Benedict joined Extinction Rebellion at Trafalgar Square:






Apparently, he had a bit of spare time between new SUV advertisements here and there.




 

Oh gosh, I bet he's going to get flack for supporting XR while advertising cars!  The Daily Mail, Piers Morgan, etc., tend to jump on him for anything like that! 

(I'm just glad that public figures like him are supporting the cause).
 

Hmm...well, we don't know if he had to drive far, and as a celebrity he probably felt safer travelling in a car, even if it meant producing some emissions. All people are contradictory or hypocritical in some way, so I don't hold that against him. Glad he supported the cause for the environment, as other celebrities have been doing (like Jane Fonda). I hope things will actually get a lot better soon. This problem weighs on my mind a lot, especially since we just had a federal election in Canada.

Yes, yes, I´m sure he only accepted fat pay checks from the automobile industry in order to undermine it.

As for the "climate emergency", I´d rather listen to the voices of scientists than celebrities:

https://clintel.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ecd-letter-to-un.pdf

 

I only realised that when I saw the car ads and recognised the hybrid as the one Benedict advertises...and I hope DRIVES!

EDIT: actually, I think it's even the electric one...

Last edited by besleybean (October 23, 2019 4:38 pm)

I am not arguing with you and I don´t mind at all. If XR will continue to employ people who preach their cause but don´t live it, they hurt their own cause in the long run. That´s all right with me.

Anyway, Benedict answered some questions at Buzzfeed nowadays - while playing with some cute puppies too. I like his image there - nice curls again!













 

This was a fun interview, although he compltely ignored one of the questions about Sherlock!

Last edited by Yitzock (November 7, 2019 3:03 pm)

I guess, but at the same time, it wasn't a question asking "Will there be a series 5?" or "When is series 5?" but more a curiosity question, "What would you like to see happen to your character?" It seems like a more interesting question than the others that are heard a lot more often.

Yes, that could be. I hadn't thought of that. And I guess there's also the possibility he just didn't have an answer. But I would have been interested in anything he would have had to say on the subject.

Oh, I'm actually relieved that there are others having mixed emotions toward the GM case.
Because to me personally, and also for many ppl at least in Germany, SUVs became a symbol of what's going wrong here when it comes to climate change prevention, especially if you keep in mind that the sales increased by 20% in the last year. To me it's irrelevant if it's a hybrid or elecro, those cars are just too big, too heavy and too powerful to be anywhere near to environment friendly.
It's actually the first time that I have a problem with what he's doing.