Last night was the big LA premiere of Patrick Melrose, the Showtime miniseries starring Benedict Cumberbatch. The Batches must have moved to LA temporarily so that Benedict could promote all of his projects, because this premiere came just a few days after the big Avengers: Infinity War premiere. Remember the days when new photos of Benedict and Sophie Hunter would cause such a flurry that there would be 500+ comments arguing about his hair, when they met, her dress and whether it was all faked? Now that they’ve turned into twins (complete with matching faces which I cannot unsee), the hubbub has died down. I feel like Sophie is trying to revive some controversy with THAT HAT though. That hat is a tragedy.

Meanwhile, did you remember that Benedict was supposed to take part in some kind of Oscar campaign last year? It’s true. He and Michael Shannon starred in The Current War, and it was set to be released last November. The film was held back in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein/Sex-Predator-gate stories because Weinstein was the producer and distributor of The Current War. Cumberbatch was asked about it recently and he said he’s not disappointed about the film not being released yet. He said: “If it takes us not releasing our film for a couple of years just to be rid of that toxicity, I’m fine with that. To step back and be as far removed from that influence as possible, both as filmmaker and as human being.”

I’m also including photos of Allison Williams and Jennifer Jason Leigh. JJL plays Melrose’s mother, I believe. I don’t know who Allison plays, but IMDB says that she’s only in one episode.

Photos courtesy of WENN.