Benedict Cumberbatch is getting married: Top 10 facts about the Sherlock star
AS OUR favourite actor announces his engagement to theatre director Sophie Hunter, we celebrate with some Cumberbatch trivia...
Oh Benedict Cumberbatch, let us count the ways we love thee...
The actor not only plays TV's most handsome detective and single-handedly made geek chic again, but he's so fabulously charming that we want to combust.
And now he's officially off the market.
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch, to give him his full name, has announced his engagement to theatre director Sophie Hunter in the most brilliantly British way - via an announcement in The Times newspaper.
As millions of hearts break around the world, we celebrate the news with our top 10 favourite facts.
1. Although his devoted fans call themselves "Cumberbitches", he's not a fan of the term saying, "It sets feminism back so many notches". He would prefer the name, "Cumberpeople".
2. Benedict lives by a gung-ho motto. "Nothing is impossible. The word itself says, 'I'm possible'."
3. Despite being one of the hottest actors on the planet he admits he gets "very nervous and star-struck" when he meets famous people.
4. Benedict almost didn't become an actor. He toyed with the idea of training to become a lawyer and says he'd like to be a neurosurgeon.
5. Despite his many acting accolades, Benedict says his greatest disappointment is "not being a dad by the age of 32". He believes that having children would be his greatest achievement.
6. He learned how to play the violin in a week.
7. After gaining impressive GCSE results, he didn't do so well at A Level after discovering, "Girls, pot and all sorts of other things".
8. His favourite movie is Ghostbusters. Benedict is also a big fan of American drama, citing The Wire, The West Wing and Mad Men as his top TV shows.
9. He lost weight for his role as Sherlock Holmes. He also dyed his hair black for the role. His natural hair colour is actually auburn.
10. He cites his most embarrassing moment as one from his childhood, "When I was six, I got stung by a wasp in a Greek market. A widow pulled down my pants, held me upside down and rubbed an onion on my bum.”
