I haven’t done period dramas back-to-back, or really anything back-to-back. You get asked to do what you’re most recently famed for, so I’m careful of not repeating myself.
I’m aware of [Doctor Strange] place within the comic pantheon of it all, the Marvelverse, but I don’t email saying, “When are we doing next film?” I’m excited to see.
My first, big, silly role at school was as Arthur Crocker-Harris in Rattigan’s ‘The Browning Version,’ where my job was to make school-masters’ wives weep with recognition.
You can perfect genius because genius is not perfection. On his level and his practice and his methodology, it’s almost inhuman. So, that’s been a fantastic arc to play, and boy does it go somewhere in this series.
[on BBC’s Sherlock] It’s a rare challenge, both for the audience and an actor, to take part in something with this level of intelligence and wit. You have to really enjoy it. It’s a form of mental and physical gymnastics.
![Benedict Cumberbatch Quote - I’m quite surprised by how many people grew up with this character [Doctor Strange ].](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/im-quite-surprised-by-how-many-people-grew-up-with.jpg)
![Benedict Cumberbatch Quote - I’m aware of [Doctor Strange] place within the comic pantheon of it all, the Marvelverse, but I don’t email saying, “When are we doing next film?” I’m excited to see.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/im-aware-of-doctor-strange-place-within-the-comic-.jpg)
![Benedict Cumberbatch Quote - I wanted to take the audience on a journey where that transition was funny and awkward. It’s the same cynicism that [Strange] has.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/i-wanted-to-take-the-audience-on-a-journey-where-t.jpg)
![Benedict Cumberbatch Quote - [on BBC’s Sherlock] It’s a rare challenge, both for the audience and an actor, to take part in something with this level of intelligence and wit. You have to really enjoy it. It’s a form of mental and physical gymnastics.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/on-bbcs-sherlock-its-a-rare-challenge-both-for-the.jpg)
