaign, a surprise pregnany, a rushed engagement/wedding and a 3 month performance of Hamlet, it’s a wonder he doesn’t look like the Crypt Keeper by now.
I’m with you. I never click on Cumby posts because I find him and his wife so incredibly milquetoast. Not sure what got into me today but I clicked and yep, here is confirmation that he and his wife are still as vanilla as ever. I don’t find either of them particularly good-looking, but he is very talented for sure.
Like the blandest couple ever. I never watched his work (i know i know, must i live under a rock) but I have an understanding that he is a great actor. But I can’t see the attractiveness…
I’m sort of with you. I really like BC and I find him attractive in addition to his talent. His wife has always seemed milquetoast, apparently much to her chagrin with the sad fashion choices and whatnot. But together they are soooooo bland. Like narcolepsy bland. It makes me sad. His interviews used to be much more fun and colorful. They very well may be happy, even thrilled. But it really doesn’t show as some claim. This ongoing passive aggressive war of the roses that’s supposed to be occurring between them is also not apparent. These people are so beige as a unit. I don’t know how these warring scenarios came up.
I always see the fashion posts which is why I am here. There should be more premier pictures here in general, they are nice to look at.
This made me laugh so much…. Thanks for that…
I like the sideburns and the dress! It seems a little boxy from the front, but she did just have a baby so maybe that is on purpose.
They look good. The dress is interesting, but not terrible. I like that her dresses have pockets. I think she’s made it her signature style. Girlfriend has amaze skin.
And I personally love Benny with longer hair, his waves are luscious.
I doubt she’s pregnant so soon, but who knows.
I love the dress, but it doesn’t look very comfortable what with all the wiring going on up top.
And I’m sorry, but I’ve really had it with SH and the pockets. It’s just ridiculous now.
I think they look good too. I don’t always like her fashion choices…I think those silver hightops should be burned in a bonfire along with some of BC’s hats. But I love this look on her for this event.
The pockets amuse me.
and +1 to the longer hair on him. As long as he doesn’t start slicking it back, it’s great.
like her dress on her but not on a rack, if that makes sense
tbh the south bank thing is like 30 mins long and everyone just snagged a few quotes from it without the dang question, so for all we know, he was asked about fatherhood impacting hamlet. the whole thing is about hamlet
They look fine, although that metal cage puzzles me? Mmm. Maybe it’s some sort of avant-garde symbolism.
I think it’s a mithril-ring corslet. Her homage to Bilbo Baggins…goes with the Pocketsssss. 🙂
Oh well, it certainly looks interesting. Do count the rings. Ain’t nothing wrong with Lord of the Rings ;-D
Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Ring
She has her own style. It is actually quite interesting and not this over-the-top sex bomb style.
Did you really just explain what Lord of the Rings is, complete with link?
Gratuitous Tolkien? That’s a new one. (not that I don’t love me some Tolkien it was just random random random)
Tolkien can never be gratuitous. We need more Tolkien. Well, except we don’t need more Peter Jackson adaptations of Tolkien. Just more Tolkien in general.
The look smoking hot together, I bet they go home and tolerate each others brains out all night long!
According to Tumblr he only looks happy because they’ve secretly broken up and he’s happy because he’s finally going to be free of her!
Ahh, sceptics. Daily LOLs since 2014.
Haha! When you jump into shade and you don’t even realize it.
And that’s nothing compared to the Twihards.
> And that’s nothing compared to the Twihards.
I just saw a new term – CUMhards. I am not sure how I feel about it yet, but I am already giggling. It sounds so silly but also true.
Tolerate each other’s brains out…lol. I bet they even brush up against each other on the way to the loo!
Totally hot.
I’m not saying they don’t, because they are in love, married etc. so I’m sure they are happily going about their business as you suggest, lol. But smoking hot? Really??? McAvoy and Anne Marie Duff, yes. But these two? No.
I like the dress one of her better choices. I still can’t get past the obvious PDA for the cameras.
is it me or are they starting to look alike?!
They’ve always looked alike. :shrug:
The “look alike” comment always riles me up, maybe for no reason. I just don’t get it but people have said it repeatedly and I am thinking – is this some kind of a secret code or do people really think so?
They don’t look anything alike to me, unless one claims that all white skinny Brits look alike.
It is kind of similar to saying that one can’t tell a Chinese and a Japanese and a Korean apart. There are plenty of people who can’t but it doesn’t mean that all Asian people look alike. It simply means ones brain is not trained to pick up on differences in those faces.
