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 very excited about all the offers and interest and support pouring in through crowd-funding, and about having a lovely gap coming up when I’ll finally be able to sit down with books and scripts and talk to my partners about how we take the company forward.
I was very keen to work on the script with Scott Derrickson and [C. Robert] Cargill, and working out the important story beats, changing lines, upping the comedy, changing the pace, all of that was great fun.
People’s hands fascinate me. It’s tempting to look at a businessman’s left hand and see if there’s an indentation from a missing wedding ring. Or maybe there’s a tan line and the skin is pressed down where’s he’s worked a ring off his finger.
![Benedict Cumberbatch Quote - You’d have to be pretty hard-nosed not to feel some sympathy for the guy [Doctor Strange].](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/youd-have-to-be-pretty-hard-nosed-not-to-feel-some.jpg)
![Benedict Cumberbatch Quote - I was very keen to work on the script with Scott Derrickson and [C. Robert] Cargill, and working out the important story beats, changing lines, upping the comedy, changing the pace, all of that was great fun.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/i-was-very-keen-to-work-on-the-script-with-scott-d.jpg)
