The last picture on that page has Olivia with Ben.
For those who were wondering, Olivia = Secretary from Blind Banker who has the 9 million pound hairpin.

He certainly has a lot of qualities that appeal to me. I have a hard time relating to anyone who is in the 'lower intellectual band'
so to speak. You can't spend your life with someone if you need to dumb everything down for them.

And yet, he has this horrible habit of mumbling at times, in interviews not when 'in character'. It really irritates me, I'm trying to work out if it's a defence mechanism, a disinterest thing or a slightly holier than thou attitude.

At present, he seems to be going through the 'I'm a reclusive superstar' stage; it would not surprise me at all if after a year or so he goes back to Olivia. He's said openly that he still 'loves her to pieces' but it was best they separate. (Maybe she doesn't want kids, who knows?)
I think being single is probably better for his image at the moment. He's also said he now loves all the freedoms of being single, that's not hard to understand in his situation at the moment, but if he wants a family he'd better get over his partying ways pretty soon. Some of the pics we've seen of late say 'Ben's being all tarty'. He has looked very tired lately.

So yes, while I adore him greatly, I think he is going through a 'I love me' stage at the moment (can you blame him?)  Luckily his work schedule is pretty full on so that will hopefully keep him grounded enough.

(Geez don't I sound all motherly suddenly? lol)

Maybe, lol!
He's just 'disappointing' me lately. Flitting around everywhere, 'must be seen' attitude. I'm not liking his stylist's choices at all, lol. Now that being said, he DID say that working with Freeman, he's started to learn more about fashion.

So I blame Martin for all this.

Oh he's just waiting to meet one of us, I can tell!
He's just shy.

Yes, he is rather 'class conscious' I've noticed. He is quick to say how he enjoys being cast in different 'classed' roles than he naturally is. I think in 'Stuart , a life backwards' and in ' Wreckers' he mentions this in interviews.

As for Olivia, I've been trying to see who she dates now, or what she's up to but cannot find anything. I keep my sneaking suspicion that she's there in the back of his mind somewhere.

See that's probably NOT the kind of girl he needs;  remember he IS in his 30's!
And without sounding  full of myself, my ex-hubby was not that bright; so being married to him was terrible. He doted on me, he agreed with anything I said /did; it is a horrible kind of relationship. You're never challenged, and if you have half a brain, you should know things shouldn't always be how YOU want them. That leads to becoming domineering and that doesn't work lol.

He's leaving his run a bit late; but then again he has a world of females to choose from, lol.

Work-wise Olivia is appearing in Philip Ridley's new play, Shivered, at the Southwark Playhouse, London. It opened 13th March and runs until 14th April. She plays the part of Lyn, which she has said is a bit of a challenge. She has written several plays, two of which have gone to the Wdinburgh Fringe. She has a short on You tube which she made with Lucy Brown. It is called, Mondays Can Be Beautiful. In articles she has described herself as a midddle-class posh girl. In an article when asked about Benedict the writer states that she looked visibly rattled and said that she didn't want to talk about it, later adding 'Everything is fine. We're fine. Still really good friends.'
Late April she starts filming for the next series of The Thick of It for BBC 4.

So she's keeping herself busy.

Irene, my heart reaches out for you. I was exactly the kind of girl you describe having been yourself. I was very lucky to meet my husband early in my life, who clearly considered brainy the new sexy and liked that I was the woman who beat him, though it was only at chess, lol! Though I had two previous boyfriends who split up with me explicitly for that reason.Flipside: I realized my own attractiveness only late in life. It has never become something integrated into my personality, but it hurts a bit, that my husband never seems to see it, probably, because it has never been important to him. Oh well, better this way than the other way round, I guess.
Now, look at us, getting all personal over a tv show! Anyway, I wish you the best of luck Irene!

As to Ben Cumberbatch: I could't care less about his private life. I'm never drawn to actors themselves, but to the characters, they play. I have seen Ben in  other roles , and while I always thougt him to be a very talented actor with a great voice, I never found him especially attractive. Sherlock draws the best out of him, and the stylists have been magnificent with him. Just everything fits and falls into place.

Last edited by sherlocked (March 25, 2012 12:27 pm)

Well geez, look at us. We're no help to the poor man are we?!

Yeah we'd just want to talk about Sherlock all the time - he might get a bit sick of that after a while!