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QuiteExtraordinary · September 18, 2013 6:33 pm

SusiGo wrote:
Here is the first good pic from "The Imitation Game". He looks totally changed. He will be a brilliant Turing.

Oh, very good. Nice jacket.

ancientsgate · September 18, 2013 6:36 pm

OMG, the HAIRCUT!!! Oh, nooooooo! Too funny, actually. He's such a great actor-- look at the way he's holding his head here, and the slack expression on his face. Wow. But the HAIRCUT! *falls down laughing* I have to admit, not as bad as that blond Julian Assange thing, but.... they used clippers on him to get this look in this picture. heh

Russell · September 18, 2013 6:36 pm

Mid-afternoon and I'm already thudded. Thank you. Those..... eyes.....

SilverMoonDragonB · September 18, 2013 6:38 pm

SusiGo wrote:
Here is the first good pic from "The Imitation Game". He looks totally changed. He will be a brilliant Turing.

Brilliant! I can't wait to see him in this role! 'Twill be very interesting indeed

SilverMoonDragonB · September 18, 2013 6:47 pm

kittykat wrote:
SolarSystem wrote:
So this would be exhibit A then:

(Credit: http://entertainment.ie/tv/news/WATCH-Benedict-Cumberbatch-punches-Jeremy-Clarkson-on-Top-Gear/200966.htm )
Aww, I love it!

*squee* The curls! The smile! The whole delectable ensemble! *THUD*

ancientsgate · September 18, 2013 6:55 pm

SilverMoonDragonB wrote:

*squee* The curls! The smile! The whole delectable ensemble! *THUD*

Hey, I think this is the same tee shirt and blue chambray shirt he had on under the herringbone sport coat in that pic posted a little while ago. Anyway, say what anyone will about Top Gear, this was a damned fine interview, IMO.

SusiGo · September 18, 2013 6:59 pm

Sorry, AG, as much as I love the curls but I do not agree regarding the hair. IMO this is a damn fine hairstyle.

ancientsgate · September 18, 2013 7:04 pm

SusiGo wrote:
Sorry, AG, as much as I love the curls but I do not agree regarding the hair. IMO this is a damn fine hairstyle.

Oh, god, Susi, it's terrible. He looks at least ten years older in it. I don't know anything about the movie, is it set back in the 40's or 60's or something? My father had a haircut like that in back in those days. Ugh. Matter of opinion, eh?

besleybean · September 18, 2013 7:04 pm

It wouldn't matter if it was the worst hairstyle on Earth.
Point is, he looks like Alan Turing!
Hell I went through all of this with silly fan girls over Assange: don't like Benedict's blond hairstyle..
It's not a hairstyle, it's costume!

SusiGo · September 18, 2013 7:06 pm

Exactly, BB. IMO he could wear drag as long as the part was good. Besides, I think he does look good in the pic but as you said, AG, it's a matter of opinion. You are right about the period. He plays the English mathematician Alan Turing, 1912-1954.

ancientsgate · September 18, 2013 7:07 pm

besleybean wrote:
It wouldn't matter if it was the worst hairstyle on Earth. Point is, he looks like Alan Turing! Hell I went through all of this with silly fan girls over Assange: don't like Benedict's blond hairstyle.. It's not a hairstyle, it's costume!

It's part of his role, naturally. And it's totally dreadful. Just sayin'. I didn't say he was walking around the streets as himself looking like this or that he would adopt this as his new personal look-- not a total idiot here, y'know, nor a silly fangirl.

ancientsgate · September 18, 2013 7:10 pm

SusiGo wrote:
Exactly, BB. IMO he could wear drag as long as the part was good. Besides, I think he does look good in the pic but as you said, AG, it's a matter of opinion. You are right about the period. He plays the English mathematician Alan Turing, 1912-1954.

The hair reminds me of what the boys in my high school wore during the Beatles era in the mid-60s, when everyone wanted their hair like them, but the school said no boys' hair was allowed to touch their collars. Very familiar-looking from that way-back day-- long bangs, too short on sides and back. I appreciate that TPTB on set were aiming for an authentic look, but I don't have to like it. Again, just sayin', for the purposes of discussion.

SolarSystem · September 18, 2013 7:58 pm

SusiGo wrote:
Sorry, AG, as much as I love the curls but I do not agree regarding the hair. IMO this is a damn fine hairstyle.

Actually, this looks much better than in the first pic you posted, Susi. It's much more Benedict... but as you said, it's a role in a movie, it's not 'really' Mister Cumberbatch we're looking at here, it's Benedict in the role of Turing. In this pic though I can detect quite a bit of Benedict... but that's not what it's about anyway. I can't wait to see him in this role... but then again I guess I can't wait to see him in any of his roles.

SusiGo · September 18, 2013 7:59 pm

I think this might be a Benedict and not a Turing pic.

SolarSystem · September 18, 2013 8:05 pm

Now that you mention it, it seems very likely... the smile...

Mrs.Wenceslas · September 18, 2013 8:22 pm

it´s the smile!

Edgeucated · September 18, 2013 9:59 pm

Mrs.Wenceslas · September 18, 2013 10:03 pm

looks as an urgent and scary situation!

ancientsgate · September 18, 2013 10:13 pm

Edgeucated wrote:

Looks like some bloke running outside to pick his morning newspaper off the pavement, where the delivery person left it at 4AM, lolol.I wonder if this is from the movie or just a pic of Ben running from here to there on-set. Like the gray shoes. Different.

ancientsgate · September 18, 2013 10:14 pm

Edgeucated wrote:

Modern Jag. Old-timey bicycle. I presume this is an on-set candid photo someone snapped and the Jag belongs to someone working there, while the bike is for the movie. ???