Benedict Cumberbatch does 11 impressions in 60 seconds: did he nail them?

Benedict Cumberbatch is still all over the place. We’re going to have new photos of him at tonight’s Hollywood Film Awards, and we’ll be covering that show over the weekend. I wonder if he’ll bring Sophie Hunter for the red carpet? Cough. Anyway, we have some moments of Cumbergoodness today. Here’s a video making the rounds – it’s a clip from a recent MTV interview Bendy had with Josh Horowitz. Josh gets him to do 11 impressions in 60 seconds. Some of the impressions suck (Christopher Walken, John Malkovich) but some of them are dead-on (Michael Caine, Matthew McConaughey, Alan Rickman). I kind of love Bendy doing Tom Hiddleston, and you can tell that’s the one Horowitz enjoyed the most too.

Very cute. Bendy as Taylor Swift? Ha.
Meanwhile, Bendy also has an interview with The Irish Times – go here to read the whole thing. Again, it’s mostly about Alan Turing, but there are some interesting details and quotes. Like, when Benedict needs sugar he starts gnawing on a huge dark chocolate Toblerone. Some highlights:
On winning all of the “sexiest” and “hottest” polls: “However lost in showbiz someone can get, I’ve never met anyone who really believes that that’s all there is. Can you imagine what a dead end that would be artistically? How could you feed your head like that?”
Deep thoughts: “I like to think that our atoms are made of stardust. I like to think that we’re revolving on this planet and revolving through the galaxy. I love having context that’s so much bigger than I can fathom. It’s fantastic to realise how insignificant you are. So much more exciting than what somebody is wearing, don’t you think?”
The criticism that TIG doesn’t make Alan Turing “gay enough”: “I asked people who knew him, if they knew he was gay. Was he camp? They all said no. It never occurred to them. People just didn’t think about those things. And he didn’t parade it. He didn’t want to be found out. His tragedy was that he had to keep it secret.”
His research: “People do say that I research a lot. And it’s true that I generally never stop researching. But I do have a home life that doesn’t involve being Alan Turing. And sometimes research can be counterproductive. Sometimes you have to rely on instinct. I’m doing Richard III now, and since we found his remains, we know how he died and what he ate. But that’s not Shakespeare’s anachronistic version, which is silly and wonderful and has a million possibilities. So many ways to do it.”
[From The Irish Times]
There’s no mention of his lover/fiancée in the piece, so it could be that this interview was conducted weeks ago, or even at TIFF for all we know. Anyway… MOAR BENDY!! We will never stop writing about Bendy. Ever.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

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