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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, War Horse, Star Trek: Into Darkness, The Hobbit trilogy, Twelve Years a Slave, August: Osage County, The Fifth Estate; Hedda Gabler, After the Dance, Frankenstein; Hawking, To the Ends of the Earth, The Last Enemy, Parade's End, and, of course, Sherlock. For most actors, these stellar cinematic, theatrical, and television events would be the highlights of a lifetime's work. On Benedict Cumberbatch's resume they are only a few of many entries. Especially since 2010, his performances have garnered a plethora of best actor awards, both in the theatre (Evening Standard Theatre Award, Critics Circle Theatre Award, and Olivier Award), by playing the dual roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature in the National Theatre's Frankenstein, and on television (Broadcasting Press Guild Award, Critics Choice Television Award, Crime Thriller Award, and TV Choice Award), by starring as the titular Holmes in the BBC's Sherlock. Add these and other recent accolades to nearly a decade's nominations and awards (such as the Golden Nymph as best actor in Hawking), and it's easy to see why Benedict Cumberbatch is often hailed as the actor of his generation. Cumberbatch's body of work further includes indie films, radio plays and series, television documentaries, live dramatic readings, multimedia advertisements, and even the occasional stint as a fashion model. He often shares an intriguing perspective on his profession, as evidenced in sometimes controversial interviews. He has become so much in demand that online box offices crash when tickets for his performances go on sale, and, before a Cheltenham Literature Festival Q&A session, fans overwhelmed Twitter when so many responded immediately to a call for questions. Cumberbatch consistently is a top name on lists ranging from sex appeal to global influence. In 2012 he beat David Beckham in the former and U.S. President Barack Obama in the latter. Increasingly, part of Cumberbatch's job involves the role of celebrity. Benedict Cumberbatch is at a pivotal point in his profession, and his career trajectory especially as documented in entertainment media permits a closer examination of just what it means to be a celebrity or star in Britain or the U.S. and how an actor may be perceived very differently in London or Hollywood. This performance biography is an analysis of a man in transition from working actor to multimedia star, as well as the balance between actor and celebrity. It looks at what makes this actor so well suited to play one of popular culture's iconic characters, Sherlock Holmes, and how Sherlock is so well suited to propel Cumberbatch toward greater global fame.
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Contents
Front Matter ......................................................î Tîte Page ......................................................î Pubîser ïnformatîon ...................................îî Foreword.....................................................îîî
Benedîct Cumberbatc...................................... 1 ïntroductîon ................................................. 1 Capter 1................................................... 13 Capter 2................................................... 29 Capter 3................................................... 67 Capter 4................................................... 98 Capter 5................................................. 113 Capter 6................................................. 168 Capter 7................................................. 183 Capter 8................................................. 221
Back Matter .................................................. 228 Bîbîograpy ............................................. 228 Save Undersaw ....................................... 263 Aso Avaîabe........................................... 264
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, IN TRANSITION
An Unautorised Perormance Biograpy
ynnette Porter
Publiser Inormation
Fîrst edîtîon pubîsed în 2013 by MX Pubîsîng 335 Prîncess Park Manor, Roya Drîve, ondon, N11 3GX www.mxpubîsîng.com
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Cover desîgn by Jues Coomber.