“It is kind of similar to saying that one can’t tell a Chinese and a Japanese and a Korean apart.”
How is saying a man and woman have the same type of features similar to racism?
> How is saying a man and woman have the same type of features similar to racism?
They don’t have similar features: her – big round eyes closely set , him – narrow slanted wide set eyes; her -dark hair, him – red/brown hair. These are the most obvious.
She has much narrower nose, different lips and different smile, and different shape of the face, different ears. The differences are very obvious to me.
But I am ready to accept that other people don’t notice them just like people don’t notice the differences between Chinese and Japanese and Nigerians and Ethiopians.
Lots of people think Benedict Cumberbatch and his wife have similar features, which is a subjective thing in the first place. It’s not some race war you’re trying to start, which is inappropriate, ignorant, vile and nasty. In so many ways. And that is all. Quit while you are already far, far behind.
Standing ovation on that comment Pegasus! Needed to be said awhile ago!
Ah, the beauty of the anonymous blogs. One can mess up big time and go on (hopefully slightly wiser) without the reputation being ruined.
There was no malicious intent, only ignorance. I will stop digging.
@EN
I actually see it quite differently: I don’t think she has big or round eyes, I think they both have rather small eyes, although I agree and I see that they are set differently.
They both have long faces, they both have very “sharp” features (nose, lip outline) and high cheek bones.
So, to me, the overall impression IS that they are very much alike. I suppose it depends on what you emphasize.
Yes, their colorings are different, but given that BC changes hair a lot, and his most famous role is with black hair, it is not an immediate difference (gosh, I bet the resemblances would be even more striking if he was standing next to her in his Sherlock getup).
They’ve both got long skinny faces, long noses and wide eyes.
I never mentioned anything about race, and it’s not like I’m saying Hiddles looks like Cumberbatch just because they’re both white men. So I don’t get how your point about race is relevant at all.
Incidentally, Hiddles looks like a cross between Lee Pace and Fassy. Does that make me racist…..or accurate??
Dress looks like it fits badly at and below the waist – it hangs where is should cling. Must have bought it off the rack and not had it fitted. And I don’t like the top, either: it looks like half of a motion capture suit. And the hand-painting/smudging is invisible under the strong lights. I think it would have been very pretty if the waist had been fitted, the chain mail left off the top, and in a soft blue or rose color. But Hunter doesn’t seem to go in for pretty. And she also has a tendency to overwhelm her figure with too much cloth, which a better fitting waist and slightly below would have fixed. Still, it’s better than the ghastly pumpkin fairy suit she wore to Press Night . . .
She is wearing all the rings from Lord of the Rings. ;-D
The bottom part looks a bit un-fitted especially when walking, yes. I would suggest a lighter and more flowing material. But the ring-vest thing is basically a tight top above a flowing skirt and that concept is a classic in fashion.
Sophie kind of looks like Aniston’s sister in that pic. Hmm
Hell NO!
I was at the premiere last night and ended up about 3 feet away from Sophie, Tim, Wanda, and another couple in an upstairs lobby. I can tell you that the dress does not even begin to translate in print as it looked in person. The top looked much more delicate – not like a metal cage at all. She was also wearing silver pumps (which I know because I walked down the opposite staircase at the same time as she did). She really did look like a princess in the dress – and no, I’m not a Sophie fan. She also looked MUCH slimmer in person. Wanda was dressed in her usual pants, jacket, and glorious scarf, and Tim looked darling as well. They were with another older couple – not sure who they were. Sophie and her handler also took turns on their cells – no doubt tracking Ben’s movements. They all left together (sans Ben who was probably already there) for the after party. I so wanted to take a pic, but would have immediately been outed as a crazed stalker rather than someone who almost got to go to the after party – – – 😉
Thank you, Anon. Great post. I’ll be in London later this week – going to see Hamlet on Monday. I probably won’t catch a glimpse of anyone of note, but it will still be a blast. Can’t wait!
@BGE, I hope you have a fantastic trip.
Boston Green Eyes let us know your reaction to the play, please.
She looks very slim in pictures, I cant imagine slimmer!
No kidding. She looked exactly the same pre-pregnancy, during pregnancy, post-pregnancy, and now. Quite amazing, really. I dislike the woman but she must be impressively committed to her diet and exercise.
Nice little Story, no pics….well…..
It’s fascinating how in skeptic-ville anonymous Tumblr Asks claiming international conspiracies involving major fraud and faked pregnancies = undeniable 100% reliable source.
