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class="ContentHearAccredatn-lfctVB etVsnJ ntent-hear__accredatn" data-ttid="ContentHearAccredatn"><div class="ContentHearDek-bIqFFZ fYeNbg">The rivetg <em>Power of the Dog</em> star on navigatg the “belly of the beast” Hollywood.</div><div class="ContentHearByle-kmPyCa emiglw"><div class="ContentHearByleContent-dpPmNn DRFq"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl ContentHearByl-cZqgyJ bHLeKI"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH jqYyWD byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd bIbWCO gnILss byle__preamble">By </span><a class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ByleLk-gEnFiw iUEiRd kIEUAJ lddgzd eErqIx byle__name-lk button" href="/ntributor/david-nfield">David Canfield</a></span></span></p><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH jqYyWD byle byl__byle" 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Over a long outdoor breakfast at the Malibu Racquet Club, we’re preparg to discs two of the most signifint films of his reer, <em>Spir-Man: No Way Home</em> and <em>The Power of the Dog,</em> both of which me out this past year. Cumberbatch nsirs their heft. “Am I workg for the Goliath that’s killg the David?” he says.</p><figure class="CneVioEmbedFigure-kCfJjN bczOSO e-vio-embed"><div data-ttid="script-ntaer"></div></figure><p class="paywall">Technilly, ’s two Goliaths—Marvel and Netflix, rpectively—but the days the Davids n’t afford to be adversarial. Cumberbatch knows how difficult is to get a movie ma whout a particular star power: “Unls you have a Marvel star, fancg any film is very, very, very, very difficult—no matter how important the story, no matter how urgent the story, no matter how talented and award and appreciated the artist is.” The director of <em>The Power of the Dog,</em> Jane Campn, recently said, “I actually hate” superhero movi. Cumberbatch fds both challengg and has been balancg blockbters and prtige projects wh unmon ease—“artistilly, I never thk of the two as pletely mutually exclive.” He’s everywhere he needs to be.</p><asi aria-hidn="te" class="PullQuoteEmbedWrapper-sc-EoVjf fQbAzo"><div class="PullQuoteDerativeBorr-sc-iUyOLj UnBFT"></div><div class="PullQuoteEmbedContent-sc-kTcfhx eXdqOX"><p class="paywall">“If I’m the <strong>BELLY OF THE BEAST,</strong> then surely I n start askg qutns of .”</p></div></asi><p class="paywall">In December, Cumberbatch’s irascible, magic-wieldg Doctor Strange helped rcate the box office—for IP-driven blockbters, anyway—by ung Spir-Men of different univers for a rerd-shatterg spectacle. This May, the doctor gets his own sequel wh Sam Raimi’s <em>Doctor Strange the Multiverse of Madns.</em> This likely sounds like a lot of special effects for a classilly traed Brish actor, but Cumberbatch wel the challenge. “It’s a big moment for Strange,” he says. “We n brg our game to this large tentpole fare and give an thenticy and a heartbeat and somethg that mak not jt effects-lan nonsense.”</p><div class="GenericCalloutWrapper-tojWn dScZLG llout--has-top-borr" data-ttid="GenericCallout"><div class="ExternalLkEmbedWrapper-hNDkqw SqhAH" data-ttid="external-lk-embed--le"><div class="ExternalLkEmbedText-glBTSy kAxHEA"><a aria-label="See <em>Vany Fair</em>’s 2022 Hollywood Issue" class="external-lk external-lk-embed__hed-lk button" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ExternalLkEmbedHed-dSIMOS iUEiRd idpFCc ldPVhb">See <em>Vany Fair</em>’s 2022 Hollywood Issue</span></a><svg class="ExternalLkEmbedArrowIn-kYztoV dQMQjq in in-arrow" focable="false" viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="32" height="32" xmlns="><tle>Arrow</tle><path d="M21.071 15L15 8.929l1.414-1.414L24.9 16l-8.485 8.485L15 23.071 21.071 17H8v-2z" fill-le="nonzero"></path></svg></div><a aria-label="See <em>Vany Fair</em>’s 2022 Hollywood Issue" class="external-lk external-lk-embed__image-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa ExternalLkEmbedRponsiveImage-iGydLQ dGzCDw rponsive-image"><img alt="" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w" siz="100vw"/></picture></a></div></div><p class="paywall">Cumberbatch me to promence the tle role of the BBC seri <em>Sherlock,</em> which sparked a rabid onle followg when buted 2010. He had, and has, an tense prence that’s all the more rivetg for beg slightly odd and hard to quantify. What’s gog on the heads of his hnted characters? Well, clearly <em>a lot</em>—and Cumberbatch reveals who the people are wh slow, mmerizg re. In <em>The Power of the Dog,</em> he plays Phil Burbank, a closeted rancher ’20s Montana whose cel streak epens dramatilly when his brother marri a widow and she brgs her quiet, protective son (played by Kodi Sm-McPhee) to live wh them. The fact that Cumberbatch has played gay men more than one highly rated film role—another beg his Osr-nomated turn as Alan Turg <em>The Imatn Game</em>—has provoked bate around sexualy and reprentatn. “While my lived experience is very far om Phil Burbank’s, that’s not to say that all of is,” he says refully. “But that’s where we get to the realm of my privacy.” (Cumberbatch is married to the theater director Sophie Hunter; they have three children.) After a pse, he ntu: “I don’t want to sound fensive bee I’m not. This is g om a cultural qutng of appropriatn, and that’s somethg I’m very supportive of as a producer and an actor.” He mat more on the topic, talkg about ght subjects wh empathy and nuance. “If your muny’s unrreprented, then that’s why people will be rightfully angry,” he says. “I unrstand . I do unrstand …. Maybe I’m enterg a new era where I have to be much more sensive about .”</p><figure class="CneVioEmbedFigure-kCfJjN hdJOda e-vio-embed"><div data-ttid="script-ntaer"></div></figure><p class="paywall">It’s surely a hearteng sign that a drama as character-driven and timate as <em>The Power of the Dog</em> was distributed by a Goliath like Netflix, but Cumberbatch do have one misgivg. As he puts , “If I’m the belly of the beast, then surely I n start askg qutns of .” The key qutn is this: Why did Netflix give the film such a perfunctory n theaters?