Foreword
For us, o course, ît a started wît Serock. Or rater, wît te reactîon to tat Irst traîer tat aîred on te BBC în te mîd-summer o 2010, wîc took te orm o“Wy ave tey got te creepy guy fromAtonementto pay Serock Homes?” As îs oten te case, knee jerk Irst împressîons and, îndeed, preconceptîons arevery bad tîngs. He may ave a name tat deîgts certaîn sectîons o te medîa, an unmîstakabe appearance, and a voîce tat can weaken knees, but te utîmate reason or te contînued rîse o Benedîct Cumberbatc îs îs supreme ocus on perormance as an actor and artîst. Be ît a bîograpîca drama o scîentîst, paînter, or counter-cuturîst; an oten rantîc aîrîne captaîn; creature/creator; repressed spy; ‘întergaactîc terrorîst’; or te greatest detectîve te word as ever known, Cumberbatc îs not a man to sît stî or aow îmse to It înto any partîcuar moud. ït’s Ittîng ten, tat tîs book may not be wat you are expectîng. ynnette Porter as wrîtten not a typîca ceebrîty bîograpy, obsessed wît every îtte nugget o persona înormatîon tat eeds many a taboîd coumn înc, but înstead a serîous, anaytîca study o an actor’s crat, întensîvey researced rom amost every source îmagînabe. ïn tîs age were gossîp reîgns supreme and socîa medîa can twîst words contextuay, ît’s reresîng to see te proessîona rater tan te persona anded în tîs manner. Wat te book aso does toug, and rater astutey, îs quîety dîssemînate te cuture o ceebrîty în bot tradîtîona medîa and te burgeonîng onîne word, efectîvey usîng Benedîct as a case study o ow tose coumn înces treat actors trougout teîr careers. ït îs ooardy to assume you can ever know someone you see on te stage or screen on anytîng oter tan teîr own terms, and your preconceptîons o tem based upon tose perormances are aways îkey to be wrong. As we personay reaîsed wît tat jump romAtonementSerock, an actor îs someone wo, by coîce, to
pretends,and îs not a person to pîgeon oe înto your own îmagîned tougts o îm. he work actors gîve us or our entertaînment may oten be a tey are wîîng to sare o teîr îe, and utîmatey tat work îs aways te most împortant tîng. But or us, o course, ît a started wît Serock, a Ixed poînt tat îs career seems to ave tus ar rotated around, eadîng us to îs superb earîer work wîe eagery awaîtîng wat îs to come. Wrîtîng tîs mere weeks aead o te openîng oStar Trek: ïnto Darkness, were servers în te UK bucked under te straîn o demand or pre-bookîng cînema tîckets onîne, and seeîng Cumberbatc ormîng te Im’s marketîng pus în bus stops across muc o te word, ît’s easy to see tat Ixed poînt on te verge o sîtîng, wît tîs book as a Ittîng retrospectîve o a possîbe Irst stage în a career tat îs about to sîngsot away înto superstardom.
SHERLOCKOLOGY www.serockoogy.com
Introduction
Head and Heart
“ï’ve never reay made a ead-over-eart decîsîon îke tat 1 beore.” Benedîct Cumberbatc, 2011
Benedîct Cumberbatc îs avîng a remarkabe career, especîay sînce 2010.Tînker Taîor Sodîer Spy, War Horse, he Hobbît, Star Trek: ïnto Darkness, Parade’s End -not a bad îst to add to a resume, especîay wîtîn a sînge year. BAFTA-wînnîngTînker Taîor Sodîer Spy(best Brîtîs Im o te year) and Academy Award-nomînated War Horsestarted 2012 on te red carpet. Next came roes în two o te bîggest rancîses ever - Peter Jackson’she HobbîtIms, buîdîng on te cînematîc egacy ohe Lord of te Rîngs,and J. J. Abrams’ rebootedStar Trek. Ater Imîng tese potentîa bockbusters în eary 2012, te pubîcîty macîne kîcked în ater tat year în preparatîon or cînematîc reeases în 2013, wen Cumberbatc woud be reveaed to te word as te next greatStar Trekvîaîn and, a ew monts ater, woud be eard as Smaug în teHobbît’s mîdde Im,he Desoatîon of Smaug. he HBO-BBC perîod pîeceParade’s End, broadcast în te U.K. în August/ September 2012 and în te U.S. în February 2013,was compared to crîtîcay accaîmedDownton Abbeyand receîved te most Broadcastîng Press Guîd nomînatîons by a sînge project and won our awards, încudîng best drama.(Cumberbatc receîved two best actor nomînatîons - pîttîng îmse
[1] Jon, Emma. “Benedîct Cumberbatc ïntervîew: On te Couc wît Mr. Cumberbatc.”he Guardîan.3 September 2011.