Anyone who meets Sophie and doesn’t say their hair burned off or something from the hellfire emanating from her = FAKE!FAKE!!FAKE!!
Hey, remember that one Skeptic who literally tweeted the word “FAKE” dozens of times to anyone who’s ever worked with Ben who has a Twitter account?
Thanks for eye witness account! I don’t think Hunter has yet figured out the difference between the way something looks in person and how it translates in photographs under strong light.
I think so, too, See. It’s also kind of charming, in a way, if she’d rather wear something that looks fantastic in person (and maybe she really likes it, too) instead of a second choice that will look better in photos.
I seriously cannot believe that Dior made that sheet with chain mail. And with all the dresses out there, she picks this one. This dress has non-plussed me…..
Thanks for saying this. I was starting to think the world had gone crazy. Dior used to be classy and now they’re making bed sheets with rings and calling them gowns. I guess they save real tailoring for their menswear.
The dress is poorly fitted and the cotton looks cheap, imho. And the hand painted effect just makes it look dirty. Like someone splashed her with a rain puddle on the way over. I don’t get the raves.
Bendy and his sister-wife look tired but content.
As far as the accent write up you mentioned…the writer did the usual round up of random tweets that said that BC didn’t pull off the Boston accent (and some that say he did) but toward the end of the piece, she quotes a linguistics expert who had this to say:
“John McCarthy, a linguistics expert from the University of Massachusetts, said Cumberbatch had mastered the notoriously tricky Boston vowels and they “sounded right to me”. ”
Also, someone pointed out on another site that the person did the Telegraph quote round up is the same “Anita the Tweeter” who threw a fit last year after she felt like Cumberbatch ignored her at some event.
Most people I know have seen the film and not one has found Cumberbatch’s attempt at the accent passable. All agree that he was completely miscast in the role.
I wonder how BC chooses roles. Hiddleston replaced him in Crimson Peak; Hunnam replaced him in Lost City of Z. Instead he does Black Mass and Hamlet. Good idea? Bad idea?
> I wonder how BC chooses roles.
I follow his work , and it is my understanding that Lost City of Z had some money problems when BC had time to film it in 2014, and when it was finally ready to go BC was scheduled to do Hamlet, so he was forced to do it. That movie was in the works for a long time, with Brad Pitt originally attached to it.
He did Black Mass in the time he was supposed to be filming the City of Z, which fell through.
It is not exactly known what went on with Crimson Peak. “Creative differences” were cited. It sounded like the role in the original script was even darker/less likeable than in the re-written version for Hiddleston. So, may be BC thought it was not a direction he wanted to take with his image. Who knows.
When we see Crimson Peak we’ll be able to judge better,
Re: Crimson Peak. His role wasn’t the only one that was recast. Chastin took over for Emma Stone (or did Mia Wasikowska take over Stone’s role?) as well. I think that movie too had their production date pushed back.
And of course because your friends said so, that makes it so. LOL
@browniecakes:
We’ll know after Crimson Peak is released. Judging by the Toronto crowd it was a good decision to pass. People walked out, as I understand. But box-office should also be counted. So close to Halloween is a ideal, but no guarantee. Either way, we’ll know in a week.
@delorb, what are you talking about? Crimson Peak was not shown in TIFF, so no, you aren’t judging by a Toronto crowd walking out on it.
And if your “because your friends say so” comment was directed at me, please be aware that I am from Boston; my comment about most people here having seen the film extends beyond just friends but includes all Bostonians I know, quite a few of whom know the Bulger family, and I myself have worked with Billy Bulger. I think we are well qualified to judge how close an actor came to getting the accent right.
@delorb I think you are referring to HIGH-RISE.
I thought High-rise was getting good reviews? Or better than average.
Who walked out of what now?
> I thought High-rise was getting good reviews? Or better than average.
Who walked out of what now?
I also read reports that people walked out of High-Rise at TIFF. It wasn’t well received at the screenings.
huh. That’s not the story with reviewers on RT and the imdb score, granted there aren’t many. Whatever. I hardly ever agree with TIFF crowds.
There were walkouts during High-Rise at TIFF. I suspect those who walked out were unfamiliar with Ballard in general, the novel in particular, and the work of Ben Wheatley. It has had better receptions at San Sebastian, the Fantastic Fest, and LFF. The critical reviews have been mixed but that goes toward the director’s attempts at a difficult subject matter. The acting has garnered some good reviews.
Crimson Peak was not shown at TIFF and from what I’ve heard of the few screenings it has had, with Fantastic Fest being the only festival appearance, people have not been walking out.
