Blissfully happy at Comic Con
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First things first: Benedict Cumberbatch is back in the press line, hugging a penguin and at thirty-eight very happy. Over a time span of three days the actor made his first appearance at Californian “San Diego Comic-Con” to promote DreamWorks “Penguins of Madagascar” and Warner Brothers third and final instalment of the Tolkien triology “The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies”. The Londoner, busy filming “Black Mass” opposite Johnny Depp in the past weeks, had a lot to answer for, a lot indeed. After his iconic on-screen SHERLOCK video message last year, it was obligatorily forbidden to ask questions about, well, SHERLOCK. Otherwise the convention would be cancelled, threatened panel host Craig Ferguson. Seated next to John Malkovich and discussing Agent Classified, leader of the “North Wind” and trained wolf at Yellowstone Park with Christian Bale and Daniel Day-Lewis, Cumberbatch accidently managed to get SDCC cancelled. With a confused expression why SHERLOCK wasn’t in fact the topic to talk about, he was very apologetic about it.
No, of course the convention didn’t get cancelled! Instead we have got some answers to some burning questions in Cumberbatch’s MTV interview with Josh Horowitz. Being very excited to experience the “cheer volume of people” himself, the 38-year-old was able to talk more openly than last year about Agent Classified, Khan, Star Wars, Hamlet, Johnny Depp, The Hobbit, new SHERLOCK which he’s “ridiculously excited about” and of course the MARVEL rumours! Doctor Strange? Doctor Who? Dane Hamlet, The Prince of Denmark, at The Barbican is a more important priority to say that much. Toward the end of the interview, the actor sneaked in some impressions as well.
There and back again in Hall H on Saturday, with a capacity of 6.500 seats and all-surrounding screens, Cumberbatch joined Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens and many of “The Hobbit” cast for the third film’s panel. Sadly Sir Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman nor Richard Armitage were able to attend due to other duties. Introduced by the great Stephen Colbert, the group took the stage to face a cheering crowd, to discuss the working process, answer questions and show a teaser trailer to end their unexpected journey. It must have been a reminder of the “Star Trek Into Darkness” Japan press conference in Tokyo to the actor. Afterwards he participated in “The Hobbit” press conference, a signing session at the Warner Bros. Booth, met fans as well as colleagues, took selfies.
At times Benedict seemed just as excited about everything at SDCC as the fans. During even more promotion for the franchise, he admitted to be aware everything that came with Middle-Earth over the years will soon be over. All this will come to an end, no matter how little time he actually spent being part of it.
SDCC full panels: “Penguins Of Madagascar” | “Button Lady” | “The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies”
Penguins Movie interviews: Los Angeles Times | Screen Slam | Huffington Post |
The Hobbit interviews: Making the Transition to LotR | HitFix | Yahoo |
Radio: EW Radio (The Hobbit) |
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