</p><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><p class="paywall">Back September, the drama screened exclively at ftivals around the world. (Cumberbatch traveled wh and was bedridn wh COVID London after attendg a crowd gatherg, which he lls “a sober remr of lims.”) The grippg Wtern had only been playg select theaters for two weeks before h the streamer. “This is for Stt [Stuber] and Ted [Sarandos] and everyone who ns Netflix: Could you not afford to have a longer theatril release?” Cumberbatch asks now. “Maybe not. I don’t know. I’m posng this as a qutn publicly <em>Vany Fair.</em> I haven’t actually had this nversatn wh them, but I would and I will.” So go the journey of an actor an dtry transformg by the day.</p></div></div></div></div><div class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan full-bleed-ad row-mid-ntent-ad"><div class="StickyMidContentAdWrapper-fSBzwl drzyIa ad-stickymidntent"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--mid-ntent should-hold-space"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="pbv69m"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa dEQjuV body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Image may nta Benedict Cumberbatch Human Person Animal Bird Clothg Apparel Pants Outdoors and Nature" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div><div class="CaptnWrapper-jSZdqE kIXbGQ ptn AssetEmbedCaptn-fNQBPI fmQnYP asset-embed__ptn"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptnCred-ejegDm iUEiRd hCJFDV fNaHcW ptn__cred">PHOTOGRAPH BY MAURIZIO CATTELAN AND PIERPAOLO FERRARI; STYLED BY KATIE GRAND.</span></div></figure><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad---ntent"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot---ntent" data-no-id="kvlc"></div></div><p class="paywall"><em>TAILOR, CAROLA BRONISLAVA JAKUBOWSKA; GROOMING, DONALD MCINNES. 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rponsive-asset SummaryItemRponsiveAsset-hjGIGg bDvSkO summary-em__image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz cCcPgL"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa SummaryItemRponsiveAsset-hjGIGg bDvSkO summary-em__image rponsive-image"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet="" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet="" siz="100vw"/><img alt="The 23 Bt TV Shows of 2022" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></picture></div></div></span></a></div><div class="SummaryItemContent-eiDYMl XMZX summary-em__ntent"><div class="RubricWrapper-dKmCNX hXRWeY bric bric--disvery SummaryItemRubric-dguGKN lapGFj summary-em__bric"><span class="RubricName-fVtemz cLxcNi">Televisn</span></div><a class="SummaryItemHedLk-civM cxlTHI summary-em-trackg__hed-lk summary-em__hed-lk" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-hed-3" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" href=" target="_self"><div data-ttid="ClampWrapper" class="ClampWrapper-kZxfkB hTTNGO clamp SummaryItemHedBase-hiFYpQ khUTXM summary-em__hed"><div class="ClampContent-hilPkr jVhSBH"><div class="SummaryItemHedTag-TWblf gxaOcP" data-ttid="SummaryItemHed">The 23 Bt TV Shows of 2022</div></div></div></a><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ SummaryItemDek-CRfsi iUEiRd ijSOpT jDyfzW summary-em__k">From <em>Abbott Elementary</em> to <em>Whe Lot</em> and beyond, the are the shows <em>VF</em> staffers uldn’t stop bgg.</div><div class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi cuRXdL summary-em__byle-date-in"><div class="SummaryItemBaseByle-fFbXkY gRtaxp summary-em__byle"><div class="summary-em__byle__ntent"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH iNSiTG byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd bIbWCO gnILss byle__preamble">By </span>Vany Fair</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ SummaryCollectnGridSummaryItem-WColm imbmMa summary-em--disvery-hed-nsumptn-k ad ad--read-more"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--read-more" data-no-id="ku2k9"></div></div><div class="SummaryItemWrapper-iwvBff gjCHLu summary-em summary-em--has-le summary-em--ARTICLE summary-em--no-in summary-em--text-align-left summary-em--layout-placement-text-below summary-em--layout-posn-image-left summary-em--layout-proportns-50-50 summary-em--si-by-si-align-center summary-em--si-by-si-image-right-mobile-false summary-em--standard SummaryCollectnGridSummaryItem-WColm imbmMa summary-em--disvery-hed-nsumptn-k" role="button" tabx="0"><div class="SummaryItemAssetContaer-gwhFFH VOyg summary-em__asset-ntaer"><a class="SummaryItemImageLk-dshqxb cPpCwE summary-em__image-lk summary-em-trackg__image-lk" href=" aria-hidn="te" tabx="-1" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-image-4" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" target="_self"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset SummaryItemRponsiveAsset-hjGIGg bDvSkO summary-em__image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz cCcPgL"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa SummaryItemRponsiveAsset-hjGIGg bDvSkO summary-em__image rponsive-image"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet="" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet="" siz="100vw"/><img alt="The 10 Bt Movi of 2022" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></picture></div></div></span></a></div><div class="SummaryItemContent-eiDYMl XMZX summary-em__ntent"><div class="RubricWrapper-dKmCNX hXRWeY bric bric--disvery SummaryItemRubric-dguGKN lapGFj summary-em__bric"><span class="RubricName-fVtemz cLxcNi">Movi</span></div><a class="SummaryItemHedLk-civM cxlTHI summary-em-trackg__hed-lk summary-em__hed-lk" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-hed-4" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" href=" target="_self"><div data-ttid="ClampWrapper" class="ClampWrapper-kZxfkB hTTNGO clamp SummaryItemHedBase-hiFYpQ khUTXM summary-em__hed"><div class="ClampContent-hilPkr jVhSBH"><div class="SummaryItemHedTag-TWblf gxaOcP" data-ttid="SummaryItemHed">The 10 Bt Movi of 2022</div></div></div></a><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ SummaryItemDek-CRfsi iUEiRd ijSOpT jDyfzW summary-em__k"><em>Vany Fair</em> chief cric Richard Lawson lists his favore 2022 films.