BC’s comments about Johnny Depp, the sheer fawning nature of those comments, and the self-aggrandizing nature of “we got to be good friends [YOU’RE NOT GOOD FRIENDS] … we spent (whatever) together … it was amazing to get to talk with him … it’s amazing that I even get to say this” and on and on, always gave me the impression that he took the part in BM just to be in a Johnny Depp movie. He had a weird hero worship of the man. Meanwhile everyone else is laughing at JD these days.
I’ve always meant to go back to figure out who dropped out of CP when and why, but never had the time.
Maybe Guillermo offered the part to BC when he thought Chastain would play Edith, but once she surprised him and went for Lucille he had to cast someone younger as the love interest and both Emma Stone and Mia are way too young to be wooed by BC, hence the ‘creative differences’ departure. Just picturing our boy Ben putting the moves on Mia gives me a case of the icks, regardless of whatever other more sinister or kinky plot points there might have been.
That’s a lot of presumptions there, Sochan.
Someone part of the CP production team said BC dropped out because he was hoping to get a part in Star Wars. He was hinting at it during one of Graham Norton shows (well trying to be coy about it).
@hermia, I thought I remembered seeing that somewhere, but wasn’t sure if the timing made sense. BC wouldn’t be the first person to gamble by giving up an existing job in the hopes of a better one. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn’t.
yeah it was an anon on a tumblr blog, i think, dara
not really solid imo
@Sochan-i was at the Black Mass premiere. I thought that Ben’s comments about Johnny Depp were very sweet and kind. Everyone came across well – including Johnny when he was speaking. I didn’t really get to see him on the red carpet because of the crowd, though. Just Ben – who looked great.
@anon121 I was referring to comments made a while ago. I don’t know what he said at BM premiere as I no longer follow his career.
Crimson Peak is definitely more of a gothic romance than a horror film now, and maybe he just didn’t want to do a heavy romance?
Love this dress its perfection!
They look good together, elegant. Sophie has interesting style. I’ve started to look forward to pics of them dressed up!
I’m so tired of clinging, see-through dresses with lace, or clinging and metallic ones.
Yes. He style is very chic.
People gave her a hard time over her silver converse. I think I even saw one comment here on this thread about them.
But you know what my daughter asked for for her birthday? Custom design converse!
I wouldn’t even know what these were unless they were brought to my attention last year. Apparently they are all the rage.
They’re not Converse, they’re made by Ash. They were pretty popular a couple of years ago.
Thanks Froop, indeed Ash ones – and super dated. They were all the rage in maybe 2010/2011 which is fine, but if people want to claim she’s some kind of London fashionista – she really isn’t. Shows NO signs of it in her RL. Which is fine too. Also okay to find ‘her’ style chic, but it’s the stylists’s style + her input. Fashionistas live fashion, they go for the latest trends that suit them (some can be a bit fashion victim-y at times) and have a very strong sense of personal style.
BC of course can’t dress to save his life in RL either (don’t think he cares either), but he wears tailored suits well. But it’s not like he’s Martin Freeman who actually cares about fashion/clothes and has a solid sense of personal style. Nope.
I don’t find her everyday style chic to be honest or his for that matter and there’s nothing wrong with that, they’re not fashion people. She has made some nice red carpet choices but that’s because of a stylist.
I’ve no problem with her but the trying to make her into some sort of fashion aspiration since she joined with him is annoying and a bit offensive (I’m talking about her suddenly being featured in best dressed lists yet all the pictures of her had him in there also, whereas the other women were all solo). If she was not linked to him they wouldn’t give her the time of day.
@EN-Sophie’s sneakers are actually Ash silver ones. I have the black ones. FYI.
I think the dress would look better on someone else. She doesn’t look comfortable being in the spotlight and I don’t blame her. We all are judging her on here. I’d probably have a deer in headlights look myself.
I still don’t think they will last because everything happened so fast. new babies bring huge stressors on even the most together couples. Good luck to them though.
She clearly loves the limelight, she don’t had to go to every RC, she looves it.
Stressors? for the Nannies (i mean the real ones, babysitters) maybe… she has nothing else to do, she is not a hard working woman with a child, and i bet the most baby-work is done by nannies.
Huh? Why would a wife not support her husband? And if she didn’t show up, that would be ammo from the hater-corner that she dislikes him and couldn’t be bothered. Jeez. She can’t win with some. Now she isn’t even her baby’s primary care-giver, even though she has ‘nothing else to do’.
S’up Gator!
