Benedict Cumberbatch: "I Am So Ready to Play a Really Dumb Character"

Credit: Hartswood Films, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

Series: Sherlock

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Benedict Cumberbatch is on the cover of T magazine's new issue, in which he reveals an interesting wish. Apparently, the Sherlock star is tired of playing geniuses and wants to try something different. And by different I mean "dumb."



The 12 Years a Slave actor tells T magazine that he is "so ready to play a really dumb character," which I believe he will nail. Not to sound insensitive or anything, but Cumberbatch kinda looks funny and cute (dare I say even goofy), so I think it's a recipe for success.

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His celebrity manifests itself in unexpected ways. When Cumberbatch, who is 37, appeared on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,” Fallon noted that more people were waiting in the standby line than for any other guest that year. He was reportedly tweeted about 700,000 times in 2013. Last fall, he appeared on the cover of Time’s international edition. Although he has not been a romantic lead in any big films, and although he says he looks like “Sid from ‘Ice Age’ ” and although he once declared that “I always seem to be cast as slightly wan, ethereal, troubled intellectuals or physically ambivalent bad lovers,” there are numerous websites devoted to the subject of his romantic prowess, e.g.,“Benedict Cumberbatch — Fantastic Lover,” a compendium of clips set to Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On,” that has been viewed more than 490,000 times on YouTube. (These are mostly posted by his army of female fans, who call themselves “Cumberbitches” and who use the hashtag “Cumberwatch” when they tweet about his activities.)

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[via T magazine / NY Times]

What do you think? Should Cumberbatch keep on playing brilliant minds, or should he stoop down to the level of Steve Carell's Brick in Anchorman?

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