Benedict Cumberbatch has opened up about the appeal of playing unravelling characters including Dominic Cummings, Dr Strange and Hamlet, describing the roles as 'enthralling to me in a sort of perverse way.”
Benedict Cumberbatch has opened up about the appeal of playing unravelling characters including Dominic Cummings, Dr Strange and Hamlet, describing the roles as "enthralling to me in a sort of perverse way.” Speaking in an interview with Andrew Marr ahead of his forthcoming Netflix release Eric, the 47-year-old Doctor Strange and Sherlock star touched on the parallels between his past and present roles - including that of Cummings.
"Only by going below the superficial surface of a very colourful, texturally brilliant and inventive pop culture can we actually get the seating mass of humanity as it is - which is these people who have literally and figuratively fallen through the cracks.
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