“And of course it had pockets, because chica loves pockets. She will not bother with a dress unless it has pockets.”
I can respect that. Am sick and tired of the whole patriarchal, “What on earth does a woman need pockets for???” attitude when it comes to clothing for women. Pockets are awesome. I love pockets!
I just bought my first dress with pockets, wore it to a business function and have decided that I cannot live without them. Women’s suits don’t have proper room for business cards and phones and stuffing them in your bra isn’t particularly professional. I am hooked now! A woman’s dress needs pockets so she doesn’t have to pack a bloody bag around all the time. Unfortunately I can’t afford a handler to carry all of my junk.
@eden,
LOL at someone pulling a business card out of their bra! Thanks for that, but yeah, it wouldn’t be professional.
I love pockets, too, but the thing is you need to carry only what you need if you’re using pockets instead of a purse. If your pockets are filled with a phone, keys, wallet and so on, it may ruin the look of the dress.
@Green Girl: I am on the road for most of my business functions, so keys and such are not an issue. Even at home I usually cab it so it’s not too much of a problem. I keep my business cards and id/credit card in a business card holder and only have my phone and lipstick to also carry. The last 15 years have taught me what to take and what not to take, so the pocket thing is a god send. Business cards in one, phone and lipstick in the other.
@delorb: It’s a great mental pic, no? hahaha!
I love dresses with pockets. More should come with pockets.
I wish the women’s clothing that came with pockets had BIGGER pockets! Damn iphone 6 plus in a giant Otterbox case doesn’t fit in much!
Pockets to carry things in – great.
My issue with her pockets is that she always poses with her hands in them. It doesn’t seem very professional to me. It just gives me the impression of a sulky teenager being forced to pose for prom pics by their parents. Like a “Let’s just get this over with,” kind of thing.
How long was she on the red carpet for? From the accounts I heard, not very long. So why can’t she keep her hands out until the posing is done. If it was a one time thing I wouldn’t notice it, but she does it all the time. Bad habit.
There was a picture of her meeting Princess Anne and the hands were in the pocket. I’m sure they didn’t stay there but they shouldn’t have been in there in the first place when you’re standing chatting to a member of the royal family.
I do agree though, I quite like the dresses with pockets thing and think more should have them.
god bless Marcel Rochas. Dresses with pockets >>>>>>>
Was his wife not informed of black dress code tonight?
She wore white to be a beacon of bright light to bestow upon the world. Black is only when she’s trying to hide how far along in pregnancy she is. If she wears black at the next event, we’ll know that another cumberbunny is on the way. My prediction is that it will be soon. And Kasier describing her career as the “something, something, opera director”. That’s awesome! Triple points for that one.
Yep, i assume you’re right with the second Preg. as soon as possible.
After that he can do the Jude Law and have a bunch of Cumberbunnies with very young Models/Starlets/Babysitters because of his “currency” yuck.
He’s just like the most Yerks who thinks, they are intelligent and better, he thinks with his little Ben, and will never Date a normal Woman, he want them privileged in the right Circles and rather Model-material, means very very slim and pretty.
He is not special, maybe he was never, ordinary middleclass Guy who wannabe UpperClass unconditional, sadly superficial and it shows very much.:(
@Gwen:
You got all that from a red carpet photo? LMAO!
@Gwen, you okay there? And lol at him picking a woman like Sophie being a surprise, not sure if she’s model material, but okay! He could’ve easily wed some gorgeous younger model too, so it’s not just looks that are the issue. He wanted someone from the same background. So yes, he wanted looks (beauty eye of the beholder and all that) AND breeding. (Just going to call it that, I know she’s not of noble birth, but neither is he) Big whoops. He’s SUPER traditional people! Always has been.
He got a woman pregnant that he really didn’t know very well so why the laundry list of must haves?
I love that Sophie wears dresses with pockets. ALL dresses should have pockets.
Although I had my reservations of Benedict playing a Bostonian, he picked up all of Billy Bulger’s mannerisms. I personally thought that the movie had no direction. It should have kept of one focal point in Whitey’s life. The acting was good.
Don’t shout at me, but it has to be asked, do you think she’s up the stick again? Maybe a way to make sure the whole marriage thing sticks?
Maybe you nailed it……
You are not the only one with that thought…..
🙂
Thanks for adding that phrase to my American vocabulary. That has super vulgar connotations too lol
It is a super/vulgar/common expression, but also an old and well used one, in all its connotations.
Up the stick HAHA!
