I worked with Timothy Carlton, when he was a young man, and Timothy said to me: ‘My real surname’s Cumberbatch. But I mean… can you imagine trying to have success as an actor with a name like Cumberbatch?’
Ian McKellen on working with Benedict′s Father (x)
Those cheekbones though.
Is this from when Timothy was in The Scarlet Pimpernel? I remember watching that in my early teens.
(via shit-bc-haters-say)
Mind you, when I was Benedict Cumberbatch’s age I looked a lot like him.
Sir Ian McKellen
In response to “If someone was to play you in a movie of your life who would it be?”
THIS HAS TO HAPPEN!
(via elennemigo)
get to know me meme: [2/10] actors/actresses: Sir Ian Mckellen
I’m cheaper than Anthony Hopkins.