asParade’s End’s Crîstoper Tîetjens and as Serock Homes în 2 Serock- and was named “best actor” or bot. ) hen tere are te stage roes. he Natîona heatre’sFrankensteîn, dîrected by Danny Boye în 2011, sod out perormances so quîcky tat patrons îned up at 4 a.m. în opes o gettîng one o te coveted day tîckets ed back rom reguar saes. Natîona heatre îve’s goba broadcasts oFrankensteînproved to be so popuar în sprîng 2011 tat tey were rebroadcast în teatres around te word în summer 2012. Atoug aternatîng te roes o Vîctor Frankensteîn and te Creature surey provîded Cumberbatc satîsactîon în meetîng a rater dauntîng actîng caenge, receîvîng an Oîvîer Award as best actor - te îgest accoade în te Brîtîs teatre - îs a Ine reward or a job we done. 2013 began în a sîmîar îg-proIe way, wît roes îned up or beîng dîscussed în severa eature Ims, încudîng bîograpîes o Juîan Assange, Aan Turîng, and Brîan Epsteîn; a new serîes o BBC radîo’sCabîn Pressure;and, on te awards ront, Goden Gobe and Natîona Teevîsîon Award nomînatîons. ïn January 2013,Forbes3 named Cumberbatc one o te new stars to watc. ïn Marc 2013, as prevîousy mentîoned, e was onoured as best actor by te Broadcastîng Press Guîd. As teLA Tîmes wrote în teîr 9 May 2012 eature, Benedîct Cumberbatc “îgts ît up” - wît roes on radîo, teevîsîon, Im, and stage - but te spark îgnîtîng Cumberbatc’s recent career and înternatîona ame îs one roe, one serîes:Serock. ïn te U.K., te BBC serîes won te BAFTA as best drama în 2011.Serockas aso been named best drama at te BAFTA Cymru awards; best terrestrîa sow by te Edînburg ïnternatîona Teevîsîon Festîva; and, în Canada, best contînuîng serîes at te Banf Rockîe Awards. ït contînues to receîve, or exampe, Natîona [2] Dowe, Ben. “Parade’s End Marces Away wît Four Broadcastîng Press Guîd Awards.”he Guardîan. 14 Marc 2013. and Torîn, Dougas. “Benedîct Cumberbatc and Rebecca Ha Take Actîng Honours as Parade’s End Wîns 4 Prîzes.” Broadcastîng Press Guîd. 14 Marc 2013. [3] “Nîcoas Hout and Benedîct Cumberbatc are Stars to Watc în 2013.” Forbes.7 January 2012.
