British actor Benedict Cumberbatch told off films like Iron Man staying cruel to ‘The Power of the Dog’ by Jane Champion. Cumberbatch said, “It’s just a lot of me.”
The director of the film, The Power of the Dog, Jane Champion has said about the actor, “He allows himself to be not perfect and that’s extremely courageous.” The director has also said that this is the reason why he loves the actor.
In the early 2020s, the actor was tested for masculinity in the Otago region of New Zealand. To play the character of Montana in the movie, ‘The Power of the Dog’ by Jane Champion Cumberbatch even learned new, rustic skills like playing the banjo, rolling cigarettes with a single hand and castrating a bull. There is a scene in the film the actor has to play the mentor for ranch life to Kodi Smit-Mcphee who plays the character of a pensive man, the actor had to whistle and call a dog. The actor had watched several videos on whistling and practised regularly to prepare.
Who is Benedict Cumberbatch?
The English actor Benedict Cumberbatch is famous for his amazing performances in acting on screen as well as on stage. The actor has received multiple awards like Olivier Award, Emmy Award and a BAFTA. The actor has received the Primetime Emmy Award for being the lead actor in Sherlock, a mini-series where the actor played the character of the very famous fiction sleuth, Sherlock Holmes created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The actor received the Lawrence Olivier Award for being The Best Actor in a Leading Role in Frankenstein. The performance of the actor in The Imitation Game also earned him multiple award nominations including Golden Globe Award, Academy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and so on. In the year 2014, Cumberbatch was included in the list of ‘100 most influential people in the world’ by Time magazine.