如何能不愛BC？

What’s not to love about Benedict Cumberbatch?
這是The Times最近關於Benny的採訪報導標題。
是呀！我們怎麼可能不愛BC？

The Times網站上似乎沒法看到全文。
有好心人將全文po出來好文共賞拉！請移駕這裡。

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特別喜歡看Benny的訪談。
一來他每次接受訪問，就像開了水頭龍開關一般，滔滔不絕（聽不懂內容光聽聲音也覺得幸福！*^^*），我喜歡其中分享的深度與廣度。
二來我喜歡他在訪談裡的各樣「表情」，即便是平面採訪，依舊充滿表情。

The Times這篇報導，是我很喜歡的書寫方式。作者看似花了很多篇幅描寫無關緊要的事物，但環繞在Benny身旁，這是認識Benny的另一種角度。生活的。平靜的。

“What were you doing at Kate Moss’s house?” 我能猜想記者當下的窘迫，也能想像Benny當下眉宇間的調侃。Cumberbatch estate?這真是有趣的形容詞。

"On top of this, with his blond hair newly dyed black, and lolling across his forehead, Cumberbatch’s appearance took on an otherworldly hotness. Pale enough to have never seen sunlight, when he launched into his bullet-train monologues, he did it with the intensity of Paganini; or Nick Cave, with one black boot up on the monitor. There was a definite rock-star element to this Holmes."

這段描寫實在太生動有趣了。我都能想像那黑色髮絲懶洋洋地掛在Benny額頭上的樣子。只是，我總覺得Sherlock的黑髮，讓Benny顯得太過蒼白（但這種蒼白非常適合小夏的形象？）如果純粹就Benny本人來說，我更喜歡照片中他原本的髮色。我也喜歡Peter那頭金髮，但Peter的金髮，太貴族氣了呀～

This was around the age he was learning to play the trumpet – the event he credits with shaping his much commented upon mouth.

“Playing a trumpet wounds you,” he explains, gleefully. “That’s how this happened.” He presses his finger into his generous lower lip. “I have trumpet mouth.”

原來都是小號惹的禍。哎呀！我好想看照片！！！

訪問Benny的感覺是什麼？（要是我有機會訪問Benny，而且被問到感覺是什麼，我應該只會說：幸福！這兩個字吧？XD）
Here’s what it’s like interviewing Benedict Cumberbatch: a bit like interviewing a waterfall. It won’t really answer any of your questions, but it’s fabulous to watch. It’s not that it’s trying to ignore or avoid your questions – God, no. It is endlessly, eagerly forthcoming, and shows a touching courtesy towards the whole notion of being interviewed. It will tell you a story about being stung on the penis by a sea anemone in the same breath as discussing the panic of entering the library at Harrow for the first time: “Because I thought, I probably won’t have a lifetime long enough to read the first shelf – let alone the first room, let alone the whole f***ing library. I’ve always been after the idea of betterment – to know exactly everything about that wine, and tell you about the birdsong I can hear, and to understand the world around me.”
記者大人顯然也被Benny訪談時的思緒飛躍弄得哭笑不得了。我總覺得要採訪Benny並不容易。尤其是深度採訪。任何一個作品、任何一個角色（不能劇透的除外），Benny總能用他特殊理解角色的方式，娓娓道來一段關於這個角色的故事、一段關於詮釋這個角色時他的思考、以及透過這個角色他如何去觀察這個世界。如果採訪者對於Benny所飾演的故事背景不夠清楚的話，基本上根本無法對話，僅能停留在很表面的問題發問。但是，就算很有準備的記者，要採訪Benny也不是太容易。一來他很容易進入他自己的世界，要如何打斷他，需要一些技巧。再者，當Benny好不容易說到一個段落，要如何接續剛剛Benny談過的話題，著實考驗訪問者的組織能力。一開始讓我驚訝連連的，是Benny跟Tom Hiddleston一起為戰馬所作的訪問。這兩個孩子在一起，天下無敵呀～～