I’ve heard “up the duff”, no idea where it comes from though
I never knew that BC and Naomie Harris were co-stars on 2 projects and they are not friendsfriends; that is the reason they did not interact at the Burberry show. This is according a craycray cumberbitch. Is this true? Didn’t they get along? It seems so unlikely. I had to ask. I am home with nothing to do and I am catching up with BC gossip.
BC and Sh are nice together. Tumblr must be sick this morning, they are waiting for a divorce and here they are looking perfectly fine.
Well, a couple of weeks ago there were pictures of Cumberbatches on tumblr at Burberry show and they were sat next to Naomie Harris. That is all I know, I don’t know whether they get along or not but I guess they wouldn’t have been sat next to each other if they weren’t on friendly terms.
That is what I thought. I was just wondering.
I don’t think the PR folk at Burberry care in the least who among their many guests are on good terms or not, unless it was a highly publicized story. Something like that is simply not on their radar – they are too busy trying to pick who sits where based on a complex formula of famous faces, friends of the house (ie people paid to wear Burberry), industry insiders, fashion press and customers who spend major $ on clothes. They would want as many recognizable faces in the first row as possible, but if they snub a major customer or fashion editor in favor of a minor celeb there would be hell to pay.
Some will shuffle seats upon request, but I would say the issue here is that without having video of the entire event, there’s no way of knowing if they interacted. You can never assume photos caught every moment or were all released.
Acting is just another job. Sure, it’s glam and public, but at the end of the day it’s a job. And as we all know you don’t have to be friends with all your colleagues. In fact most of us usually aren’t friends with colleagues with whom we no longer work. The best case scenario is just work well together and get along during the time you share an office/work space, and then eventually go your own way.
I used to love him to the moon and back, but my love has faded over time and now I get the feeling that he is outstandingly boring. And his wife seems even more boring. We had a good run, Benedict!
It occurred to me recently that Kate Winslet has her Ned Rock’n Roll and Benedict Cumberbatch has his Sophie Opera.
Brilliant comparison. I do think Sophie hit the jackpot with this marriage. She gets legitimacy (at least outwardly) at a lifestyle and an image that before Benedict was only pretend and play. She was never serious at anything … and she still isn’t but her association his as wife and mother to his child legitimizes her. Once his people had her CV scrubbed most people will never know the difference. It’s rather like she re-invented herself.
This comment is all sorts of awesome! And absolutely true. And…just waiting for some posters to come and tear us to shreds for even thinking such a thing.
Thank-you for writing what I’ve been thinking for a long long time.
Thanks! But I can’t honestly say any of this is necessarily a negative. I mean, I would never want to have to marry for an image. Thankfully my circumstances don’t dictate that I have to. But it’s actually quite common historically, especially among certain cultures. What Sophie has (maybe?) done is what women (and some men) have done for centuries: marry “up” with someone they’re not in love with. Rather, they marry that person because the benefits of solidifying a long-sought-after place in a certain social set, along with financial security for life, far outweighs holding out for the romance story of a soul mate.
Let the arrows fall where they may, but I do not think these two are in love by any common definition of the phrase. This doesn’t mean they can’t have a good, happy marriage, however. But there’s just nothing between these two that even looks like a spark.
This is an interesting and possibly correct observation. I know some of my own friends who pared up with people just to have a child with, no grand love between them, they were just there at a time that they wanted a child. This always saddens me but as one of my friends have said, sometimes you want a child or family unit over a grand love affair and if they divorce, at least they have a child/children.
You’re all right I think. I don’t even think there’s any ‘like’ there.
Waiting for en to show up to defend her girl sophie… 🙂
> Waiting for en to show up to defend her girl sophie…
Well, I chose not to comment on this, but since you await my input specifically, here it is – if she uses her new connections to promote her work, good for her. I would’ve done the same. everybody does the same. That is just how the world turns. What is to defend here?
Though, it is funny, I noticed that to critics of Sophie it is more important to inflict the damage on the “other side” they call “nannies” than to actually be right or wrong. Supporters of Sophie do the same – “oooh, what will the skeptics say, I bet their heads will explode”. It is all childish really.
As for me, I just can’t resist defending an underdog, who is Sophie here. But in reality I am a fan of Cumberbatch and his work, nothing more.
I think it’s true, also Benedict as much as confessed that the baby wasn’t planned. At least not in this time frame, not before Hamlet. Marriages of conveniences happen and always have happened, but they’re still sad. I understand them, but they’re my worst nightmare. Probably being dramatic here, but it’s just my very personal opinion. It does take a certain sense of either opportunism in a man/woman if you want to reinvent yourself trough marriage OR one being desperate to start a family. Combine the two and…well, IDK. All kinds of things could happen.
