According to Deadline, Benedict Cumberbatch has officially (sort of) signed on to Doctor Strange, one of Marvel’s many projects. Benedict’s name was one of the first mentioned in casting rumors/reports, but Benedict kept signing on to various other projects and most people figured he probably wouldn’t even have time to do a Marvel film. But Deadline says it’s on. And now I’m happy! Really. I’m glad Cumber got a role named “Doctor Strange”. It’s on the nose. It would have been awesome if there was a superhero named Otter McAlien, but this will do.
In other Cumby news, I missed this on Sunday, but Bendy appeared on CBS’s Sunday Morning show. It was actually a segment about The Imitation Game and Alan Turing in general, but Bendy and his denim shirt were interviewed and it was lovely. This is pretty much just for the Cumberloonies and WWII-buffs. You also get to see the original machine Turing built to break Enigma.
It’s a nice segment. I was kind of hoping that Benedict would sit down with 60 Minutes for a big, prestigious, high-profile interview but this is probably the best we’re going to get. Maybe he’ll manage to fly to NYC for a few days next month and do The Tonight Show or The Late Show. Remember, The Imitation Game doesn’t come out until November 21st in the US. We still have time, people! MOAR BENDY! Which reminds me, Benedict’s Elle UK piece… there will be a post about it. Today. I promise.
Meanwhile, Bendy recently worked with Aussie hottie Joel Edgerton on Black Mass, that Whitey Bulger movie in Boston. Edgerton recently described his encounters with Benedict’s Cumberbitches:
“I have experienced Cumber-mania from inside looking out, and it’s quite something to behold,” says Benedict Cumberbatch’s recent co-star Joel Edgerton, who filmed alongside him in ‘Black Mass’, filmed in Boston, and witnesed at first hand the kind of devotion inspired by the British ‘Sherlock’ phenomenon. “I was a bit disturbed when I saw the same woman appear right up at the barrier of three different locations, and I pointed it out to him,” chuckles Joel, remembering. “He seemed to take it in his stride. He told me it only gets really weird when they truly believe they’re married to him.”
Ah, yes. The loonies who believe they’re married to him. I think some of them come around these parts too! I get the tweets. And I enjoy them. But yes, Cumber Collective: I am one of you and I adore My Otter, but let’s all dial down the crazy, mmkay?
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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