Teevîsîon, Emmy, and Sateîte award nomînatîons, and among îts many tropîes, won as best serîes or best drama at te RTS (Roya Teevîsîon Socîety), Teevîsîon and Radîo ïndustrîes Cub, Teevîsîon Crîtîcs Assocîatîon, TV Quîck, and Peabody Awards. ïn 2012, te Crîme hrîer Awards, te Irst to presentSerockwît an award în recognîtîon o îts exceent înîtîa serîes, agaîn rewarded te programme’s outstandîng second serîes. Addîtîonay, te Crîme hrîer Awards named te eads - Cumberbatc and Martîn Freeman (Jon Watson) as, respectîvey, best actor and best supportîng actor. 2013 began on a sîmîar note or te serîes: Serockreceîved Roya Teevîsîon Socîety awards or best drama 4 serîes and best drama wrîter (Steven Mofat). hroug te years, “Serock” Cumberbatc as won or been nomînated as best actor by BAFTA, te Broadcastîng Press Guîd, TV Quîck, Sateîte, Natîona Teevîsîon Awards, Goden Gobe, and Emmy Awards - and tose are ony or îs teevîsîon work. Peraps e can’t wîn tem a, but e at east îs nomînated, year ater year, or te most prestîgîous awards. ïn 2013, around te tîme tat Cumberbatc receîved a Goden Gobe nomînatîon as best actor în a teevîsîon movîe or mînîserîes and, a ew weeks earîer, won a Sateîte award, aso orSerock, te medîa agaîn questîoned weter serîes’ eads Cumberbatc and Freeman ad outgrown teîr now-amous teevîsîon roes. Ater a, Imîng o te tîrd serîes was deayed rom January to Marc (and te sootîng scedue compressed) în deerence to te actors’ extremey busy proessîona caendars. Neverteess, bot actors seemed commîtted to te sow tat, atoug ît ad not aunced teîr careers înternatîonay, at east ad gîven tem a substantîa boost. A requenty quoted comment by Cumberbatc îs tat “Makîng [Serock] îs a about avaîabîîty. Martîn Freeman as te same kînd o pressures on îm now. [he sow îs] a tîng o quaîty 5 not quantîty.” ïn a separate întervîew, Freeman noted tat “Serock[4] azarus, Susanna. “Serock Takes Home Two Prîzes at te Roya Teevîsîon Socîety Programme Awards.”Radîo Tîmes.19 Marc 2013. [5] Meow, ouîsa. “Benedîct Cumberbatc on te Future o Serock.” Den o Geek. 19 December 2012.
îs one o te best wrîtten tîngs ï’ ever do. ï ï îve to 100, ï won’t 6 do many tîngs tat are better wrîtten tanSerock,” wîc seems a posîtîve îndîcator tat e woud be wîîng to contînue as Jon Watson. Certaîny te actors’ an bases, spannîng te word, revere tem în te serîes and ope ît contînues. Cumberbatc as Lîrted wît înternatîona ame beore, wît an award-wînnîng teevîsîon perormance as Stepen Hawkîng în Hawkîng(2004), as we as a memorabe î creepy roe înAtonement(2007). ïn 2011, e starred în two îndependent Ims:hîrd Star andWreckers, wîc receîved good revîews or bot actor and te Ims at estîvas în Europe and Nort Amerîca. Hîs taent as never been în dîspute - e as been caed one o Brîtaîn’s Inest young actors or at east a decade. However, e does not It te typîca Hoywood mode o a teevîsîon or Im star or comortaby dea wît te eve o ceebrîty to wîc many peope aspîre. ïn many ways, Benedîct Cumberbatc caenges te popuar deInîtîons oceebrîty orstar.He acks te îdeaîsed pysîca perectîon o a young Brad Pîtt or Tom Cruîse. He ooks and sounds “pos” (as îustrated în a 2012 Jaguar commercîa în wîc e starred as an eîte young man about ondon), and e as been bot gorîIed or îs magnîIcent voîce and crîtîcîsed or îs unîque, wat some ave caed “aîen,” appearance. Accordîng to îs sîster, Cumberbatc augîngy compares îs strîkîng ong ace to tat o raceorse Sergar “în se-deence, to get în te crîtîcîsm about 7 îmse Irst.” A serîes o we-pubîcîsed ïnternet potos comparîng Cumberbatc-as-Serock’s expressîons wît tose o an îndîgnant otter made te înternatîona entertaînment news. he combînatîon o exquîsîte taent/unîque ooks and name tat makes Cumberbatc appeaîng to îs ans îs aso makîng îm a rîsîng înternatîona star wose tîme Inay as come. Fans tryîng to get tîckets to te Brîtîs Fîm ïnstîtute’sSerock prevîewîn December 2011 caused mayem onîne, on te pone, [6] “Martîn Freeman: ‘Serock’ îs Best Wrîtten hîng.” Wat’s On TV. 27 December 2012. [7] Roîngs, Grant. “Ben Has Troube Wît Gîrrîends Because He’s So Muc îke Serock.”he Sun.14 January 2012.
