Gonna watch this during Christmas, really looking forward to it!

And the director is Norwegian. 

Also: Did any of you see the horrible interview where the female journalist asks Benedict "If the main character in this movie is supposed to be gay, how come there are no sex scenes?"

The most cringe-worthy and stupid question I've heard so far. And Benedict's reply is as awesome and posh as he is:

"If you need a sex scene to show that a character is gay, all hope is lost for subtle storytelling." 

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Sherli Bakerst wrote:

Not sure if this video has been posted anywhere yet but it's worth seeing more than once.    BC is interviewed by "The Carpetbagger," a reporter from The New York Times who does features about the Oscar race.  He's discussing Alan Turing and the video alternates between talking about The Imitation Game and the new Steven Hawking biopic.

http://www.nytimes.com/video/movies/100000003298134/battle-of-the-british-geniuses.html?playlistId=1194811668553

There's no doubt that Eddie is brilliant as Stephen Hawking, and he for sure deserves every award for it, but it also makes me a bit sad that Benedict didn't get these international attention when he played Stephen Hawking equally brilliant 10 years ago.
 

I know and not taking anything from Eddie's achievements...but it just bugs me that in mentioning Redmayne, nobody is talking abouit Benedict as Hawking.

Liberty wrote:

Benedict was fantastic in Hawking!  I wasn't aware of him then (he wasn't nearly so famous) so he just WAS Stephen Hawking for me.  But it was a TV film, so I don't think it was competing in the same arena at TTOE.  

That's not what I meant and there are/were award shows for TV films, too. Just the recognition in general. It's a matter of principle for me because no one seem to mention it in articles and interviews.

But otherwise social media does a lot for people and films to get known around the world and 2004 was too early for that.

At least got a BAFTA nomination and a Golden Nymph award. 

Vhanja wrote:

Also: Did any of you see the horrible interview where the female journalist asks Benedict "If the main character in this movie is supposed to be gay, how come there are no sex scenes?"

The most cringe-worthy and stupid question I've heard so far. And Benedict's reply is as awesome and posh as he is:

"If you need a sex scene to show that a character is gay, all hope is lost for subtle storytelling." 

Yes, we were talking about that further up in this thread somewhere. My take: I think she just wanted to see Benedict in certain positions. I don't think he concerns were for the story. 
 

For my reputation? Not much I hope.  Or did you mean women in general?

silverblaze wrote:

Yes, we were talking about that further up in this thread somewhere. My take: I think she just wanted to see Benedict in certain positions. I don't think he concerns were for the story. 
 

Well, I don't blame her for that. 

But I DO blame her for actually asking such a question. And they say Sherlock is the one lacking social skills...
 

silverblaze wrote:

Maybe someone should have told her that she was thinking out loud. 

Should we invite her to join us here so she can get that stuff out of her system before future interviews?

I think that'd just make it worse.