Cute? No. But fugly, hell yes!
Playing Hamlet, one should be childless?
When did he say that?
And what inspired the thought, I wonder.
(Considers a lit review to consist of contrast and compare: critical commentaries of major Hamlet productions where the lead had children,and those where the lead had none. Weighted inversely by age of offspring, you think?)
These were quotes lifted from a long interview about Hamlet but we don’t have the questions (which I suspect had to do with fatherhood’s impact on performing Hamlet).
I admit I also think it would be easier to not have any perspective as a father, given the significant role of both Hamlet’s father and the father-son relationship in the proceedings.
Bear in mind this is also so sloppily reported, for all I know, he’s referring to the play’s demands.
Am I the only one who hates the dress? I just really do. First off, I’m really really sick and tired of sleeveless dresses, I feel it’s just lazy, especially in a designer dress. It’s so hard to find a dress with a flattering/interesting sleeve, or with any sleeve at all.
I think the cage looks weird, and the dress is too long. All and all, there’s nothing I like about it. It’s just lucky that she is so fit, she doesn’t look too bad in anything, but the dress does nothing for her (and it looks even worse on a model).
It is very difficult to find sleeves, isn’t it? And I agree, it was way too long. I didn’t mind the top part from far away but closer shots make it look like a home ec project.
It is! As someone who doesn’t have nearly as nice an arm as Sophie Hunter, it’s a struggle. Even for winter dresses, which is kind of beyond me: who wants a sleeveless dress for the winter?
This is a showmance poorly engineered by Harvey Weinstein to influence Oscar voters. It’s obvious that neither of these 2 even LIKE EACH OTHER. They can barely hold hands correctly, let alone make a baby. The engagement, wedding, honeymoon AND BABY were all faked for maximum PR exposure. That explains why he talks about fatherhood in general terms and doesn’t personalize it at all. BC looks awful and is breaking from the stress of this whole charade. Look at photos of him a year ago and compare with now. He needs to fess up and free himself before the stress kills him.
You are very very very very immature, simple, and probably vicious.
@a.gardener oh goodness, darling please give it a rest. Go outside and get some fresh air when you get the chance. BC is aged because he works like a dog and smoked for many years. The only thing breaking is your sanity because, whatever the state of their marriage, there’s nothing you can do to escape the fact that SH and BC’s privates made contact to produce a (very real) child.
This reminds me of those crazy One Direction fans that claim the future baby of Louis Tomlinson is created by Simon Cowell and management to hide Louis’ secret relationship with the bandmate Harry Styles. I guess in every fandom are insane people like this.
Don’t you dare talk about my Louis like that! 😉
Yeah, it’s pretty much par for the course that anytime a ‘hot’ male celebrity (especially if his fanbase demographic is either young, or associated with a cult show or movie) dates or marries or impregnates a woman, that woman is immediately both an evil witch who’s not good enough for/hurting our special boy, while simultaneously being actually a fake/PR partner who’s definitely definitely never ever seen him naked.
The Twihards, the Supernatural fans, OneDirectioners. That guy who was in 50 Shades, there’s a whole conspiracy theory hate-dom around his wife and how she’s faking her pregnancy, even though they’ve been married for years and already have one child together, because apparently he’s only allowed to be in love with Dakota Jonson. Ditto Poldark fandom. Ditto that other British period show with the two single leads.
Generally it involves
a) Complex conspiracy theories.
b) Charts of “evidence”, mainly interpretations of photos (he’s not looking at her in this photo, FAKE!”)
c) Secret anonymous insiders, who for some reason choose to risk their high powered Hollywood/London careers by contacting women they don’t know who run blogs dedicated to their co-worker to spill all their scandalous secrets about him.
4. A strong party line; anyone who steps outside it is questioned and punished. (You can’t think the woman is an evil bitch but they are dating – you have to believe 100%.)
5. A belief the celeb-fan relationship is mutual, and the celebrity actually needs the fan to rescue him or expose the truth only they are a good enough fan to be able to see.
This is my exact idea! My sister is huge 1D fan and she showed me some tumblr blogs and their theories are exactly the same: Louis’ baby is either fake or the father is someone else. She’s gold digger, stunt, the call her names, etc. They judge her appearance, her baby bump and criticize her every step. Behind the whole pregnancy is PR (but instead of Harvey Weinstein the true devil is Simon Cowell and instead of Oscar campaign is there album promo). How predictable, isn’t it? Honestly, some people should just take a deep breath and go outside.
