Benedict Cumberbatch’s ALS/MND Ice Bucket Challenge
I’ll be the first to say I want to have the clock Benedict Cumberbatch uses, because in his world, he was “a day late” in accepting the Ice Bucket Challenge to raise awareness for ALS/MND (Lou Gehrig’s Disease).
Let’s check that timeline:
One of the actors who challenged Benedict, Tom Hiddleston, posted his challenge on August 18 on WhoSay:
While Benedict didn’t take as long as, say, Helena Bonham Carter, who posted her acceptance – and fellow challenge to Harvey Weinsten – TODAY, Aug. 24:
Cumberbatch’s clock seemed to move a bit more slowly than ours.
At first, the fandom waited patiently when word came on Twitter on Aug. 19 from @AnglophileTV:
The Anglophile Channel has heard from Benedict Cumberbatch's PR reps who have assured us that he WILL get to Tom… http://t.co/SvBhamDkuw
— The Anglophile Channel (@AnglophileTV) August 19, 2014
On the 20th, Sunny March Ltd. partner and producer, Adam Ackland, provided an update:
Chill ya boots…it's coming!!!
— Adam Ackland (@adamackland) August 20, 2014
followed by a special announcement the following day, Aug. 21:
Sorry chaps…slight hiccup…it is coming…and will be worth waiting for…😬
— Adam Ackland (@adamackland) August 21, 2014
Thankfully, the MND Association came to the rescue on August 22 (the longest “one day late” as Benedict described it below)
It's here! Our ambassador Benedict Cumberbatch does the #IceBucketChallenge for #MND #ALS: http://t.co/7wGW0x2YRf Please RT.
— MND Association (@mndassoc) August 22, 2014
In the days that followed, the dissection of the Benedict Cumberbatch #IceBucketChallenge developed:
EDITED VIDEO TO REMOVE SLOW-MO AUDIO
TWITTER ACCOUNTS BY HIS UNDERPANTS
Please donate guys! I didn't get cold for nothing.
— Ben C's Pants (@BenCsPants) August 22, 2014
and
Oh that selfie though xx pic.twitter.com/vh9unwfgYT
— Benedict's Pants (@Benedictpants) August 22, 2014
EDITED AUDIO CLIP AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
http://midnytemercury.tumblr.com/post/95504425456
and let’s not forget…
THE GIFs
On the bench:
Courtesy Tumblr
The shower scene:
Courtesy Perez Hilton
Back on the terrace wearing bespoke Spencer Hart:
Courtesy Tumblr
On his Honda motorcycle:
Courtesy Gifsoup.com
Carrying his Spencer Hart garment bag to his Jaguar convertible:
Courtesy Tumblr
And, finally, courtesy of Huffington Post Tumblr – everything in REVERSE:
http://huffingtonpost.tumblr.com/post/95482674410/benedict-cumberbatchs-ice-bucket-challenge-is
In his video, Benedict challenged Harvey Weinstein, Kylie Minogue and Lewis Hamilton (perhaps one without the racing suit on this time). So far, Kylie is the only one to accept, with a series of Tweets that were compiled into a video currently on YouTube.
Perhaps Harvey has the time-delay tactics employed by Benedict, but only time will tell. We shall see. While we wait – and review Benedict’s original video (3.2 million views as of this writing), we can continue to support ALS/MND research, a cause Benedict has supported for many years (as we reported earlier). Your donation options include: http://www.alsa.org/fight-als/ice-bucket-challenge.html or http://www.mndassociation.org/news-and-events/Latest+News/join-in-and-take-the-ice-bucket-challenge-today. MND also offers a free t-shirt to those in the UK.
Whether your ice bucket challenge involvement is observing, donating or participating, thanks for taking time to think about others who are just like us on the inside, yet unable to do so much we take for granted. If we take a moment to be grateful for what we have, it won’t be time wasted.
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