Despite a number of crises experienced after the advent of new technologies, cinema continues to be the most important part of show business. Cinema halls are still visited by millions of viewers. Filmmakers have successfully managed to fit into the format of television, and the best television series are not inferior to Hollywood blockbusters in terms of filming quality. And if earlier it was believed that filming a television series forever closes the actor's road to Hollywood, now representatives of the acting fraternity freely migrate between the big screen and television productions.
Any fan of foreign television series is familiar with Benedict Cumberbatch. And recently, his name has been firmly associated with the main characters not only in television products, but also in cult film premieres. Many directors want to get it for their films. His voice and aristocratic demeanor can bribe everyone. He does not strive for world fame, but he does not avoid it either. Benedict plays completely different characters, but most successfully he plays the role of scientists, be they geniuses or villains.
1. Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch or simply Benedict Cumberbatch (it was under this name that many discovered the talented British artist) was born on July 19, 1976 in a family of actors. But the Cumberbatch family is famous not only for its actors. During the heyday of the British Empire, when many countries were its colonies, the ancestors of the star were slave owners and kept sugar plantations in Barbados.
2. The actor's parents wanted to take care of his cultural and intellectual development, so they sent him to a prestigious school and went out of their way to pay for his studies. In a private school, Harrow and Benedict studied children of noble families (most of them were already ruined by money). For example, the prince of Jordan and Simon Fraser, who became Lord Lovat, studied with the future actor.
3. As a boy, Benedict took part in school performances, where he played in many Shakespearean plays. But the most successful was the female role of the fairy Titania. Although he was afraid to go on stage, the support of his loved ones and their wise advice helped him. From that moment on, Benedict impressed everyone with his childish play. Many were sure that right after school, he would take up theater education.
4. Benedict first promised his parents that he would become a lawyer. He even had a desire to become a criminologist, but acquaintances dissuaded him from this venture.
5. Before entering Manchester University and learning more deeply the skill of reincarnation, the artist spent a year in India, where he taught English in a Tibetan monastery, got acquainted with the traditions and culture of the monks of Tibet.
6. Benedict Cumberbatch is a descendant of King Edward III Plantagenet. The actor is definitely worthy of his ancestors. Among the awards and prizes of Benedict for his acting skills is the Order of the Commander of the British Empire, the motto of which is “For God and the Empire”. The actor received this order on the birthday of his second son.
7. On account of Cumberbatch about 60 films, TV series and television shows. But he became best known after the role of Sherlock Holmes in the British television series "Sherlock". This role cost him a lot of effort. Benedict spent a lot of time in yoga and in the pool to lose weight, but Benedict, as a sweet tooth, was very difficult to do. In addition, he even had to take violin lessons. And during the filming, the actor caught a lot of colds and was ill, was on the verge of hospitalization: it came to pneumonia.
8. The role of a talented, but very peculiar detective perfectly suited the charismatic Benedict. Many argue that the show's success is its protagonist. With the success of the television series, the doors to big cinema were opened for the actor. Thanks to Cumberbatch's ingenious play, Arthur Conan Doyle's books began to disappear from the shelves of bookstores. After the premiere of the series, sales of Arthur Conan-Doyle's Sherlock Holmes have increased dramatically.
9. Benedict is inextricably linked with the name of the brave detective from Baker Street and, apparently, strives to be like his character in life. Recently, information appeared in the press that an actor driving along Baker Street stood up for a cyclist who was attacked by a crowd of hooligans. Benedict commented on his behavior rather sparingly. According to the actor, everyone should do this.
10. The actor was recognized as one of the 100 influential people in the world by the Times magazine. And in an Internet poll by Esquire magazine in 2013, users named him the sexiest celebrity.
11. Not only do audiences comment on Benedict's talent and skill, but Oscar-winning Colin, in a specially written article, called Cumberbatch an alarmingly talented British star.
12. The actor together with Adam Ackland founded their own film company - Sunny March. It employs exclusively women (with the exception of the founders). Thus, Benedict fights for the rights of the fairer sex. He worries that actresses receive an order of magnitude less actors, so in Benedict's company, salaries and bonuses do not depend on the gender of the employees. Moreover, the actor refuses to act in films if the partners receive a fee less than he will receive.
13. In addition to cinema, Benedict represents the house of Swiss watches Jaeger-LeCoultre. And more recently, he also heads the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, where he continued his theatrical training earlier.
14. The actor himself admits that the main thing that drives him on the path to success is the desire for diversity. He believes that the best rest is a change of occupation.
15. According to Benedict, he is very grateful to his parents and tries to be the subject of their pride.
