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Benedict Cumberbatch: I’m ‘Very Happy to Be Part of Storytelling’ That Goes Against the ‘Strong Man Image of What Masculinity Is’


Benedict Cumberbatch spoke about his relationship to masculinity at the Berlin Film Festival press conference for "The Thing With Feathers."

Benedict Cumberbatch spoke about his relationship to masculinity in his films at the Berlin press conference for “ The Thing With Feathers,” in which he stars as a father of two sons grieving the devastating death of his wife. The actor, who also produced the film through his company SunnyMarch, attended the press conference alongside director Dylan Southern and Richard and Henry Boxall (picture above), who played his sons in the movie. “Uncertainty and emotional vulnerability are not top of the agenda of the alpha male or the strong man image of what masculinity is, so I’m very happy to be part of storytelling that goes in the opposite direction of that,” he said.

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