Those fake accents were so hard to understand that subtitles were needed.
It’s hilarious how the obsessed fans who run the hate blogs have suddenly dusted off their sockpuppets and gone on a posting spree. Guess the sight of Ben and Sophie gazing lovingly at each other, and him singing her praises, really upset them, huh?
Guess what, if he wasn’t married to Sophie (and he obviously is, no matter how hard you try to deny it), he wouldn’t be married to you.
For all the “sceptics” complaining about the “nans” on this thread: I’ve never even seen a single thing Benedict has been in. I made one off-hand tweet about meeting Sophie Hunter and got relentlessly stalked and harassed and even my boss got sent nasty emails about me. That’s how I found out about the existence of the hate blogs on Tumblr (a site I’d never visited before) in the first place. Because those blogs were picking over my entire career history, screencapping my twitter and my LinkedIn and my page on my company’s website, and blogging about how I was a liar, a famewhore, a failure, how I was obviously lying about Sophie Hunter because she was bribing me. Literally all that for ONE tweet that didn’t even say anything controversial.
I’ve noticed the phrase “stay in your own lane” used a lot by the “sceptics.” Well, if you “sceptics” had stayed in your own lane, rather than harassing everyone all the time, you never would have drawn my attention, and I bet the attention of plenty of people who don’t give a damn about Benedict Cumberbatch’s personal life but are shocked by reading such nonsense.
Wow, this is ridiculous. I’m sorry you were targetted and harassed for expressing your own opinion about a woman who is now semi-famous. They could easily jeopardize a person’s career and livelihood.
If you don’t follow BC then why post in his threads on CB or tweet about meeting his wife?
I’m not saying it’s acceptable what happened to you, but yeah.
But yeah, what are you saying in fact?
@Froop, you just did the “blame the victim” thing, you know.
Did you read the part where they tried to destroy her reputation, her livelihood , get her fired?
And I’m sure Celebitchy is the best place to go to report these crimes.
Because when I read what they were saying about me, I got really angry, and wanted to know why. That led me to discover all the stuff they were saying about Sophie Hunter, and I just went down the internet K-hole. I’ve been a regular on Celebitchy for years (hence not posting under my usual username) so whenever I see people trashing her – and I know it’s the same people who harassed me – I clap back at them. Why wouldn’t I? Screw with me I screw with you!
And I didn’t tweet like “I just met Sophie Hunter”, I tweeted about a work project that she happened to have been involved in.
@Froop, what exactly are you trying to say? You are not trying to shut her up, are you? Are you one of them?
No, not really. Calm down, I think SH looks nice in her dress and wish her no ill will. I just wondered why someone who doesn’t care about Cumberbatch or his work or public life would tweet about his wife and then dig into his tumblr fandom and start posting on CB about him.
Though I think quite often people innocently tweet about him and are not expecting to get a barrage of responses if they’re not familiar with his Twitter obsessives. and tumblr devotees.
> nice in her dress and wish her no ill will. I just wondered why someone who doesn’t care about Cumberbatch or his work or public life would tweet about his wife and then dig into his tumblr fandom and start posting on CB about him.
It appears his “fandom” (more like obsessed stalkers if you ask me) found her, she mentions she didn’t know about tumblr before.
I am not the one who needs to calm down.
Pot Kettle Black.
At least one regular commenter here has outed themselves as part of the Tumblr CumberCult by posting details of something one of Sophie’s friends posted to a private IG account, which one of the Skeptics hacked.
I’ve noticed a lot of commenters (both pro- and anti-) who only post in threads about Sophie, and never comment anywhere else on CB.
I bet a lot of Skeptics deliberately tone themselves down when they post here, because they want to be seen as casual and credible, not obsessed. There’s one Skeptic who on Tumblr insists they faked both the marriage and the pregnancy and have never had sex, but on CB says they are really married and do have a baby, but it was a shotgun wedding/golddigger snare situation and they don’t love each other.
I think this is a case of two people going the conservative route and getting married due to unplanned pregnancy after a relatively short relationship. They made their choice, there’s no need to judge them one way or the other, especially since they’re adults and did nothing illegal or immoral. The way the engagement/relationship was handled by BC and his team was contrived, but the amount of sh!t being said about them, but especially HER, is baffling.
But then some people decided to go on a tangent of their own and now some parts of this fandom have clearly lost their minds. Hacking? Sure, I very well believe that.