BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / Let's talk all things lovely about Ben...

**Posted by besleybean** July 20, 2016 7:40 am

Yes, that was the one.

**Posted by This Is The Phantom Lady** July 20, 2016 7:56 am

Thanks... it's coming down then!

**Posted by Ivy** July 20, 2016 4:15 pm

**Posted by Vhanja** July 20, 2016 6:18 pm

What a lovely tweet from Mark!

**Posted by besleybean** July 20, 2016 6:19 pm

He's such a sweetheart.

**Posted by This Is The Phantom Lady** July 20, 2016 8:19 pm

He is, isn't he?

**Posted by Yitzock** July 21, 2016 7:47 pm

That's really nice! I hope they had a nice little celebration.

This isn't meant to be attention-seeking, but I made a simple little graphic with Ben's character names and his name for his 40th. He's played so many different characters!
(Unfortunately, I haven't seen everything that I included a character name for, though I have seen a number of them, but I had to fit names into his name so I had to find names that fit, even if I didn't know the character already.)

I'm not the best and graphic design/editing stuff, but I still enjoy creating stuff once in a while.

http://inthegardensofourminds.tumblr.com/post/147644968640/happy-40th-birthday-benedict-thanks-for-all-the

Last edited by Yitzock (July 21, 2016 7:51 pm)

**Posted by SusiGo** July 21, 2016 8:29 pm

Lovely idea!

**Posted by Yitzock** July 21, 2016 8:41 pm

Thanks. I wasn't sure what topic to share it in, but since it was for his birthday and we were talking about that, I thought I'd just slip it in there.

**Posted by This Is The Phantom Lady** July 21, 2016 9:19 pm

That's really lovely! And clever as well!

**Posted by besleybean** July 24, 2016 5:32 pm

Love that graphic!

**Posted by Ivy** August 15, 2016 6:16 pm

Bless her

**Posted by This Is The Phantom Lady** August 15, 2016 6:22 pm

And he's got a motorcycle! Well I know he used to.

But aw that's lovely!

**Posted by Vhanja** August 15, 2016 6:34 pm

Many years ago I read a book which was sort of an encyclopedia of actors (before internet). The entry for Jeremy Irons started with the sentence "The thinking girl's pin-up". I thought that was a brilliant description, and I think it's a line that suits just as well for Ben.

**Posted by besleybean** August 15, 2016 6:41 pm

Indeed it does.

**Posted by This Is The Phantom Lady** August 15, 2016 6:42 pm

Perfect description!

**Posted by SusiGo** September 29, 2016 7:36 am

Wow:

I think every now and then someone comes along, like Isaac Newton, like Albert Einstein, like Benedict Cumberbatch, where they are far beyond anyone else’s talent in what it is they do,” he said. “That is the best evidence that aliens are sending us people because they know that we’re lagging behind and we need some help to get better actors, better scientists, better whatever. So I count him [Cumberbatch] as definitely an alien.
—
Neil deGrasse Tyson

**Posted by This Is The Phantom Lady** September 29, 2016 7:48 am

Well that's a compliment (and a much better use of the alien thing)

**Posted by besleybean** September 29, 2016 3:47 pm

Wow, that is some high praise...I love Neil.

**Posted by Yitzock** October 13, 2016 9:25 pm

Just saw in an interview for Dr. Strange that Benedict refers to his son as "Kit."

(Hoping this is the correct topic in which to mention this)