</div><div class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi cuRXdL summary-em__byle-date-in"><div class="SummaryItemBaseByle-fFbXkY gRtaxp summary-em__byle"><div class="summary-em__byle__ntent"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH iNSiTG byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd bIbWCO gnILss byle__preamble">By </span>Richard Lawson</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="SummaryItemWrapper-iwvBff gjCHLu summary-em summary-em--has-le summary-em--ARTICLE summary-em--no-in summary-em--text-align-left summary-em--layout-placement-text-below summary-em--layout-posn-image-left summary-em--layout-proportns-50-50 summary-em--si-by-si-align-center summary-em--si-by-si-image-right-mobile-false summary-em--standard SummaryCollectnGridSummaryItem-WColm imbmMa summary-em--disvery-hed-nsumptn-k" role="button" tabx="0"><div class="SummaryItemAssetContaer-gwhFFH VOyg summary-em__asset-ntaer"><a class="SummaryItemImageLk-dshqxb cPpCwE summary-em__image-lk summary-em-trackg__image-lk" href=" aria-hidn="te" tabx="-1" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-image-5" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" target="_self"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset SummaryItemRponsiveAsset-hjGIGg bDvSkO summary-em__image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz cCcPgL"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa SummaryItemRponsiveAsset-hjGIGg bDvSkO summary-em__image rponsive-image"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet="" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet="" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Ezra Miller’s “Msiah” Delns: Insi The Flash Star’s Dark Spiral" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></picture></div></div></span></a></div><div class="SummaryItemContent-eiDYMl XMZX summary-em__ntent"><div class="RubricWrapper-dKmCNX hXRWeY bric bric--disvery SummaryItemRubric-dguGKN lapGFj summary-em__bric"><span class="RubricName-fVtemz cLxcNi">Hollywood</span></div><a class="SummaryItemHedLk-civM cxlTHI summary-em-trackg__hed-lk summary-em__hed-lk" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-hed-5" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" href=" target="_self"><div data-ttid="ClampWrapper" class="ClampWrapper-kZxfkB hTTNGO clamp SummaryItemHedBase-hiFYpQ khUTXM summary-em__hed"><div class="ClampContent-hilPkr jVhSBH"><div class="SummaryItemHedTag-TWblf gxaOcP" data-ttid="SummaryItemHed">Ezra Miller’s “Msiah” Delns: Insi <em>The Flash</em> Star’s Dark Spiral</div></div></div></a><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ SummaryItemDek-CRfsi iUEiRd ijSOpT jDyfzW summary-em__k">They’re one of Hollywood’s brightt stars—and most troubled actors. Amid safety ncerns, and anxiety over the fate of a $200 ln movie, <em>VF</em> unearths disturbg new tails a saga of grandse sermons, guns, dgs, and alleged asslts and groomg.</div><div class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi cuRXdL summary-em__byle-date-in"><div class="SummaryItemBaseByle-fFbXkY gRtaxp summary-em__byle"><div class="summary-em__byle__ntent"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH iNSiTG byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd bIbWCO gnILss byle__preamble">By </span>Julie Miller</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="SummaryItemWrapper-iwvBff gjCHLu summary-em summary-em--has-le summary-em--ARTICLE summary-em--no-in summary-em--text-align-left summary-em--layout-placement-text-below summary-em--layout-posn-image-left summary-em--layout-proportns-50-50 summary-em--si-by-si-align-center summary-em--si-by-si-image-right-mobile-false summary-em--standard SummaryCollectnGridSummaryItem-WColm imbmMa summary-em--disvery-hed-nsumptn-k" role="button" tabx="0"><div class="SummaryItemAssetContaer-gwhFFH VOyg summary-em__asset-ntaer"><a class="SummaryItemImageLk-dshqxb cPpCwE summary-em__image-lk summary-em-trackg__image-lk" href=" aria-hidn="te" tabx="-1" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-image-6" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" target="_self"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset SummaryItemRponsiveAsset-hjGIGg bDvSkO summary-em__image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz cCcPgL"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa SummaryItemRponsiveAsset-hjGIGg bDvSkO summary-em__image rponsive-image"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet="" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet="" siz="100vw"/><img alt="The Whe Lot Season 2: All the Easter Eggs You May Have Missed" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></picture></div></div></span></a></div><div class="SummaryItemContent-eiDYMl XMZX summary-em__ntent"><div class="RubricWrapper-dKmCNX hXRWeY bric bric--disvery SummaryItemRubric-dguGKN lapGFj summary-em__bric"><span class="RubricName-fVtemz cLxcNi">Hollywood</span></div><a class="SummaryItemHedLk-civM cxlTHI summary-em-trackg__hed-lk summary-em__hed-lk" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-hed-6" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" href=" target="_self"><div data-ttid="ClampWrapper" class="ClampWrapper-kZxfkB hTTNGO clamp SummaryItemHedBase-hiFYpQ khUTXM summary-em__hed"><div class="ClampContent-hilPkr jVhSBH"><div class="SummaryItemHedTag-TWblf gxaOcP" data-ttid="SummaryItemHed"><em>The Whe Lot</em> Season 2: All the Easter Eggs You May Have Missed</div></div></div></a><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ SummaryItemDek-CRfsi iUEiRd ijSOpT jDyfzW summary-em__k">A gui to the hidn referenc this buzzy anthology’s new episos, om first-season llbacks to what <em>exactly</em> is happeng wh Daphne’s traer.