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  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Benedict Cumberbatch is "not a typical movie star"

    The 48-year-old actor has enjoyed huge success in Hollywood, starring in films such as 'Star Trek Into Darkness' and 'Doctor Strange' - but Bennedict insists he's not an archetypal movie star


    Reflecting on his own fame and success, Benedict told Variety: "I'm not Brad [Pitt], I'm not Leonardo [DiCaprio], I'm not a typical movie star.

    "People were scrambling for 'Why is he at all attractive to us?' But for me to guess and try to understand that is so f****** weirdly navel-gazing. I'm not sitting around thinking, 'Why am I sexy?' I worry about myself in the mirror as I age, like every other f***** does."

    Bennedict insists he's "still discovering" himself as a person. And as a result, he doesn't expect the public to fully understand him, either.

    The London-born actor reflected: "The older I get, the less of a s*** I give.

    "There's this whole other audience that have these expectations of you, feelings about you, judgements of you. That's theirs, and you can't change that or shape it.

    "I'm still discovering who I am. So how the f*** are they supposed to know me?"

    Bennedict has also confessed to being confused by the concept of "celebrity".

    The movie star is baffled by the idea that all celebrities, regardless of how they've achieved their fame, are grouped together.

    Bennedict - who studied acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art - explained: "It's so derogatory, and just lumps anyone famous together.

    "Am I a 'celebrated' person? Well, for what? For selling cheese? For being on a reality show? For doing something outrageous? For being an actor?"

    © 2025 Bang Showbiz, NZCity

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