'I'm in it for the long game' Benedict Cumberbatch wants to work into his late seventies
HE MAY be the man of the moment but Benedict Cumberbatch has announced he plans to be around a whole lot longer than that.
The Sherlock star said he is "in it for the long game" and plans to work well into his seventies.
The 38-year-old actor has revealed his status as one of the most sought after actors in the world isn't something that necessarily excites him.
"I'm interested in working in 40 years time, and turning round and talking to an actor on set and telling them stories about working with Judi Dench and Michael Gambon.
Any talk of 'man of the moment' hype, heat, whatever, I just smile wryly
"So any talk of 'man of the moment' hype, heat, whatever, I just smile wryly".
Speaking to The Telegraph Magazine, the Sherlock actor said he also has little time for the countless accolades he receives for his unusual good looks.
"It's the same s*** with 'sexiest whatever' - I was around 10 years before that as an actor and no one took the same face seriously", he said.
Cumberbatch stars in biopic The Imitation Game which will be released later this month.
In the film he takes on the role of Second World War code-breaker Alan Turing, who is regarded as one of the fathers of computing.
Turing, who was convicted for an act of "gross indecency" for being homosexual in 1952, received a posthumous royal pardon in December 2013.
The conviction led to Turing being chemically castrated and his security clearance being withdrawn for post-war work at GCHQ.
He went on to commit suicide in 1954.
Cumberbatch described his treatment as a "massive injustice", saying: "I miss the fact that he's not with us and should be with us."
Turing isn't the first non-fictional character that the Hobbit star has played.
In The Fifth Estate he stars as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Speaking of the controversy that surrounded the role the actor revealed Assange wrote to the him claiming the Dreamworks production is based on a "toxic" book and he believes the film "will distort events and subtract from public understanding" of his work.
In a direct manner more associated with his Sherlock character, Cumberbatch responded.
"I wrote back a very strong email that, unless he shows it, will never see the light of day.
"It's one of the best pieces of writing I've ever done."