</div><div class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi cuRXdL summary-em__byle-date-in"><div class="SummaryItemBaseByle-fFbXkY gRtaxp summary-em__byle"><div class="summary-em__byle__ntent"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH iNSiTG byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd bIbWCO gnILss byle__preamble">By </span>Savannah Walsh</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="SummaryItemWrapper-iwvBff gjCHLu summary-em summary-em--has-le summary-em--ARTICLE summary-em--no-in summary-em--text-align-left summary-em--layout-placement-text-below summary-em--layout-posn-image-left summary-em--layout-proportns-50-50 summary-em--si-by-si-align-center summary-em--si-by-si-image-right-mobile-false summary-em--standard SummaryCollectnGridSummaryItem-WColm imbmMa summary-em--disvery-hed-nsumptn-k" role="button" tabx="0"><div class="SummaryItemAssetContaer-gwhFFH VOyg summary-em__asset-ntaer"><a class="SummaryItemImageLk-dshqxb cPpCwE summary-em__image-lk summary-em-trackg__image-lk" href=" aria-hidn="te" tabx="-1" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-image-7" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" target="_self"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset SummaryItemRponsiveAsset-hjGIGg bDvSkO summary-em__image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz cCcPgL"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa SummaryItemRponsiveAsset-hjGIGg bDvSkO summary-em__image rponsive-image"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet="" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet="" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Channg Tatum Is Back for Magic Mike’s Last Dance" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></picture></div></div></span></a></div><div class="SummaryItemContent-eiDYMl XMZX summary-em__ntent"><div class="RubricWrapper-dKmCNX hXRWeY bric bric--disvery SummaryItemRubric-dguGKN lapGFj summary-em__bric"><span class="RubricName-fVtemz cLxcNi">Movi</span></div><a class="SummaryItemHedLk-civM cxlTHI summary-em-trackg__hed-lk summary-em__hed-lk" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-hed-7" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" href=" target="_self"><div data-ttid="ClampWrapper" class="ClampWrapper-kZxfkB hTTNGO clamp SummaryItemHedBase-hiFYpQ khUTXM summary-em__hed"><div class="ClampContent-hilPkr jVhSBH"><div class="SummaryItemHedTag-TWblf gxaOcP" data-ttid="SummaryItemHed">Channg Tatum Is Back for <em>Magic Mike’s Last Dance</em></div></div></div></a><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ SummaryItemDek-CRfsi iUEiRd ijSOpT jDyfzW summary-em__k">And ready to talk about life, love, and learng to be a femist.</div><div class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi cuRXdL summary-em__byle-date-in"><div class="SummaryItemBaseByle-fFbXkY gRtaxp summary-em__byle"><div class="summary-em__byle__ntent"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH iNSiTG byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd bIbWCO gnILss byle__preamble">By </span>Jsi Prsler</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="SummaryItemWrapper-iwvBff gjCHLu summary-em summary-em--has-le summary-em--ARTICLE summary-em--no-in summary-em--text-align-left summary-em--layout-placement-text-below summary-em--layout-posn-image-left summary-em--layout-proportns-50-50 summary-em--si-by-si-align-center summary-em--si-by-si-image-right-mobile-false summary-em--standard SummaryCollectnGridSummaryItem-WColm imbmMa summary-em--disvery-hed-nsumptn-k" role="button" tabx="0"><div class="SummaryItemAssetContaer-gwhFFH VOyg summary-em__asset-ntaer"><a class="SummaryItemImageLk-dshqxb cPpCwE summary-em__image-lk summary-em-trackg__image-lk" href=" aria-hidn="te" tabx="-1" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-image-8" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" target="_self"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset SummaryItemRponsiveAsset-hjGIGg bDvSkO summary-em__image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz cCcPgL"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa SummaryItemRponsiveAsset-hjGIGg bDvSkO summary-em__image rponsive-image"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet="" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet="" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Palace Insirs Say Prce William Is Already Fur About Prce Harry’s Memoir Leaks" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></picture></div></div></span></a></div><div class="SummaryItemContent-eiDYMl XMZX summary-em__ntent"><div class="RubricWrapper-dKmCNX hXRWeY bric bric--disvery SummaryItemRubric-dguGKN lapGFj summary-em__bric"><span class="RubricName-fVtemz cLxcNi">Royals</span></div><a class="SummaryItemHedLk-civM cxlTHI summary-em-trackg__hed-lk summary-em__hed-lk" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-hed-8" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" href=" target="_self"><div data-ttid="ClampWrapper" class="ClampWrapper-kZxfkB hTTNGO clamp SummaryItemHedBase-hiFYpQ khUTXM summary-em__hed"><div class="ClampContent-hilPkr jVhSBH"><div class="SummaryItemHedTag-TWblf gxaOcP" data-ttid="SummaryItemHed">Palace Insirs Say Prce William Is Already Fur About Prce Harry’s Memoir Leaks</div></div></div></a><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ SummaryItemDek-CRfsi iUEiRd ijSOpT jDyfzW summary-em__k">Prce Harry alleg Prce William attacked him over Meghan Markle a new excerpt om <em>Spare</em>, his bombshell memoir due out next week. </div><div class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi cuRXdL summary-em__byle-date-in"><div class="SummaryItemBaseByle-fFbXkY gRtaxp summary-em__byle"><div class="summary-em__byle__ntent"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH iNSiTG byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd bIbWCO gnILss byle__preamble">By </span>Katie Nicholl</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="SummaryItemWrapper-iwvBff gjCHLu summary-em summary-em--has-le summary-em--ARTICLE summary-em--no-in summary-em--text-align-left summary-em--layout-placement-text-below summary-em--layout-posn-image-left summary-em--layout-proportns-50-50 summary-em--si-by-si-align-center summary-em--si-by-si-image-right-mobile-false summary-em--standard SummaryCollectnGridSummaryItem-WColm imbmMa summary-em--disvery-hed-nsumptn-k" role="button" tabx="0"><div class="SummaryItemAssetContaer-gwhFFH VOyg summary-em__asset-ntaer"><a class="SummaryItemImageLk-dshqxb cPpCwE summary-em__image-lk summary-em-trackg__image-lk" href=" aria-hidn="te" tabx="-1" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-image-9" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" target="_self"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset SummaryItemRponsiveAsset-hjGIGg bDvSkO summary-em__image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz 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Benedict Cumberbatch opens up about straight actors playg gay characters followg the but of his new film, “The Power of The Dog,” at the Telluri Film Ftival.

