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**Posted by SusiGo** May 3, 2018 5:03 pm

It seems Benedict and Sunnymarch are getting active again:

http://deadline.com/2018/05/benedict-cumberbatch-to-star-as-cold-war-spy-greville-wynne-in-filmnation-thriller-ironbark-hot-cannes-pic-1202381812/

**Posted by besleybean** May 3, 2018 5:04 pm

Yay!

**Posted by tonnaree** May 6, 2018 1:53 pm

So, how many real people has he played now?

**Posted by SusiGo** May 6, 2018 6:56 pm

Oh, I once made a list. Let me see:

William Pitt
Alan Turing
Joseph Hooker
Stephen Hawking
Julian Assange
Thomas Edison
Werner Heisenberg
T. S. Eliot
Guy Burgess
The guy from The Other Boleyn Girl

I surely forgot about fifty.

**Posted by besleybean** May 6, 2018 7:00 pm

Burgess, Eliot and Heisenberg I haven't seen and need to.

**Posted by SusiGo** August 7, 2018 7:51 pm

Benedict will be filming this project next according to his lovely recent interview.

**Posted by besleybean** August 7, 2018 7:57 pm

I had a complete blank about what this project was, when it was being discussed on Twitter today.
So thnk you for posting this.
I do remember about it now!

**Posted by Yitzock** August 9, 2018 1:19 pm

SusiGo wrote:
Oh, I once made a list. Let me see:

William Pitt
Alan Turing
Joseph Hooker
Stephen Hawking
Julian Assange
Thomas Edison
Werner Heisenberg
T. S. Eliot
Guy Burgess
The guy from The Other Boleyn Girl

I surely forgot about fifty.

I think you got most of the ones that I remember. The only ones I can think of that you didn't mention are Van Gogh, Bill Bulger, and the guy from that boxing movie that isn't out yet. But your point still stands!

**Posted by SusiGo** August 9, 2018 9:07 pm

How could I forget van Gogh? Of course you are right and he was also in the Chatterton radio play.

**Posted by Vhanja** August 10, 2018 6:18 am

I have to admit, I am not particularly interested in this movie. Spy movies aren't my thing (Tailer, Tinker, Soldier, Spy bored me to tears).

**Posted by besleybean** August 10, 2018 7:29 am

I just didn't understand a word of TTSS...but I enjoyd watching the pretty!

**Posted by SusiGo** October 2, 2018 3:45 pm

Filming is going to start soon on this one:

https://www.theknowledgeonline.com/the-knowledge-bulletin/post/2018/10/02/benedict-cumberbatch-films-in-london

**Posted by besleybean** October 2, 2018 3:47 pm

Cool.

**Posted by nakahara** October 23, 2018 1:06 pm

And the first images from the shooting are here. Some new image for Benedict too.

**Posted by nakahara** October 23, 2018 1:07 pm

**Posted by Yitzock** October 23, 2018 1:23 pm

I like the hat in the first picture. Jury's out on the moustache. The last picture kind of reminds me of something my dad wore when I was little, and he had a moustache at the time.

**Posted by nakahara** October 23, 2018 1:28 pm

The last time Benedict sported such moustache was in "Atonement", wasn´t it?
Some more pics:

**Posted by besleybean** October 23, 2018 3:32 pm

For a role, people!
Can't wait to see this.

**Posted by Yitzock** October 24, 2018 8:32 pm

Oh, of course! I was just saying I don't know if I like the look of it on him. But I will say that it gives him a different air, which is important for playing a character that isn't himself. I think my initial reaction was more negative than what I think now.

**Posted by SusiGo** October 25, 2018 7:03 am

From an aesthetic point of view I prefer other looks on him but what an actor! You can see even on the stills that he is someone completely different, face, posture, even the smile is not really his own. Can't wait to see this although I am not a big fan of spy films but then I liked TTSS as well.