“Alan Turing is not outwardly very sympathetic. He’s brilliant, but the way that Benedict Cumberbatch played him showed us these guys found the right level of vulnerability, genius and the arrogance of the character, too.” – Harvey Weinstein. Although Cumberbatch is known for playing intelligent characters and cheekily says himself that he’s a crowd pleaser, […]
Written by freewomenxgrape on 21 June 2014. No comments »
Category: Film & TV, History, Social & Political
Tags: Alan Turing, Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, The Enigma machine, The Imitation Game, Weinstein
Recently, it was reported on Twitter that Benedict had attended the world premiere of James McCarthy’s “Codebreaker” piece at the Barbican. Considering the piece was in honor of Alan Turing, and Benedict is playing the mathematician in The Imitation Game, his spot in the audience shouldn’t have come as a surprise (or at least it wasn’t […]
Written by a_shibs on 29 April 2014. 1 comment »
Category: History, Music
Tags: Barbican, Benedict Cumberbatch, Concert, Enigma, Music, The Imitation Game, Turing