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BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH WEIGHS ON STRAIGHT ACTORS GAY ROL AHEAD OF ‘POWER OF THE DOG’ RELEASE

The A-list actor wad to the disurse around straight actors takg on gay rol. * cumberbatch gay *

Benedict Cumberbatch plays a sexually reprsed wboy the 1920s – when homosexualy was wily stigmatized and many plac, crimalized – the upg Netflix film “The Power of the Dog. Hollywood has for s st actors heterosexual relatnships gay rol.

Some of the creators volved those films, like director Todd Hayn of “Carol” and Lu Guadagno, who directed “Call Me By Your Name, ” which also starred straight actors, are gay themselv.

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH DEFENDS DECISN TO PLAY GAY CHARACTER: 'I FEEL SENSIVE' ABOUT 'DIVERSY'

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The film “Moonlight, ” which followed a gay Black man three stag of his life, was celebrated for sisteppg queer stereotyp, though starred some straight actors. Whereas stg cisgenr actors transgenr rol has recently fallen out of popular practice – LGBTQ media advocy anizatn GLAAD says stg this way “perpetuat this belief that trans people aren’t real” – there is not a siar nsens when to actors playg gay characters.

(The anizatn didn’t immediately rpond to CNN’s requt for ment regardg straight actors portrayg gay characters.

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH IS GAY?

The A-list actor wad to the disurse around straight actors takg on gay rol. * cumberbatch gay *

Vany Fair cric Richard Lawson wrote a review of the 2020 film “The Prom” that there’s no “hard and fast le about who should play gay men on screen. ” Nuance, though, is necsary for any actor playg a gay character, he said. That’s part of why Jam Corn’s stg “The Prom” as a flamboyant fad Broadway star was wily cricized: Corn, who is married to a woman, played to stereotyp of gay men, acrdg to many crics, who said his performance was “sultg” and lled him “offensively misst.

“In general, y, I wish more gay actors got the chance to tell our stori, embody our people, rather than straight men gettg aclas for beg brave – or cheers for beg sassy, ” Lawson wrote his review of the film. But the ia that playg a gay role is a “brave” cisn for a straight actor is beg ls domant, cric Guy Lodge said an terview wh the Guardian, evinced by the lack of buzz for films such as “Ammone” and “Supernova, ” which both foced on queer love stori portrayed by straight actors.

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH OPENS UP ABOUT STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS

The actor, who plays gay breaker Alan Turg The Imatn Game, says he would ‘take up arms’ agast any fundamentalists who attempted to force their doctre about sexualy or relign on him * cumberbatch gay *

“I thk the ia of beg ‘brave’ for playg gay is gog away, ” Lodge said.

Benedict Cumberbatch is fendg his role as a gay man his latt movie. Cumberbatch, who is straight and has prevly played a gay character, spoke about his latt turn the upg The Power of the Dog. Still, Cumberbatch knows the nversatn that along wh a straight actor takg on a gay character.

The actor prevly played mathematician Alan Turg, a gay man, 2014's The Imatn Game.

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH EXPLAS WHY HE'S PLAYG GAY NEW WTERN FILM

The nversatn surroundg whether heterosexual actors should play gay characters has been buildg recent years.

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH REFLECTS ON PLAYG A REPRSED GAY CHARACTER 'THE POWER OF THE DOG'

In December 2018, Glee star Darren Criss said he would no longer play gay characters after his breakout role as Blae Anrson Ryan Murphy's h show. "But I want to make sure I won't be another straight boy takg a gay man's role.

