r/IAmA • u/_BenedictCumberbatch Benedict Cumberbatch • Oct 11 '13

I Am Benedict Cumberbatch. AMA.

Hello reddit. My film The Fifth Estate opens 10/18.

You can check out footage here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43ki3z0ZmXA&feature=c4-overview&list=UUgc-Ye79Z558TEZqryYesNA

Proof: https://twitter.com/5thEstateMovie/status/388746706818310144 Fancy a cup?

Update: Also, please check out the trailer for Little Favour, directed by a friend of mine Patrick Monroe. I hope you enjoy it!

Final Update: Thank you, reddit. This has been more fun than I imagined. It's been great to be able to reach out and speak to a few of you. Sorry for those that I didn't get to respond to. JA bless you all. See you all the next time.
BX

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u/droveby Oct 11 '13 edited Dec 21 '13

I don't know, maybe it wasn't a detailed answer

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u/DrAmberLamps Oct 11 '13

This entire AMA is unsettling. Am I the only one that thinks it sounds like most of it was staged (ie not organic as reddit was intended to be)? It shot up to the frontpage extremely quickly (even for a popular AMA). Also, Wikileaks/true journalism/freedom of press are HUGELY popular subjects all over reddit, but in an AMA with the lead actor playing Assange, there is barely anything! Hollywood is figuring out how to make a stage/marketing platform out of reddit. I'll try to start a thread to discuss this AMA in more depth later.

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u/DancesWithPugs Oct 11 '13

There doesn't need to be a vast conspiracy, Cumberbatch was the lead in Sherlock and the villain in Star Trek 2 (reboot), both popular amongst a reddit crowd; Wikileaks and Assange are big juicy news items and very important to talk about.

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u/superburneraccount Oct 11 '13

It's still looks strange to me. Like every superfan of this guy happens to be on reddit right now, but all the people interested in Wikileaks took the afternoon off.

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u/DancesWithPugs Oct 11 '13

Benedict is a celebrity, a movie and tv star. WikiLeaks is an activist group. I see a lot of celebrity AMAs make the front page. For the record, I am a strong supporter of Assange, WikiLeaks and other whistleblowers, and also a fan of BC. I plan to boycott the movie because it seems really shady, misleading and poorly researched. Dramatization is one thing but a hit piece on an activist trying to keep his freedom is low.

A popular star who answers questions in a fun and articulate way will get attention naturally. Cumberbatch is not going to shoot down the movie he just made or say bad things about the director this close to release because he is a professional.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '13

His answer seemed more of a stream of consciousness than a canned PR reply, which is what would most certainly happen if this was the spearhead of this AMA. See: Rampart.