my last two days, summarized

[kindkit]

1) Out of random curiosity, watch a talk show appearance by Benedict Cumberbatch.

2) Discover that in interviews Benedict Cumberbatch is low-key, modest, charming, thoughtful, and well-spoken.

3) Discover that some of the alienness of his appearance on Sherlock must be due to make-up, lighting, and body language, and that he is also capable of looking like this:





4) Fall in love with Benedict Cumberbatch.

5) Discover that he is straight. Feel sad about this.

6) Decide to WATCH ALL THE THINGS he's in anyway. Or at least the ones that don't focus on a heterosexual relationship his character's having.

ETA: 7) Decide to prove my cred by mentioning that, although my crush is new, I first noticed Benedict Cumberbatch when he was in Amazing Grace. I posted a review in early 2007 that mentions Cumberbatch's excellent performance as William Pitt.

Comments

[surexit]

He looks so... unangular!

[kindkit]

Part of it's the hairstyle, with the hair over his forehead (OMG I WANT TO MUSS HIS PRETTY FLOPPY HAIR) shortening his face, and part of it's the fact that he's smiling, which makes his face look rounder. But, yeah.

Mind you, much of the angularity comes back in more distant shots where you can see his long lean legs stretched out.

[surexit]

I find him much prettier in Sherlock, I have to say. He's sort of ordinary-looking here. I LIKE THE ALIENNESS.

[kindkit]

I see your point--he's certainly more striking as Sherlock. But when he's not Sherlock he looks like a person one could have an actual conversation with, not an untouchable, ethereal genius.

I did deliberately choose the most "normal"-seeming image I had handy. When he's more formally dressed and groomed he'd got a kind of imperturbable glamour, although without the Sherlockian chilliness.

[st_aurafina]

*pets you* I am happy for your crush! I think he would have been an interesting Eleventh Doctor, though I haven't forgiven him for saying that thing about not wanting to go on the lunchboxes. /petty.

[kindkit]

Mmmm, I guess I can't really blame him for that--it's a level of celebrity that must be pretty exhausting and weird. Now, if he'd said he hated Doctor Who or something, I'd have been irked.

It's strange now to think of him as Eleven, because Matt Smith has made the role so much his own and Cumberbatch would, I think, have done very different things with it. And in the end the writing would've had to reflect that performance instead of Smith's, so we'd have a totally different Doctor. I'm envisioning a much chillier Doctor, more unfathomable and difficult, although I may be reading too much of Sherlock into him.

[st_aurafina]

A much chillier Doctor would have been really, really interesting. Not that I don't love Matt Smith's incredibly ancient young man Eleven, but sometimes I hanker for a Doctor who doesn't care if you like him or not.

[kindkit]

Mmm, yes. I'd love to see a future Doctor who's more in the mold of Three or Five.

Or, here's a thought: Benedict Cumberbatch as the Master. But not to Matt Smith's Doctor. B.C. should player the Master opposite David Tennant in a hypothetical "Three Doctors" episode (or more likely "Two Doctors," since I've read that Christopher Eccleston won't consider coming back even for a special). Although I loved John Simm's Master, I think that iteration's been taken about as far as he can be. And, honestly, I just really want to see two tall slim attractive elegant men having subtext together.

[st_aurafina]

John Simm's Master became too OTT for me, to be honest. I like a Master with a little sang froid. (So, yeah, Benedict Cumberbatch. Quite scary to think of, actually.) He'll probably end up on the show eventually, in some form. It's kind of a vortex for British actors.

And, honestly, I just really want to see two tall slim attractive elegant men having subtext together.

This is never wrong, though.