”Sexualy is at the foreont of Cumberbatch’s hotly anticipated film, The Imatn Game, which he plays Alan Turg, a gay man who was wily creded wh crackg the Enigma durg World War II. Tragilly, Turg mted suici after the war when he was nvicted of “engagg homosexual relatns”. ”Cumberbatch, who officiated his iends’ Seth Cummgs and Rob Rr’s civil ceremony Ibiza last year, also spoke about how difficult is for gay actors Hollywood.

“I thk if you’re gog to sell yourself as a leadg man Hollywood to say ‘I’m gay’, sadly, is still a huge obstacle, ” he said. “We all know actors who are [gay] who don’t want to talk about or brg up, or who ny .

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH PRAISED BY GAY RIGHTS GROUP FOR DISCSG SEXUAL EXPERIMENTATN

Human rights movements and sexual and gay rights movements have ma huge social progrs the last 40 years, whout a doubt, but there’s a lot more work to be done. At one time mors were very actively spread that actor Benedikt Cumberbatch was gay.

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH ASKS TOUGH QUTNS ABOUT THE INDTRY, REPRENTATN—AND HIMSELFTHE RIVETG POWER OF THE DOG STAR ON NAVIGATG THE “BELLY OF THE BEAST” HOLLYWOOD.BY DAVID CANFIELDPHOTOGRAPHY BY MRIZ CATTELAN AND PIERPAOLO FERRARISTYLED BY KATIE GRANDFEBARY 17, 2022T-SHIRT BY CALV KLE; PANTS AND SNEAKERS BY BALENCIAGA; NECKLAC BY DAVID YURMAN; BRACELET BY CHROME HEARTS; WATCH BY JAEGER-LECOULTRE; HAIR PRODUCTS BY MARIA NILA; GROOMG PRODUCTS BY CHARLOTTE TILBURY.PHOTOGRAPH BY MAURIZIO CATTELAN AND PIERPAOLO FERRARI; STYLED BY KATIE GRAND.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEBENEDICT CUMBERBATCH DON’T DODGE TOUGH QUTNS— FACT, HE RAIS SOME OF THE THORNIT ON HIMSELF. OVER A LONG OUTDOOR BREAKFAST AT THE MALIBU RACQUET CLUB, WE’RE PREPARG TO DISCS TWO OF THE MOST SIGNIFINT FILMS OF HIS REER, SPIR-MAN: NO WAY HOME AND THE POWER OF THE DOG, BOTH OF WHICH ME OUT THIS PAST YEAR. CUMBERBATCH NSIRS THEIR HEFT. “AM I WORKG FOR THE GOLIATH THAT’S KILLG THE DAVID?” HE SAYS.TECHNILLY, ’S TWO GOLIATHS—MARVEL AND NETFLIX, RPECTIVELY—BUT THE DAYS THE DAVIDS N’T AFFORD TO BE ADVERSARIAL. CUMBERBATCH KNOWS HOW DIFFICULT IS TO GET A MOVIE MA WHOUT A PARTICULAR STAR POWER: “UNLS YOU HAVE A MARVEL STAR, FANCG ANY FILM IS VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY DIFFICULT—NO MATTER HOW IMPORTANT THE STORY, NO MATTER HOW URGENT THE STORY, NO MATTER HOW TALENTED AND AWARD AND APPRECIATED THE ARTIST IS.” THE DIRECTOR OF THE POWER OF THE DOG, JANE CAMPN, RECENTLY SAID, “I ACTUALLY HATE” SUPERHERO MOVI. CUMBERBATCH FDS BOTH CHALLENGG AND HAS BEEN BALANCG BLOCKBTERS AND PRTIGE PROJECTS WH UNMON EASE—“ARTISTILLY, I NEVER THK OF THE TWO AS PLETELY MUTUALLY EXCLIVE.” HE’S EVERYWHERE HE NEEDS TO BE.“IF I’M THE BELLY OF THE BEAST, THEN SURELY I N START ASKG QUTNS OF .”IN DECEMBER, CUMBERBATCH’S IRASCIBLE, MAGIC-WIELDG DOCTOR STRANGE HELPED RCATE THE BOX OFFICE—FOR IP-DRIVEN BLOCKBTERS, ANYWAY—BY UNG SPIR-MEN OF DIFFERENT UNIVERS FOR A RERD-SHATTERG SPECTACLE. THIS MAY, THE DOCTOR GETS HIS OWN SEQUEL WH SAM RAIMI’S DOCTOR STRANGE THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNS. THIS LIKELY SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF SPECIAL EFFECTS FOR A CLASSILLY TRAED BRISH ACTOR, BUT CUMBERBATCH WEL THE CHALLENGE. “IT’S A BIG MOMENT FOR STRANGE,” HE SAYS. “WE N BRG OUR GAME TO THIS LARGE TENTPOLE FARE AND GIVE AN THENTICY AND A HEARTBEAT AND SOMETHG THAT MAK NOT JT EFFECTS-LAN NONSENSE.”SEE VANY FAIR’S 2022 HOLLYWOOD ISSUEARROWCUMBERBATCH ME TO PROMENCE THE TLE ROLE OF THE BBC SERI SHERLOCK, WHICH SPARKED A RABID ONLE FOLLOWG WHEN BUTED 2010. HE HAD, AND HAS, AN TENSE PRENCE THAT’S ALL THE MORE RIVETG FOR BEG SLIGHTLY ODD