He flipped up the locks of hair on his forehead where the skin is mottled in patches — a remnant of his days as a laboratory creation in “Frankenstein” and the makeup process that burned and ripped at his skin.“I have actual acting scars,” he said.

— Benedict’s LAtimes interview

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He flipped up the locks of hair on his forehead where the skin is mottled in patches — a remnant of his days as a laboratory creation in “Frankenstein” and the makeup process that burned and ripped at his skin.“I have actual acting scars,” he said.

— Benedict’s LAtimes interview

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A friend of mine discovered this in one of the current National Theatre leaflets (the one on events for secondary schools, colleges and teachers, if anyone wants to go and look for one) - thought I’d share. GINGER CREATURE! :D <3

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The award for Best Actor at the Oliviers 2012. Jonny’s speech. Benedict sadly couldnt attend. 

Well deserved!

Remember last year ATD won so many awards at Olivier whereas Benedict wasnt even nominated? Well then this year that’s three prestigious theatre awards(Olivier, ES and Critics Circle) Benedict has won for Frankenstein. Couldnt be happier for him! :DD

Okay, BAFTA is coming!

lornasp:

The film and theatre director Danny Boyle has sung the praises of Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch, calling the 35-year-old actor “extraordinary” and “one of the leading actors in the world”.

Boyle directed Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller last year in Frankenstein at the National Theatre. Their alternating roles as Dr Frankenstein and his terrifying creature have earned them a joint nomination for Best Actor at the 2012 Olivier Awards, the winners of which will be announced this Sunday, 15 April, at the Royal Opera House in London.

Talking to Radio Times for the new issue’s Olivier Awards picture special, Boyle recalled the casting of Cumberbatch – who had just been seen on BBC1 in the first series of Sherlock – in the play. 

“I didn’t really know him as a stage actor,” Boyle said. “I knew what a fine screen actor he is. But there’s a physicality involved in the theatre. It’s not just about mannerisms or impersonation, which screen often is: it’s about sustaining a narrative with mind and body. When I saw him for Frankenstein, that was the only thing I wanted to know. Did he have that physical capacity? And of course he does.

“That’s why he’s now what he is: one of the leading actors in the world. He’s gone on to another division, which is movies at the moment. He’ll have a great time. He’s got experience, he’s not a young ingénue being exposed to Hollywood. He’ll make the best of it.”

Going back to his first meeting with Cumberbatch, Boyle said: “We met and I asked him to do a few things and he was extraordinary in the room. He’s as fit as a boxer, which you have to be for the stage. You have to have an internal fitness that allows you to carry the story so it never sags. He had this combination of the cerebral and the physical which you can see when you look back at his screen work – in Hawking, it’s there. Frankenstein was a great one for using it.”

So did Boyle sense at the time that he was working with someone who was on a rapid ascent to the top? The Slumdog Millionaire director recalled that he did feel that way, and that Cumberbatch took the dual role in his stride: “Any part when you’re exposed on the stage is a challenge, you put yourself on the line,” Boyle remarked, “but doing that twice and seeing yourself through someone else’s eyes is a credit to his confidence levels. He was able to take it on. It’s the world that has to catch up: [actors like Cumberbatch] are on a trajectory, which is natural, and we haven’t laced our way into it yet but we’re about to. I think the film world will see that now. That’s the final part of his audience in a way.”

Finally, in comments that will have Sherlock fans rushing to re-watch their series twoDVDs, Boyle said Cumberbatch had taken a little of Frankenstein’s monster back into Sherlock: “In the latest series of Sherlock, there were a couple of things he put in that were direct mimics of Frankenstein’s creature. Those of us who shared it all, we spotted them – the audience wouldn’t, and so they wouldn’t be put off by it. When actors are on a roll it’s a continuum. They channel everything incoming that’s useful. Everything feeds into everything else.”

See more pictures and interviews with Britain’s leading actors in Radio Times magazine’s fantastic Olivier Awards special! Also in the new issue: Paul Weller, Pamela Stephenson, Mary Beard, Clare Balding, Two Greedy Italians, Dara O Briain and more. In shops Tuesday 10 April.

lornasp:

Video of Benedict’s Best Actor nomination now added to You tube.

Thank god the BBC coverage will be uninterupted. Last year’s was awful!

Nano seconds of Benedict Cumberbatch and JLM in a promo video for Olivier Awards 2012. [x] The 2012 nominations will be announced on 15 March 2012, awards ceremony on 15 April. Fingers crossed for Frankenstein, Benedict and JLM.

New trailer released for encore screenings this summer. 

Super high-res version(2200x3000) click *here*. Benedict Cumberbatch Frankenstein backstage photograph by Simon Annand.

Benedict Cumberbatch is concerned that his body may never get back to normal. “My wrists are turning into ankles, I’ve joints coming out of my fucking hips. I’ve had problems with my neck, my voice has come and gone. I’ve had concussions, I’ve had cuts. I’ve got a thing in my left foot called plantar fasciitis, which means that the tendons ball up into a ball of agony,” lists the 34 year old, explaining the carnage that has come from the very physical performance.“I don’t think anyone could do it for too long if they give it the kind of welly we’re giving it. It’s great, but there’s a limit to us humans.”

Don’t mind me. I’ve just been re-reading this interview and experiencing a high level of Frankenstalgia that this photograph brings out in me. Can’t believe it’s been over a year but it still haunts me.

Benedict Cumberbatch as you’ve never seen him before

photo of Benedict preparing for Frankenstein backstage, as will be in The Half exhibition by Simon Annand which opens on Friday at the Idea Generation Gallery in London.

Well…I don’t understand how Gorden fans sneaked in so many votes, considering David and Benedict were far ahead of him.

Aaaaanyway, have a scary Creaturebatch (which is still attractive).

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Encore screenings of Frankenstein will be taking place during the summer.The sold out production will be returning to cinema screens. [X]

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Oh dear god if this comes to the cinema that screens NT live near me I will cry and be happy forever :O

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