被問到是否曾經被霸凌？
“The first and only time someone tried to bully him, it felt so alien – “He made me feel insecure and shy, and all I wanted was to be confident and happy” – that Cumberbatch pinned him against the wall, in utter fury, and his assailant stuttered an apology.”
Benny的做法實在是太...棒了！是什麼樣的教育方式能讓這麼小的孩子充滿正面能量：「我希望我是自信和快樂的」？由其Benny小時候其實非常瘦弱，要能起身反抗並不是件容易的事。

Benny是怎麼看待自己從2010年開始所遇到的轉變呢？

He thinks – for nearly a minute. The longest he’s been silent all day.

唉！我也想知道，在什麼情況下他才會安靜呀！XD

“The Golden Globes,” he says, eventually. “Meryl Streep coming up, going, ‘Oh my God, we’re such big fans. We love you as Sherlock. How do you f***ing do that s***?’ And then Ted Danson – going, ‘Oh my God, it’s f***ing Sherlock.’  ”

Benedict mimes being trapped between Sam Malone from Cheers and Mrs Kramer from Kramer vs. Kramer, both of them freaking out, with him in the middle, mind blown. “Getting advice from George Clooney, on how to handle all of… this.” He stretches his hands out, to represent the past three years.

好喜歡這一大段呦！能被演藝界的這麼優秀的前輩包圍並稱讚，被這樣被認出，是該多麼驕傲的一件事！尤其Benny自己本人多次提到George Clooney，沒想到兩人真的有互動機會呢！（不曉得Benny見過Robert Downey Jr.沒？^^）

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時光轉至Star Trek: into Darkness倫敦首映當天。

當Benny到達現場時，現場的呼聲與尖叫聲立刻上升到另外一個次元。

I am next to a woman from Bootle who has camped out all night with her beautifully painted portrait of the Star Trek crew, which she wishes to present to director J. J. Abrams. She is becoming increasingly crushed, and disillusioned. In the end, she turns and tries to fight her way out of the crowd.

“These people aren’t here for Star Trek,” she says, casting a hateful eye over the gleefully calling fans. “They don’t even know what Star Trek is. They’re just here for him.” She jerks a disgusted thumb at Cumberbatch.

喔！我衷心希望這位女孩在看過影片之後，能知道為什麼這麼多女孩瘋狂為Benny著迷。我也衷心希望，她能肯定Benny在她這麼愛的影集當中的表現，儘管她未必會成為Cumberpeople （這是Benny的說法，他總對Cumberbitchs這個詞有些感冒）。

最令我感動的，應是Benny的這則簡訊。

“All the things we didn’t talk about!” he lamented. “The Simpsons, New York at new year, Iceland… I’ve seen and swam and climbed and lived and driven and filmed. Should it all end tomorrow, I can definitely say there would be no regrets. I am very lucky, and I know it. I really have lived 5,000 times over.”

（Benny你應該會後悔沒有成為爸爸吧？這不是你嘴上一直囔囔感到遺憾的事嗎？XD ）

這段話讓我想了很多很多。

Benny之前在Sta Trek的訪談中談到，能夠拍這麼開心的片，同時又能賺錢，我太幸運了不是嗎？而這段話，Benny又說，了無遺憾。

說真的，我不知道自己喜歡做什麼（遺憾的是，我很清楚我不喜歡做什麼），我也不曉得我是不是能夠做一個讓自己非常喜歡，同時又能有收入的工作。對照Benny所言所行，我想我能夠改變的，至少是先調整自己的心態吧！我希望我有這樣正面的能量看世界，我也希望我有這樣的能量去努力做自己該做的事、去面對自己人生的選擇。希望有一天，I can definitely say there would be no regrets.

就以這張照片當做一個星期的第一天，活力的來源吧！

是呀！我們怎麼可能不愛你！

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2013-05-17：補張組圖


這張是在拍身分證大頭照嗎？@@~
高清大圖看這裡。