AND HARD TO QUANTIFY. WHAT’S GOG ON THE HEADS OF HIS HNTED CHARACTERS? WELL, CLEARLY A LOT—AND CUMBERBATCH REVEALS WHO THE PEOPLE ARE WH SLOW, MMERIZG RE. IN THE POWER OF THE DOG, HE PLAYS PHIL BURBANK, A CLOSETED RANCHER ’20S MONTANA WHOSE CEL STREAK EPENS DRAMATILLY WHEN HIS BROTHER MARRI A WIDOW AND SHE BRGS HER QUIET, PROTECTIVE SON (PLAYED BY KODI SM-MCPHEE) TO LIVE WH THEM. THE FACT THAT CUMBERBATCH HAS PLAYED GAY MEN MORE THAN ONE HIGHLY RATED FILM ROLE—ANOTHER BEG HIS OSR-NOMATED TURN AS ALAN TURG THE IMATN GAME—HAS PROVOKED BATE AROUND SEXUALY AND REPRENTATN. “WHILE MY LIVED EXPERIENCE IS VERY FAR OM PHIL BURBANK’S, THAT’S NOT TO SAY THAT ALL OF IS,” HE SAYS REFULLY. “BUT THAT’S WHERE WE GET TO THE REALM OF MY PRIVACY.” (CUMBERBATCH IS MARRIED TO THE THEATER DIRECTOR SOPHIE HUNTER; THEY HAVE THREE CHILDREN.) AFTER A PSE, HE NTU: “I DON’T WANT TO SOUND FENSIVE BEE I’M NOT. THIS IS G OM A CULTURAL QUTNG OF APPROPRIATN, AND THAT’S SOMETHG I’M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF AS A PRODUCER AND AN ACTOR.” HE MAT MORE ON THE TOPIC, TALKG ABOUT GHT SUBJECTS WH EMPATHY AND NUANCE. “IF YOUR MUNY’S UNRREPRENTED, THEN THAT’S WHY PEOPLE WILL BE RIGHTFULLY ANGRY,” HE SAYS. “I UNRSTAND . I DO UNRSTAND …. MAYBE I’M ENTERG A NEW ERA WHERE I HAVE TO BE MUCH MORE SENSIVE ABOUT .”IT’S SURELY A HEARTENG SIGN THAT A DRAMA AS CHARACTER-DRIVEN AND TIMATE AS THE POWER OF THE DOG WAS DISTRIBUTED BY A GOLIATH LIKE NETFLIX, BUT CUMBERBATCH DO HAVE ONE MISGIVG. AS HE PUTS , “IF I’M THE BELLY OF THE BEAST, THEN SURELY I N START ASKG QUTNS OF .” THE KEY QUTN IS THIS: WHY DID NETFLIX GIVE THE FILM SUCH A PERFUNCTORY N THEATERS?BACK SEPTEMBER, THE DRAMA SCREENED EXCLIVELY AT FTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD. (CUMBERBATCH TRAVELED WH AND WAS BEDRIDN WH COVID LONDON AFTER ATTENDG A CROWD GATHERG, WHICH HE LLS “A SOBER REMR OF LIMS.”) THE GRIPPG WTERN HAD ONLY BEEN PLAYG SELECT THEATERS FOR TWO WEEKS BEFORE H THE STREAMER. “THIS IS FOR STT [STUBER] AND TED [SARANDOS] AND EVERYONE WHO NS NETFLIX: COULD YOU NOT AFFORD TO HAVE A LONGER THEATRIL RELEASE?” CUMBERBATCH ASKS NOW. “MAYBE NOT. I DON’T KNOW. I’M POSNG THIS AS A QUTN PUBLICLY VANY FAIR. I HAVEN’T ACTUALLY HAD THIS NVERSATN WH THEM, BUT I WOULD AND I WILL.” SO GO THE JOURNEY OF AN ACTOR AN DTRY TRANSFORMG BY THE DAY.PHOTOGRAPH BY MAURIZIO CATTELAN AND PIERPAOLO FERRARI; STYLED BY KATIE GRAND.TAILOR, CAROLA BRONISLAVA JAKUBOWSKA; GROOMING, DONALD MCINNES. SET DESIGN, STEFAN BECKMAN. PRODUCED ON LOCATION BY PRODN AT ART + COMMERCE. DIRECTED BY CATERINA VIGANÒ; DOP, DOMINIC HAYDN RAWLE; VFX & COLOR GRADING, SOUND DESIGN & MIX, SMIDER. FOR DETAILS, GO TO NEXT: PENéLOPE CZTHE GLOBAL SUPERSTAR AND OSR WNER DUG EP FOR HER ROLE PARALLEL MOTHERS, HER EIGHTH PROJECT WH LONGTIME LLABORATOR PEDRO ALMODóVA. CONTUE READG »BACK TO THE PORTFOLMORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIR’S HOLLYWOOD ISSUE— VANY FAIR’S HOLLYWOOD ISSUE 2022: SEE THE FULL PORTFOL FEATURG NILE KIDMAN, KRISTEN STEWART, AND MORE— THE MAKG OF VANY FAIR’S 28TH ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD PORTFOL— POSE IS OVER, BUT MICHAELA JAé RODRIGUEZ IS JT GETTG STARTED— ANDREW GARFIELD ON JONATHAN LARSON AND LYG ABOUT SPIR-MAN— KRISTEN STEWART ON LOVE—ONSCREEN AND OFF— NILE KIDMAN IS A MOVIE STAR, BUT SHE APPROACH ROL LIKE “I’VE JT COME OUT OF DRAMA SCHOOL”— GLOBAL SUPERSTAR PENéLOPE CZ MAY NAB OSR NUMBER TWO FOR PARALLEL MOTHERS— IDRIS ELBA ON PLUMBG THE “DARK SI OF HUMAN BEGS” AND MAKG ROOM FOR MIC— SIMU LIU IS THE SUPERHERO WE NEED NOW— RADHIKA JON ON THE STARS LIGHTG UP VANY FAIR’S NEW HOLLYWOOD ISSUE— NOT A SUBSCRIBER? JO VANY FAIR TO RECEIVE FULL ACCS TO  AND RECEIVE A EE TOTEDAVID CANFIELD

