Early this year, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts launched its interview series, In Conversation, with Benedict Cumberbatch. (Good choice!) Something he said about how he researches a new role struck a chord with me: "[Research is] a security blanket. Not all of it — very little of it ends up on screen, often. And it's just to take a little bit more possession of the extraordinariness of what I'm being asked to do. Because it's so far removed from my experience. It just gets me a little bit more... It just gives me a little bit more courage to pretend to be something I'm so far from."
Sherlock's Approach to Research
Sherlock's Approach to Research
Sherlock's Approach to Research
Early this year, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts launched its interview series, In Conversation, with Benedict Cumberbatch. (Good choice!) Something he said about how he researches a new role struck a chord with me: "[Research is] a security blanket. Not all of it — very little of it ends up on screen, often. And it's just to take a little bit more possession of the extraordinariness of what I'm being asked to do. Because it's so far removed from my experience. It just gets me a little bit more... It just gives me a little bit more courage to pretend to be something I'm so far from."
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