To some extent, the gossip is also related to the fact that the actor played the part of Alan Turg the movie "The Game of Imatn", which cracked the of the German Enigma encryptn mache durg the Send World War, and was later prosecuted for his homosexualy.

Cumberbatch is already gettg Osr buzz for his role the upg wtern as a gay Montana ttle rancher the 1920s. But not everyone is keen on straight actors playg gay rol, and this is somethg Cumberbatch was aware of when he took the role, and he talked to IndieWire about why he ultimately cid the role was for him. While is important to provi real-life queer people wh jobs the dtry and nothg go as far as thenticy, there shouldn't be a mand for actors to publicly state their sexualy before they accept actg bate over whether straight actors should play gay has been ragg pecially hard over the last year or so.

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH ON STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY ‘POWER OF THE DOG’: ‘IT WASN’T DONE WHOUT THOUGHT’

"I'm not beg woke about this, but I feel strongly that if I st someone a story, I am stg them to act as a lover, or an emy, or someone on dgs or a crimal or a sat, " he told the Rad Tim, "They are not there to 'act gay' bee 'actg gay' is a bunch of s o a performance. "Everyone om Neil Patrick Harris, to Jim Parsons, to Ben Platt has weighed on the issue, wh some sayg they're favor of straight actors playg gay, but many sayg they'd like to see that trend e to an isn't Cumberbatch's first time playg gay a big movie.

In 2014, he played gay puter geni Alan Turg The Imatn Game, and was nomated for an Amy Award, a BAFTA, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Goln Globe for the role. ”Benedict Cumberbatch opens up about straight actors playg gay characters followg the but of his new film, “The Power of The Dog, ” at the Telluri Film Ftival. 6, 2021, 9:15 PM UTC / Source: TODAYIt’s a topic on which Hollywood has yet to reach a nsens: whether or not ’s appropriate for straight actors to portray gay characters film and ’s also a topic that Benedict Cumberbatch is faiar wh, havg been nomated for an Amy Award for his performance as mathematician Alan Turg, a man both prosecuted and persecuted for his sexual orientatn, 2014’s “The Imatn Game.

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH: I'D FEND GAY RIGHTS 'TO THE ATH'

In early December, Netflix's "The Prom" was lambasted for stg Jam Corn, who is straight, as what crics lled an “aggrsively flamboyant” riture of a gay his 2016 Emmy acceptance speech for his portrayal of a transgenr woman Amazon seri “Transparent, " actor Jefey Tambor said he "would not be unhappy were I the last cisgenr male to play a transgenr character on televisn.

"In 2018, "Glee" alum Darren Criss told Btle he would no longer take rol portrayg LGBTQ+ characters to make sure he's not "another straight boy takg a gay man’s role.

"Neil Patrick Harris, who is gay, said earlier this year that if were up to him, he "would fely want to hire the bt actor.

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH REACTS TO SAM ELLTT'S RANT OVER GAY THEM IN 'POWER OF THE DOG'

”“In our world that we live you n’t really as a director mand that (an actor be gay or straight), " he told The Tim. "Who’s to terme how gay someone is?

11 TIM BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH STOOD UP FOR GAY RIGHTS

While is important to provi real-life queer people wh jobs the dtry and nothg go as far as thenticy, there shouldn’t be a mand for actors to publicly state their sexualy before they accept actg bate over whether straight actors should play gay has been ragg pecially hard over the last year or so.

“I’m not beg woke about this, but I feel strongly that if I st someone a story, I am stg them to act as a lover, or an emy, or someone on dgs or a crimal or a sat, ” he told the Rad Tim, “They are not there to ‘act gay’ bee ‘actg gay’ is a bunch of s o a performance.

”Everyone om Neil Patrick Harris, to Jim Parsons, to Ben Platt has weighed on the issue, wh some sayg they’re favor of straight actors playg gay, but many sayg they’d like to see that trend e to an isn’t Cumberbatch’s first time playg gay a big movie. Cumberbatch, who is straight and has prevly played a gay character, has faced creased scty this role. ”His admissn has nsequently been praised by gay rights group Stonewall for the impact will have on young men and women stgglg to e to terms wh their sexualy.

IS BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH GAY? AGE, HEIGHT, NET WORTH

“It don’t take a tective to work out that seeg someone the public eye – pecially somebody as fluential as Benedict – talkg posively around gay issu, is powerful for young lbian, gay and bisexual people, ” said Stonewall Head of Policy Jam Taylor.

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH ON STRAIGHT ACTORS GAY ROL: ‘DO WE HAVE TO EXPLA ALL OUR PRIVATE MOMENTS OUR SEXUAL HISTORY?’

“It is often difficult for those growg up to fd role mols who monstrate that is equally ok to be gay or straight.

”Cumberbatch ntued the terview to say that he would fight anti-gay extremists "to the ath".

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Benedict Cumberbatch Talks Playg a Reprsed Gay Character .

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